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Columbus P Humphries

14 Mar 1874 – 5 Mar 1955

Birth	14 Mar 1874
Death	5 Mar 1955
Cemetery	Bell's Chapel Cemetery Pecan Hill , Ellis County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Smith on 01 Dec 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16755036

Bio

Waxahachie (tX) Daily Light, March 8, 1955, p. 2 (extracted from Hastings and Dunavant families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh) Last rites for Columbus P. Humphries were conducted at the Christian Church in Rockett Sunday with Rev. McCowan officiating. Burial was in Bells Chapel cemetery under the direction of the Rudolph funeral home. Mr. Humphries, who died Saturday, was born on March 14, 1874, at Spartanburg, N.C. and moved to Red Oak in 1897. He had lived in the Red Oak and Rockett communities since moving to Ellis county. He was married to Miss Isabel Jolly in 1896 and was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors include his widow of Rockett; three sons, H.C., R. c. and L. A. Humphries, all of Rockett; four daughters, Mrs. Clara Farrar, Mrs. Hanna Hastings, Mrs. Valore Dunavant, all of Rockett and Mrs. Ila Halgwood of Lancaster, two brothers, George Humphries of San Antonio and D. C. Humphries of Santa Anna; a sister, Mrs. Arkie Morgan; five grandchildren and five great- grandchildren...... Pallbearers were Jack Morgan, Bennie Humphries, R. C. Johnson, Vernie Humphries, Herman Scruggs, Wayne Farrar, Lamber Humphries and Sam Jolly.

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Family

Spouse

• Isabelle "Belle" Jolly Humphries 1876–1965

Children

• Huby Clyde Humphries 1898–1963
• Clara Estelle Humphries Farrar 1901–1974
• Lo Ami Humphries 1904–1974
• Lo Ruhamah "Hami or Hamma" Humphries Hastings 1904–1985
• Samuel Lawson Humphries 1908–1918
• Valoree Elizabeth Humphries Dunavant 1909–1994
• Raymond Chesley Humphries 1911–1984

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