| Beasley, W. P. 214586 |
| Birth: 10/01/1856 Death: 06/28/1916 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Pleasant Hill (NORTHEAST) |
| Record Source: 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. (12/17/2025) |
| Notes From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #9; p.81; Service #160; W. P. Beasley; charge to deceased; secured by L.S.I.U. & W.O.W.; date of funeral, 29 Jun 1916; services at residence, 86 S. Waverly & pleasant Hill cemetery, 1 pm; Clergyman, Hamilton; Physician, W. W. Fitzpatrick; cause of death, Pellegra; date of death, 28 Jun 1916, 11:50 am; age 56 years; interment at Pleasant Hill cemetery; casket 6/0 & box $50.00; hearse $15.00; Total $65.00. Next to Essie Irene Beasley. THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, 29 June 1916: 'W. P. Beasley, aged fifty-nine years, died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at the family residence on Waverly street. he had been in gradually failing health for a long time, but was able to be out on the streets a considerable part of the time. The deceased came to Lamar county from Arkansas in 1902 and located near Brookston, where he continued to reside and engaged in farming until three years ago, when he moved to the city. His wife died before he left Arkansas and he never married again. He is survived by two sons and five daughters, all of whom reside in Paris except one of the daughters, Mrs. Ella Hart of Little Rock, and she and Mrs. Lawrence Burney are the only children who are married. The other children are Misses Lillian, Anna and Ora and Brooks and Walter Beasley. The deceased was a devoted member of Centenary Methodist Church, and also belonged to the Woodmen. The funeral service will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at his late residence. Rev. M. L. Hamilton officiating and the burial will be at Pleasant Hill cemetery north of Brookston at 3:30 o'clock.' |