Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Batson, Josie Allen 182435

Birth: 09/01/1891 Death: 08/02/1970 Marriage:

Cemetery: Knights of Honor (CTRSW)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate, Researcher-Submitted Info

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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. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, August 3, 1970: “Mrs. Josie (Allen) Batson, 78, of Borger, formerly a Paris area resident 23 years, died Sunday at North Plains Hospital at Borger. She was born at Fort Towson, Okla., Sept. 1, 1891, and her late husband was John Hill Batson. Her funeral will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Church of God at Blossom, burial to be made there in Knights of Honor Cemetery, by Gene Roden & Sons funeral home of Paris. Mrs. Batson leaves four children: Mrs. Lloyd Clark and Nillan Batson, Borger; Mrs. John J. Dooley, Natchez, Miss., and James Batson, Spearman; also 46 other descendants, and a brother, Buddy Allen of Avery.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate: Name: Josie Allen Batson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Aug 1970
Event Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 01 Sep 1891
Birthplace: Fort Towson, Oklahoma
Father’s Name: Not Known
Mother’s Name: Not Known
Certificate Number: 58308
GS Film number: 2218859
Digital Folder Number: 005145870
Image Number: 02360
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D5-DND : 13 March 2018), Josie Allen Batson, 02 Aug 1970; citing certificate number 58308, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,859.

Metal marker near J. H. Batson.

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