FIFTH GENERATION

525. Edna Alice Rutledge was born on 8 May 1887 in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas. She appeared on the census on 7 Apr 1930 in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas. ⁽⁸⁴²⁾ She died on 11 Nov 1976 in Crane, Crane County, Texas. ⁽⁸⁴³⁾ She was buried in LaMesa Cemetery, LaMesa, Texas.

From the Crane News, Crane, Texas, Thursday, November 18, 1976:


OBITUARY

ALICE CONKLIN

Services for Alice Edna Conklin, 89, of Crane, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sheppard Chapel of Memories with graveside services at 3 p.m. at Lamesa Cemetery on Sunday.

She died at 6 p.m. Thursday at her home after a brief illness.

Born on May 8. 1887, in Round Rock, she was married to Byrl Pierce Conklin on May 11, 1904, in Bangs. He died in 1923.

She had been a Crane resident 25 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Drew Lockhart of Crane: a son, Fonza Norris Conklin of McAlister, New Mexico; four sisters, Mrs. Susie Walker of Bangs, Mrs. A. J. Myers and Mrs. Tommy Thompson. both of Brownwood, and Mrs. J. L. Avinger of Sweeney; 11 grandchildren;18 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.


Information on this family was contributed by:

"John Aral Hays" <JHays75057@aol.com>

She was married to Byrl Pierce Conklin (son of Andrew J. Conklin and Mattie C. Walker) on 11 May 1904 in Brown County, Texas. Byrl Pierce Conklin was born on 14 Apr 1882 in Bangs, Brown County, Texas. He appeared on the census on 18 Apr 1910 in JP #1, Dawson County, Texas.⁽⁸⁴⁴⁾ He appeared on the census on 11 Mar 1920 in Precinct #1, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas.⁽⁸⁴⁵⁾ He died on 23 Dec 1923 in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas. He was buried in LaMesa Cemetery, LaMesa, Texas. Edna Alice Rutledge and Byrl Pierce Conklin had the following children:

+1150 i. Mildred Annie Conklin.
+1151 ii. Jesse Aral Conklin.
+1152 iii. Wilburn Pierce Conklin.
+1153 iv. Jettie Lee Conklin.
+1154 v. Fonza Norris "Feenie" Conklin.