Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Bills, Emma Belle Duvall 152061

Birth: 08/11/1884 Death: 06/01/1970 Marriage: 10/17/1908

Cemetery: Evergreen (26-53-03)

Record Source: The Paris News, The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate, Lamar County Record

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, June 2, 1970, p. 2: “Mrs. E. E. Bills. Mrs. E. E. Bills, 85, of 1803 Graham died Monday at 7 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove Nursing Home. Funeral services are set for 11 am. Wednesday at the Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home chapel with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Hubert Roach of the Bonham Street Church of Christ, where Mrs. Bills was a member, will officiate. The family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7:30 to 9. Born Aug. 11, 1884 in Mena, Ark., the former Miss Emma Belle Duvall. She came to Texas in 1886, and married E. E. Bills in October, 1908. He died Feb. 5, 1948. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs George Pledger, Paris; four sons, Joe W. Bills, Marshall; Warren E. Bills and Woodrow W. Bills, Paris and Robert W. Bills, Center Point, Tex.; a sister, Miss Elizabeth Duvall, Paris; a brother, George Stanley Duvall, Denver City, Tex.; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bills had been in failing health for the past two years.”

THE PARIS NEWS, Thursday, Thursday, June 4, 1970, p. 15: “Bills Funeral. Hubert Roach of the Bonham Street Church of Christ officiated for funeral services for Mrs. E. E. Bills, 1803 Graham, who died Monday. Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home was in charge of services held at their chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery. Bearers were Geron Crumley, Roland Cagle, Alvin Yates, Marcus Warlick, Richard Lee and Bill Coplin.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Emma Bell Bills
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Jun 1970
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 85
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 11 Aug 1884
Birthplace: Mena, Arkansas
Father’s Name: John J Duvall
Mother’s Name: Sarah Barnes
Digital Folder Number: 005145867
Record Number: 43597
GS Film Number: 2218825
Digital Folder Number: 005145867
Image Number: 01234
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DG-BR4 : 13 March 2018), Sarah Barnes in entry for Emma Bell Bills, 01 Jun 1970; citing certificate number 43597, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,825.

Lamar County, TX Marriage Records: Emmett E. Bills married Emma Bell Duvall October 17, 1908, Book 24, Page 134.

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