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Ida Lucinda Pickle Stirman

9 Jan 1859 – 4 Jun 1941

Birth9 Jan 1859
Death4 Jun 1941
CemeteryAthens Cemetery
Athens , Henderson County , Texas , USA
Added bySergeant on 30 Dec 2025
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Ida was the daughter of Crawford Wilson and Elizabeth Murphy Pickle. She married Valentine Stirman 30 Oct 1879 and they raised one son and one daughter. Following an illness that had lasted since shortly after the death of her husband in 1936, Mrs. V. I. Stirman, 82, a resident of Athens for more than a half century, passed away at the family home on East Corsicana street at 10:50 Wednesday night. She had been critically ill for more than a week and physicians as early as last Sunday had given up all hope. The body was removed to the Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home where funeral services were held at 4 o'clock Thursday, with Rev. Nimmo Goldston, former Christian pastor here and now of Center, conducting the funeral services. Burial was at the City cemetery by the side of her late husband. Pallbearers were members of the official board of the Christian church, of which the deceased was a lifetime member. The board is composed of G.I. Shelton, Fon Taylor, Luther Cox, J. T. Nelson, Don Dickerson, C.O. Kemp, Dan Spencer, C.H. Stanton, Newburn Stirman, B.D. Dickerson, J. R. Scaborough, Albert Reierson and Sam Jenkins. It was the wish of Mrs. Stirman that the board serve as pallbearers. Survivors are two children, Mrs. Tom P. Faulk and W. B. Stirman, both of Athens; two grandsons, Thomas and Tine Faulk and one granddaughter, Karen Frances Faulk, all of Athens. One brother, Charley Pickle of Bay City, also survives. Deceased was born in Williamson, South Carolina, on January 9, 1859. Her maiden name was Ida Lucinda Pickle and she was the daughter of Crofford Nelson Pickle and Elizabeth Murphey Pickle, both of whom were natives of South Carolina. Her father came to Texas when she was eight years of age and settled in Anderson county near the old Hanks gin. Her father died September 21, 1881 in Anderson county. The mother had previously died April 4, 1866 at Williamson South Carolina. Mrs. Stirman's husband died in April 1936 at the age of 81, after a long and active career in Henderson county. He was a native of the county and his parents were among the earliest settlers here. Mr. and Mrs. Stirman were married on October 30, 1879. On that date in 1929 they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the First Christian church here and the occasion drew more than a hundred friends who paid tribute to their long and useful lives. All the speakers on that occasion, except Bose Coleman, have since passed to their reward. They were Senator J. J. Faulk, J. T. LaRue, J.R. Reierson, and Mrs. Genie Faulk, who died just a short time ago. On that occasion Mr. Stirman, responding for he and his wife to the many tributes paid them, gave this simple recipe for a happy life: "Never be extreme in anything, including religion, work or play." Both Mr. and Mrs. Stirman were devout members of the Christian church and both were regular attendants at the church up until ill health prevented. With the death of Mrs. Stirman one of the last of the original charter members of the First Christian church of Athens has passed away. The Stirman Drug Store was closed today out of respect to the deceased and the Rotary program was dispensed with out of respect to the son, who is a charter member of the club and who was it's first president. The F. & M. Bank also remained closed today. At the Rotary meeting R. T. Craig paid a brief tribute to Mrs. Stirman and her late husband, whose Christian life has meant much to Athens. Of Winfield Stirman Mr. Craig said: " There has never been a greater example of devotion of son to mother than that displayed by him. It is un-necessary for me to tell the members of this club that he was never too busy to go to her bedside, which was frequently many times daily, and that he never left the city without leaving word where he could be reached in case she needed him." --Published in the Athens Review , June 12, 1941

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