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| Brandon, Maude Gibbs 153953 |
| Birth: 08/04/1887 Death: 12/26/1946 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Old City (NOT PLOTTED) |
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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. (12/17/2025) |
| Notes From an undated & no publisher obituary kept by Bennie Mae Brothers, of Powderly: "Maude Gibbs Brandon, 59, expired at a local hospital Dec. 26th at 3:15, after a month of serious illness. Services today, Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of Christ ... with Leon Locke & Thomas D. Compton. She was co-owner of the Brandon-Huddle Florist Shop & was born in Gordonville, MO., to John M. Gibbs. Moved with her parents to Texas when she was a small child & lived in Paris, where she married to James N. Brandon. They moved to Wharton about 10 years ago. She was a faithful member of the Church of Christ & her hobby of flower cultivation led to the establishment of the florist business with her daughter, Mrs. Adrian Huddle. She had a true green thumb & a talent for growing lovely flowers that was the envy of her neighbors. Survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Huddle of Wharton & Mrs. E.L. Nash of Waxahachie; 3 sons, Tom of Mt. Lucas, Everett of McKinney, & Roy of Wharton; 4 grandchildren." Information from Ann Prater Whisenhunt, Springtown, TX, ampwhise@aol.com, 30 Mar 2011: I have located the death certificate (from familysearch.org): 1) Wharton, Wharton Co., TX (certificate #57867 stamped) Rugeley Blasingame Hospital 2) Mary Maude Brandon residence listed as Wharton, Wharton Co., TX 3) Female 4) White 5) Married 6) dob: 4 AUG 1887 7) 59yrs 4mos 22days 8) BLANK 9) birthplace: Missouri 10) father: John M. Gibbs 11) birthplace: Missouri 12) mother: Annie Melton 13) birthplace: Missouri 14) informant: James N. Brandon of Wharton, TX 15) place of burial or removal: Wharton, TX 27 DEC 1946 16) undertaker: L. Wiley Curry #2463 of Wharton, TX 17) dod: 26 DEC 1946 18) attended to from 14 AUG 1945 to 26 DEC 1946 & last saw her alive on 26 DEC 1946. Death occurred @ 3:00 AM. Primary cause of death was Carcimona of cervix. Duration 1yr. (can't make out Dr. signature). |