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Bush, Bessie Nichols   214920
Birth: NOT KNOWN    Death: 05/23/1905    Marriage:
Cemetery: Evergreen (08-14-02)
Record Source: Lamar County Record Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co.
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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. (12/15/2025)

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Lamar County Death Records Bk.#1, p.100; #1045; Mrs. W.E. Nichols; white female; age 17 years; died in Paris of consumption; reported by G.F. Thornhill.

From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #4; p.197; Service #66; White; Married; age 17-Post years; Wife of W.E. Bush; Father: Jack Nichols; date of death 23 May 1905; Cause of death: Tuberculosis, 7 weeks; Funeral services at Hammonds Residence, 2 pm May 24; Interment: May 24, 1905 in Nichols lot, Evergreen; Casket by Telephone, size 5/6, made by Cornett? $75.00; Cemetery fee $5.00; Hearse $10.00; Carriage for PB $5.00; 3 Carriage (1 Palace) $10.50.

Sexton records had a 'Bessie Bush' in Block 08-14-02 without any dates in the record. A check of the location revealed an unmarked grave. As there is no W.E. Bush buried in Evergreen this record is assigned to that location.


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