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Gussie Mae Nickols Nix

23 Aug 1895 – 12 Oct 1942

Birth	23 Aug 1895
Death	12 Oct 1942
Cemetery	Forest Park Cemetery Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Armstrong on 21 May 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14350277

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Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 Name: Bruce Jones Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 26 Feb 1914 Event Place: Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, United States Event Place (Original): Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, United States Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Gussie Nichols Spouse's Gender: Female Reference ID: p 278 Source Reference: Volumes 13-14 GS Film Number: 1298852 Digital Folder Number: 004705902 Citing this Record: "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9Z-YXR : 22 January 2020), Gussie Nichols in entry for Bruce Jones, 1914. Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 Name: Cecil M Nix Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 17 Apr 1920 Event Place: Hunt, Texas, United States Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Gussie May Jones Spouse's Titles and Terms: Mrs Spouse's Gender: Female Page: 163 GS Film Number: 002392461 Digital Folder Number: 004820778 Image Number: 00087 Citing this Record: "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-LYVR : 10 December 2017), Cecil M Nix and Gussie May Jones, 17 Apr 1920; citing Marriage, citing Hunt, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 2,392,461. Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch): Name Gussie Mae Nix Death Date 12 Oct 1942 Death Place Greenville, Hunt, Texas Gender Female Race white Death Age 47 years 1 month 19 days Estimated Birth Date Birth Date 23 Aug 1895 Birthplace Hopkins County, Texas Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Father's Name William Albert Nickols Father's Birthplace Missouri Mother's Name Elizabeth Day Mother's Birthplace Texas Occupation Housewife Place of Residence Greenville, Hunt, Texas Cemetery Forest Park Cemetery Burial Place Greenville, Hunt, Texas Burial Date 13 Oct 1942 Additional Relatives X Film Number 2137184 Digital Film Number 4030077 Image Number 219 Reference Number certificate # 45308 [Source: Peters Funeral Home Record s, 1941-1955, by Hunt County Genealogical Society (1992), page 11: volume 1 page 44; Gussie Mae Nix; white; born 8-23-1895 Hopkins County, Texas; resided 2916 Crockett, Greenville; married to Cecil M. Nix; died 10-12-42 at home; 47-yo; buried Forest Park; father Wm. Albert Nickols born Missouri; mother Elizabeth Day born Texas; resided in county life] Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Mon, 12 Oct 1942, page 7, Mrs. Cecil Nix Called by Death Mrs. Cecil Nix, a resident of Greenville for the past 25 years, died at her home, 2916 Crockett street this afternoon at 2:50 o'clock following a three months' illness. Particulars concerning her life and announcement of the funeral services were not available at press time, although tentative plans are for late Tuesday afternoon. She was a member of the First Baptist church and is survived by her husband and one son, Lieutenant Wilford B. Jones, Two brothers, Clyde and Earl Nickols of Picton. Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Tue, 13 Oct 1942, page 5, Last Rites Are Held Today for Mrs. Cecil Funeral services were to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel of the Gray Funeral Home for Mrs. Cecil Nix, 47, who passed away Monday afternoon at her home, 2916 Crockett street, after an illness of several months. The services were to be conducted by Dr. C.B. Jackson pastor of the First Baptist church and the Rev. Carl Irby of Newsome, Texas, with burial following in Forest Park cemetery. Pallbearers were named as Roy Edwards, Fred Meadows, Benton Morgan, Ralph Townes, Lawrence Crawford of this city and Mack Orr and Marshall Dodson of Pickton. Mrs. Nix, nee Gussie Mae Nickels, was born in Hopkins-co near Pickton, on August 23, 1895. She moved to Greenville after her marriage to Cecil Nix on April 17, 1920. She had been member of the First Baptist church here for many years and had been an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Widely known in this section she had many friends who admired her for her traits of generosity and her compassion for those in need. Mrs. Nix is survived by her husband, and a son, Lieutenant Wilford D. Jones, who is stationed at Camp Polk, La.; two brothers, Earl Nickels and Clyde Nickels, and a cousin, Mrs. Tom Mitchell.

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