Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Travis, Laura Waller 246687

Birth: 10/18/1862 Death: 03/17/1945 Marriage:

Cemetery: See Notes

Record Source: The Paris News

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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, Monday, March, 19, 1945, p. 4: "Death of Mrs. D. L. Travis occurred Saturday night at 9 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs. W. B. Gervers, 303-6th SE, where she had spent most of the last three years. She formerly resided at Cooper. Funeral service was set for 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Manton-Fry Funeral Home here, conducted by the Rev. Lawrence Malloy of First Presbyterian Church, with burial at Cooper. Friends there were designated pallbearers. Mrs. Travis leaves four children, Joe C. Travis and Mrs. Gervers here; Miss Kate Travis, Cooper, and Miss Sue Travis, San Antonio, besides one sister Mrs. W. G. Kirby of Ben Franklin. She was formerly Miss Laura Waller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joe Waller born October 18, 1862, in Tennessee. She came to Texas when nine years old, and had lived in Delta County ever since. Mr. Travis died at Cooper, March 4, 1924. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Laura Travis
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Mar 1945
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1862
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: Joe Waller
Mother's Name: Susan Miller
Certificate Number: 12630
GS Film number: 2137914
Digital Folder Number: 005144842
Image Number: 01800
Citing this Record: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1S-NXC : accessed 13 December 2015), Laura Travis, 17 Mar 1945; citing certificate number 12630, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,914.

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