| Bowers, Thomas Martin 153396 |
| Birth: 03/18/1837 Death: 03/03/1916 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Evergreen (G-19SW-04) |
| Record Source: Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: 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) |
| Notes From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #9; p.2; Service #81; T. M. Bowers; white; cash; ordered by R. T. Lacy; date of funeral 3 Apr 1916; place of death, Philadelphia, PA; from 3:20 pm Frisco; Clergyman, Kendall, but did not come; cause of death, Endocarditis; Widower, age 79; body shipped to Paris in Baker vault; interment at Evergreen; hearse & casket wagon $10.00; 2 carriages $7.00; coach $5.00; open grave $6.00; pad $1.00; services $5.00; Total $34.00. 'Was shipped in Baker vault, so would not use funeral carriage. Used wagon instead'. Birth year is calculated. Sexton Records had 3 Mar 1919 as interment date. From an undated-unnamed newspaper obituary clipping from 'The Paris Scrapbook' donated by Skipper Steely; Handwritten date; April 1, 1916. 'Col. Tom M. Bowers, well known in Paris and for years a newspaper editor in east and north Texas, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Downs, in Philadelphia. The body will be brought to Paris Monday afternoon at 3:20 on the Frisco, for burial at Evergreen. The funeral will be direct from the train. Tom M. Bowers, Jr. will accompany the body. He is also well known here, where his young manhood was spent, and he will meet many old friends to share his sorrow. Col. Bowers had been in ill health for several years and about one year ago went to Philadelphia to spend his remaining days with his daughter.' Tombstone is inscribed 3 Mar 1916 as death date. |