Friday Rites Planned for Centenarian

CARROLLTON, Texas. Mrs. J. T. McCormick, who celebrated her one hundredth birthday last August, died Wednesday in her home here after a long illness.
A native of Jackson County, Ala., she came to Texas in 1874, settling near Hebron, Denton County. After the death of her first husband, Henry Isom, she married J. T. McCormick in 1885.
Mrs. McCormick was a charter member of the Hebron Baptist church, which was founded in 1883. She moved to Carrollton several years ago to make her home with a son, Roy McCormick.
Other survivors are sons, Virg Isom of Carrollton, T. C. McCormick and H. F. McCormick of Austin, R. E. McCormick of Fort Worth; two daughters, Mrs. John Salmon of Plano and Mrs. Guy Jones of Dallas; 14 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Hebron Baptist Church, with the Rev. E. W. Prevo and Dr. Fred A. White officiating. Burial will be in Cemetery Hill.
Pallbearers will be James Isom, C. W. Isom, J. R. Salmon, Dr. T. C. McCormick, Jack Isom and Ray F. McCormick, all grandsons of Mrs. McCormick.

The Dallas Morning News - November 6, 1958
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams