Martha Etta Holbrook 1 2 3 4
- Born: 10 Nov 1882, Purdon, Navarro County, Texas
- Marriage (1): Thomas John Flournoy
- Died: 24 Dec 1956, La Grange, Fayette County, Texas at age 74
- Buried: 25 Dec 1956, Myrtle Cemetery, Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas
General Notes:
At the time of the 1910 census, Martha and Thomas lived with his parents in Colorado County, Texas. They had been married 12 years and she had borne 3 children, all still living. By 1920, she had another son, Hicks. They continued to live with her father in law in Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas and her stepson Eddie was also there working with Thomas as a stockman. Etta was a seamstress working from home.
Flournoy, Martha Etta (Holbrook)
Mrs. Etta Flournoy Funeral Is Held At Rock Island.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon In the Rock Island Baptist church for Mrs. Martha Etta Flournoy, 74, who died Monday in a La Grange hospital.
Minister Leon Locke, pastor of a Church of Christ at Hungerford, conducted the rites.
Mrs. Flournoy had lived in Rock Island for the last 50 years and had gone to La Grange recently for a visit with her son, Sheriff Jim Flournoy, and his family, and became ill. She was born at Purdon Nov. 10, 1882.
She was also the mother of another sheriff, Mike Flournoy, of Wharton county.
Other survivors include 2 stepsons, W. B. Flournoy of Highlands and Lee Flournoy of Crosby; a stepdaughter, Mrs. R. L. Herndon of Highlands: a brother, Ben Holbrook of Corsicana; and 9 grandchildren.
Burial was in Myrtle cemetery near Rock Island.
Colorado County Citizen, December 27, 1956, page 6
Martha married Thomas John Flournoy, son of Mordicai Gibson Flournoy and Martha Jane Murchison. (Thomas John Flournoy was born on 1 Jun 1863 in Texas, died on 14 Oct 1934 and was buried in Myrtle Cemetery, Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas.)
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