Obituary of Maggie Mooring Rudd
Austin American 1-29-1956
(C. Avis Catalog entry #385)
MRS. JAMES RUDD
Funeral services for Mrs. James Rudd of 1509 Rainbow Bend will be Monday at 10 a.m. at University Presbyterian Church with Dr. W. M. Logan officiating.
The body is at Cook Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rudd, 86, died in a local hospital Saturday. She was born in Grimes County, Texas, and was a descendant of one of the members of Moses Austin's colony. She moved to Austin in 1935.
Mrs. Rudd served on the State Board of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in the early 1920's. She was an honorary member of the William B. Travis chapter of DRT and of Albert Sidney Johnston chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a past regent of Betty Martin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Temple; and was a member of Thankful Hubbard chapter of DAR of Austin. She was a member of University Presbyterian Church and a life member of Woman's Auxiliary.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Dwight Chiles of Austin, Miss Madge Rudd of Spartanburg, S. C.; Mrs. T. J. McElhenney of Austin and Mrs. L. V. Ragsdale of Fall River, Mass.; one sister, Mrs. J. Thomas Hall of Nacogdoches; seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dr. T. J. McElhenney, Dr. T. E. McElhenney, Dr. Jake Avis, Jr., Jake Avis, all of Austin and G. Martel Hall of Nacogdoches. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Temple.