Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Bates, James A. 224439

Birth: 03/09/1853 Death: 08/22/1944 Marriage:

Cemetery: Springhill (SOUTHEAST)

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

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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. (12/17/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Wednesday, August 23, 1944, p. 1: “Overcome by fire which menaced his barn while an adjoining pasture was being burned off, James A. Bates, 91, of Novice community, Rt. 2, Blossom, was fatally burned Tuesday. He died at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital here where he had been brought about 1:45 p.m. Only his wife was near at the time, and she was unable to drag him away from the flames when he fell. His clothing caught fire, and he was badly burned before help could be summoned. Funeral services were set for 5 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Springhill tabernacle, conducted by Robert G. Cook, Church of Christ preacher, Brown-Roden Funeral Home making interment in Springhill Cemetery. Named as pallbearers were Emory Easterwood, Claude Johnson, Marvin England, Ellis Allen, Haywood Howard and Charley Turner. Born in Nashville, Tenn., March 9, 1853, he had lived in Novice community since 1900, engaging in farming. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Mary Lou Ford, and three daughters, Mrs. Esker Moss, Medill; Mrs. Jesse Welch, Kilgore, and Mrs. Anna Quinn, Mineral Wells, besides a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD, 24 Aug 1944 from microfilm in Clarksville Library: “James A. Bates, 91, of the Novice Community, Blossom, R 2, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. from burns received earlier in the day when a grass fire threatened his barn. His clothing caught fire and no one was near except his wife and he was badly burned before help could reach him. He was a native of Tennessee and had lived in that community since 1900. He is survived by his wife and 3 daughters, besides a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: James A Bates
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Aug 1944
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 09 Mar 1853
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Father’s Name:
Mother’s Name:
Certificate Number: 39278
GS Film number: 2137816
Digital Folder Number: 005144838
Image Number: 00815
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1M-RWZ : 5 December 2014), James A Bates, 22 Aug 1944; citing certificate number 39278, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,816.

Lamar Co. Marriage Record Book 22, page 240: J. A. Bates married M. L. Ryan on 7 Jan 1906.

On the same stone with Mary L. Bates.

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