Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Books, Arthur G. 153100

Birth: 05/05/1881 Death: 04/12/1944 Marriage:

Cemetery: Springhill (NORTHWEST)

Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, The Paris News

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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, Thursday, April 13, 1944, p. 7: “ARTHUR G. BOOKS. Death of Arthur G. Books of 326 N. Main St., 62 years old, occurred Wednesday at 3:05 p.m. at his home, where he had been ill some time. He came here some years ago from Arkansas. Funeral service was set for 4 p.m. Thursday, conducted by Judge E. F. Harrell, Baptist layman, with interment in Springhill Cemetery near Medill, pallbearers being Charlie Martin, J. H. Hold, S. O. Harvey, J. W. Lawler, Tom Lawler, and Emory Easterwood of Medill. He leaves his wife and three children, W. E. Books, Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs Marie Books, Merkel, and Bob Books, Paris; a brother, R. H. Books, San Antonio, and five grandchildren.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Arthur Garfield Books
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Apr 1944
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 05 May 1881
Birthplace: Alabama
Father’s Name:
Mother’s Name:
Certificate Number: 19438
GS Film number: 2137736
Digital Folder Number: 005144828
Image Number: 01405
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBY-SRJ : 5 December 2014), Arthur Garfield Books, 12 Apr 1944; citing certificate number 19438, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,736.

On the same stone with Mary Lee Books.

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