James Boulware Woosley
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J. B. WOOSLEY ---- Obituary, Unnamed Trenton, Texas
Newspaper
J. B. WOOSLEY died at his home in Whitewright Monday
morning at 11 o?clock after being in failing health for sometime. The funeral
services were conducted by Revs. NASH and EPTING and interment was made
in Oak Hill Cemetery at Whitewright Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. WOOSLEY was born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1838.
He moved to Texas in 1864. Since 1882 he had been in the hardware business
at Whitewright and was known by nearly everyone in this section of the
State. He was a successful business man and was quite well to do. He was
held in the highest esteem by his friends and they will regret to learn
of his death.
His aged wife preceded him to the grave only a few
weeks ago. Those who attended his funeral services from Trenton were: Mrs.
Emma WOOSLEY, Clarence WOOSLEY and family, W. R. FOSTER and family, Mrs.
Jim BUTLER and children and Ben DYER and family.
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J. B. WOOSLEY, October 8, 1917 -- Obituary, Unnamed
Whitewright, Texas Newspaper
In drafting recruits for the innumerable army in the
world beyond, Death has taken toll again in Whitewright, removing from
our midst one who was within the age limit, ready, and claimed no exemption.
The summons came to J. B. WOOSLEY about 11 o'clock, October 8, 1917 and
the venerable merchant citizen vacated his accustomed place in the family
circle, in the business life of this little city and in the brotherhood
of men. He has been called up higher to wear the chevron and badge of a
'good and faithful servant'.
Mr. WOOSLEY cast his lot with this little town in its
infancy. He has been in the hardware business at the 'Woosley corner' for
35 years, accumulating in the pursuit of that business a considerable fortune.
His chief service to this community through the 35 years of its development
and varying periods of prosperity and depression can be better told by
the hundreds he has assisted, encouraged and carried over seasons of adversity
and crop failures until the sun of plenty would again appear on their horizons.
He laid no claim to special accomplishments nor did he choose to assume
the role of Philanthropist and town builder, but in his own way he has
perhaps rendered the community in the pioneer and struggling days of its
development as valuable service as any of our enterprising townsmen who
may have looked upon their obligations from a different angle. He has carried
heavy family responsibilities and has been a long and liberal contributor
to the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. He has been liberal
in other ways, and especially did he seem to find pleasure in bestowing
upon those near to him much of the material things of life. His faculty
of discernment and delineation of the characters of men, was remarkable.
During his long business intercourse with the public he stored away in
his mind a complete history of the people with whom he dealt. His confidence
in them was rarely misplaced. In his niche he was content to serve and
served well. He was an honorable, upright and just citizen, and as a tribute
to those attributes business ceased and the stores were closed during the
funeral hour.
Mr. WOOSLEY was born February 11, 1838. He married
in Crawford County, Arkansas, on August 6, 1857, to Elizabeth (Bettie)
MATHEWS, who died just last August. While Mr. WOOSLEY was away in the service
of the Confederacy, his family came to Texas to get out of the danger zone
of marauders. They settled in Cass County, where Mr. WOOSLEY rejoined them
after the war and began reconstruction of his affairs and those of the
state and community. He is survived by 3 children, Mrs J. J. (Julia) LEWELLEN,
Mrs. A. T. (Sarah) PHILLIPS and G. B. (Gilliam) WOOSLEY. Funeral services
were held at the home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. R. NASH and
Rev. W. J. EPTING, after which the body was taken in charge by local and
visiting Masons and intombed at Oak Hill Cemetery at Whitewright with the
impressive rights of that Fraternity.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Mrs. J. B. Woosley
Died August 25, 1917, at 4:45 a.m.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral at the family residence Sunday afternoon, August
26, 1917, at three-thirty o’clock, conducted by Rev. A. R. Nash, assisted
by Rev. W. J. Epting.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery
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FUNERAL NOTICE
J. B. Woosley
Born Feb. 11, 1838
Died Oct. 8, 1917
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral at the family residence Tuesday afternoon, October
9, at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. J. Epting.
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