(Obit - Mrs. C. M. Patton, age 58, prominent Cumby woman and widow of the late C. M. Patton, 
of that city, died in Greenville Monday night. She had been ill since early in December, and 
was carried to Greenville for treatment about a week ago. Mrs. Patton, nee Miss Lena Brewer, 
daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Brewer, pioneer Cumby residents, was one of Cumby’s 
most prominent women. She had been a resident of Cumby all her life and a member of the First 
Christian Church of Cumby since girlhood. She is survived by three children, Miss Grace Patton 
of the East Texas State Teachers College Faculty, Commerce; Miss Ada Patton, Cumby; Edwin 
Patton, National Bank Examiner; and one brother, W. E. Brewer, Cumby; one sister, Mrs. S. D. 
Greaves, Cumby. Her husband preceded her in death on March 2, 1932