Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Terry, Thomas Edward 203758

Birth: 07/25/1877 Death: 10/13/1960 Marriage:

Cemetery: Highland (10 FRT SE)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate, Headstone

See Image Terry, Thomas E. Sr.
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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. (05/12/2025)

Notes

THE PARIS NEWS, Fri, Oct 14, 1960: “Thomas Edward Terry, former Pattonville-Milton telephone system owner, who also served as Justice of the Peace a number of years, died Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. He had been ill some time. The funeral service, Saturday at 10 a.m., will be held at Grant Funeral Home here, and interment made in Highland Cemetery. Mr. Terry, son of the late Hugh M. and Martha A. (Roark) Terry, was born in Milton community July 23, 1877. His wife died in 1948. Survivors are these children; Mrs. Fred McHam and Miss Janice Terry, Tyler, and Thomas E. Terry, Dallas; a brother, J. C. Terry, Plainview, and a sister, Mrs. Mattie Hutchison, Denton.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Thomas Edward Terry
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Oct 1960
Event Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1877
Birthplace: Milton, Texas
Father’s Name: Hugh M Terry
Mother’s Name: Martha A Rourk
Certificate Number: 68224
GS Film number: 2116618
Digital Folder Number: 005145505
Image Number: 00135
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34B-BWT : 13 March 2018), Martha A Rourk in entry for Thomas Edward Terry, 13 Oct 1960; citing certificate number 68224, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,618.

Double marker with Lucy Belle Terry. Near John H. Pettit and Grover L. Speir.

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