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| Boyd, Mary Josephine 153535 |
| Birth: 00/00/1912 Death: 12/30/1916 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Evergreen (UNMARKED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News 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 and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #9; p.219; Service #298; Mary Josephine Boyd; charge to Sayers Boyd; ordered by Sayers Boyd; date of funeral, 30 Dec 1916; services at residence, S. Main St.; Clergyman, Hamilton and Schuler; Physician, Fitzpatrick; cause of death, Burns, accident; date of death, 30 Dec 1916; age 4 years; interment at Evergreen; casket size 3/6 $30.00; vault $45.00; car for flowers $3.50; hearse $10.00; 4 carriages $14.00; 1 auto $5.00; open grave $3.50. Birth year is calculated. Sexton records of Evergreen have no indication of this burial. THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, Saturday, December 30, 1916: 'Little Mary Josephine, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sayers Boyd, died at 12:30 o'clock this morning, the result of burns received at her home about 7 o'clock last night. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The accident was caused by her dress becoming ignited while she was for a moment in the room alone. She had complained of feeling a little cold, and her father put some kindling in the grate and coal on top of it, after which he stepped out on the front porch for an instant to see after something. Before he had time to get back he heard the child scream, and running in the room he found her enveloped in flame. The father and E. S. McCullough, a young man who rooms with the family, reached the little girl nearly at the same time and tore her clothing off. Both of them were severely burned about the hands in trying to rescue her and most of the clothing burned before they could tear it away. While the burns were not deep the child was blistered almost from head to feet, very little of the clothing having been left except the wristbands and waistbands, and the doctors pronounced her injuries very serious. She seemed to rally after being attended by the doctors, but the shock was too much and she gradually sank until death relieved her suffering. Mary Josephine was nearly four years old, and was one of twin children, a girl and a boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd. The news of her death will come as a shock to the many friends of the family, who will feel it hard to believe that her childish voice is hushed and her little limbs stilled. Their love and sympathy will go out in overflowing measure to the stricken parents and brothers and sisters who have been so sorely visited.' |