Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Brooks, Mary E. Burgett 251509

Birth: 04/30/1836 Death: 08/20/1920 Marriage:

Cemetery: Evergreen (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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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, Tuesday, August 10, 1920, p. 7: “DIED AT DAUGHTER’S HOME IN WEST PARIS. Mrs. Mary E. Brooks, the mother of Mrs. Dora Hopper, died at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter on West Houston street. She had been making her home with her children, and had just returned from spending some time with a daughter in Indiana when she was taken sick. The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Hopper at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. S. Hutcherson. Burial was at Evergreen cemetery.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Mary A Brooks
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Aug 1920
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1836
Birthplace:
Father’s Name: Jno Burgett
Mother’s Name: Eliza Murry
Certificate Number: 27172
GS Film number: 2073862
Digital Folder Number: 005144729
Image Number: 00410
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78P-GW8 : 5 December 2014), Mary A Brooks, 08 Aug 1920; citing certificate number 27172, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,862.

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