Mary L TURNER HACKWORTH

ELGIN COURIER UNDATED ARTICLE (1939)

PIONEER BASTROP COUNTY RESIDENT PASSES ON AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS.

MRS. MARY L. HACKWORTH  

        Mrs. Mary L. Hackworth, 63, passed on at the family home in the Mt. Pleasant Community at 3:50 a.m. Friday, March 31, 1939, following an illness of about forty-two hours, caused from an attack of acute indigestion.  The body lay in state at the residence until the funeral hour Saturday afternoon, when services were held from the church at Pleasant Grove, with the Rev. T.E. Holt of Belton officiating.  The choir rendered several favorite hymns in tribute to her memory and the grave was banked with beautiful flowers sent by sorrowing friends and relatives.  Pallbearers were her three son, Ambrose, Newton, and Joel Hackworth, two sons-in-law, G.A. Morrow and W.D. Larsen.  Interment was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

         Mary L. Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner, was born December 22, 1876, at Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas.  When two years of age she came with her parents to Bastrop County, Mt. Pleasant Community where she grew to young womanhood, and was happily married on December 29, 1895, to Mr. M. A. Hackworth.  They established their home in that community, where the husband engaged in farming.  Their home was known far and near for its cordial hospitality and they were respected and admired for their many fine qualities by all who knew them.  She was a home-lover and her chief interest centered about her home, children and husband.  Her yard was a bower of beauty, her home a haven of comfort for them.  She was a Christian and reared her children to be fine God-fearing citizens and honor and pride to her.  She    was a good wife, and adoring mother and a kind friend, one ever  ready and eager to do good or offer assistance where she could.  Mrs. Hackworth had been a member of the Baptist Church since 1897 and her high ideals and exemplary life were an inspiration to all who came in contact with her.  She was a member of the Praetorian Lodge.  She was kind, sympathetic, considerate, charitable and generous.  Her place in the home and community can never quite be filled and her going is felt most keenly by the  host of friends, who offer   sympathy to the bereaved husband and children. 

         Surviving other than the husband are two daughters, Mrs.  W.D. Larsen, Victoria; Mrs. G.A. Morrow, Houston; three sons, Ambrose, Mt. Pleasant; Newton, Wharton; Joel, Mt. Pleasant; one grand daughter, Willyne, Larsen, Houston; four sisters, Mrs. S.R. French, McDade; Mrs. Celia Reed, Temple; Mrs Rose Evans, Arizona; Mrs Albert French, Mt Pleasant; three brothers, J.C. Turner, Pleasant Grove; H.L. Turner, Mt. Pleasant; Edd Turner, O’Donnell, Texas.

         All of the children were present for the funeral and others in attendance from a distance to pay their last respects were; Mr. and Mrs. Amon Olive and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Conner of Lexington; Mr. and Mrs. |Victor Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Taylor, Jack, Preston, and Glen Browning, Mrs. Philip Samuelson, all of Austin; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cartwright, Mr. G.A. Morrow, all of Houston; Mr. W.D. Larsen and Willyne, Victoria; Mrs. D.N. Hackworth, Wharton and many others from Elgin, McDade and surrounding towns and communities.