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Hollis Merkerson Ponder
8 Mar 1900 – 10 Jan 1968
| Birth | 8 Mar 1900 |
| Death | 10 Jan 1968 |
| Cemetery | Reilly Springs Cemetery Reilly Springs , Hopkins County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | C. C on 04 Sep 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15066539 |
Bio
Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Thursday, 11 Jan 1968, page 2 H. M. Ponder Rites Friday COMMERCE - Hollis M. Ponder, 67-year-old resident of Commerce, died at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday in a Greenville nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the W.Y. Goff Chapel here. The Rev. Julius Stagner will officiate. Burial will be at the Riley Springs Community. Mr. Ponder, a retired farmer who resided at 1200 Sycamore St. in Commerce, was born March 8, 1900, in Riley Springs, the son of Frank Ponder and his wife, the former Nobia Whatley. On Feb. 29, 1919, (sic) Mr. Ponder was married to the former Lola McClain of Hopkins County. He had been a member of the First Christian Church since childhood. He moved to Commerce eight years ago from the Fairlie community. Mr. Ponder is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Truetta Webb and Mrs. Dimple Rex, both of Houston; two sons, Dewitt of Modesto, Calif., and Kenneth of Hopkinsville, Ky.; one sister, Mrs. Eula Starrepp of Sulphur Springs; four brothers, Robert of Commerce, Fred of Sulphur Springs, Percy of Como, and Duvall of Riley Springs; eleven grandchildren; and eleven great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Toy Venson, Clyde Bryant, A. E. McFarland, Royce Phillips, and Woodrow Pemberton.
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Siblings
- Frankie Ponder Massengale 1895–1961
- Percy Covington Ponder 1896–1973
- Leslie Hiram Ponder 1898–1960
- Eula Florence Ponder Starrett 1902–1989
- Clyde Ponder 1904–1967
- Duval Ponder 1906–1981
- Robert Ponder 1908–1990
- Fred Warren Ponder 1911–1987
- John Whatley Ponder 1912–1974
Children
- Truetta Ponder Webb 1921–2004 FaG
- DeWitt Ponder 1923–1991 FaG
- Dimple Sunshine Ponder Rex 1926–1987 FaG
- Kenneth Hollis "Corkey" Ponder 1941–1987 FaG
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