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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. (12/17/2025)

THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, February 10, 1942, p. 3: “Mrs. J. L. Brand Dies Here Early Tuesday; Funeral Wednesday. Death of Mrs. J. L. Brand 483 Graham St., occurred Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. at the Sanitarium of Paris. Funeral service was arranged for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Brown-Roden Funeral Home, conducted by W. R. Zimmerman of Garrett Memorial Church with interment in Hopewell Cemetery. Charles Whitley, T. Bryant, N. F. Walker, Gaither Rodgers, Earl Dale and E. E. Bills were named pallbearers. Mrs. Brand was born at Sulphur Springs, Feb. 3, 1861, daughter of John H. Minton. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Brooks of Kilgore and these sons: R. V. and Ennis Brand, Paris; Roy F. Brand, Houston, and C. W. Brand, San Antonio; a sister, Mrs. Nora Daugherty, Houston and five grandchildren.”

Note: Both obituaries did indeed appear in The Paris News, p. 3, February 10, 1942.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Mrs. J L Brand
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Feb 1942
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 01 Feb 1861
Birthplace: Texas
Father’s Name: John H Minton
Mother’s Name: Mary C Johnson
Certificate Number: 8528
GS Film number: 2138982
Digital Folder Number: 005145850
Image Number: 00345
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DX-8H6 : 5 December 2014), Mary C Johnson in entry for J L Brand, 10 Feb 1942; citing certificate number 8528, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,982.

On the same stone with James Leonard Brand.