Obituary

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #787)

Dr. Charles Dwight Childs

Funeral services for Dr. Charles Dwight Childs, 33, 771 Parkway, Fairfield, dentist for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company,who died at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the company hospital, will be held Friday afternoon from the residence in Fairfield.  Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery, with Johns in charge.  Dr. Dwight is survived by a widow and young son.

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #786)

Dr. Charles Dwight Childs

Funeral services for Dr. Charles Dwight Childs, 33, 771 Parkway, Fairfield, dentist for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company,who died at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the company hospital, will be held Friday afternoon from the residence in Fairfield, followed by interment in Elmwood, the hour to be announced later by Johns.  He is survived by his widow.

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #785)

Dr. Dwight Childs

Funeral services over the remains of the late Dr. C. Dwight Chiles will be conducted from the late residence, 771 Parkway, Friday afternoon at3 o'clock.  Rev. Edward G. Mackay, former pastor of the Fairfield Methodist church, will officiate.  Interment will be at Elmwood.  The death of Dr. Chiles was the cause of the deepest regret among all classes of residents of Fairfield where he is best known.  Many expressions of condolence were sent to the home and the floral offerings from friends were many and beautiful.  The pall bearers as announced, follow:  Active, Dr. C. A. Greene, C. T. Phillips, Dr. V. D. Lee, R. W. Kirkland, C. C. Halcombe, Dr. R. T.Smith.  Honorary pall bearers:  <58 names follow>

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #784)

Dr. Childs Dead

Dr. C. Dwight Chiles, chief dental surgeon for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, attached to the Employes hospital, died at 4o'clock Wednesday afternoon.  He has been seriously ill for a few days but it was not until this morning that his condition became grave and the physicians at the hospital gave up hope.  He was one of the sunniest men in Fairfield and one of the most popular and agreeable.  For many years he has been associated with the company, having been chosen as a proper man by Dr. Lloyd Noland to head the all-import and dental department of the company.  His friends he numbered by the hundreds, for he was ever agreeable and was popular in the extreme.  He was the son of Charles Chiles, one of the pioneer engineers of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, who gave his life in a wreck on that line years ago.

Dr. Chiles is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lena A. Chiles; his widow, who was Miss Fay Rudd of Temple, Tex.; his son, Dwight Chiles, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. H. R. Morris, and one brother, David Chiles.  Dr. Chiles was born in Birmingham November 13, 1890, graduated at the Birmingham Medical college and later at the Northwestern at Chicago.  He practiced privately before entering the service of the Tennessee company.  He served as a lieutenant of the dental corps, U. S. A., for two years during the war, later returning to his interrupted work in Fairfield.  He was also vice president of the Alabama Dental society.  His death cast a pall of sorrow over the hospital and over Fairfield.  The entire surgical and medical staff of the hospital battled courageously to save the life of their associate, all to no avail.

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #783)

unknown newspaper Vol. II # 28

Dr. Chiles Passes

Dr. C. Dwight Chiles, chief Dental Surgeon of the T. C. I. Co., at the Employee's Hospital, died at 4 P. M. Wednesday, of acute Nephritis.  He was ill for only one week, and his illness did not cause any grave apprehension until a short time before his death.

Dr. Chiles was born in Birmingham, Nov. 13, 1890, being the son of Charles Chiles and Mrs. Lena A. Chiles.  He attended the Birmingham Dental college and later Northwestern University.  He did private practice for some time and later became connected with theT. C. I. Co.  He entered the service of his country during the World War and served as Lieutenant in the Dental corps.  When he was discharged, he returned and resumed his duties with the T. C. I. Co.  At the time of his death, he was chief dental surgeon for the company.

Dr. Chiles leaves surviving him, his widow and son, Dwight Chiles, Jr., his mother, Mrs. Lena A. Chiles, a sister, Mrs. H. R. Morris and a brother, David Chiles.

Funeral services will be conducted from his late residence at 771 Parkway, at 3 P. M., Friday.  Rev. Edward G. Macay, former pastor of Fairfield Methodist church, officiating.  He will be buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

The pall bearers will be as follows:  Active:  Dr. C. A. Greene, C. T. Phillips, Dr. V. D. Lee, R. W. Kirkland, C. C. Holcomb and Dr. R. T. Smith.  Honorary:  The Resident and consulting staff of the Hospital, his associates in the Health Department serviceand several officials of the T. C. I. Co.

The death of Dr. Chiles caused great bereavement not only among his associates, but the entire citizenship of Fairfield.
 

Obituary of Dr. Charles Dwight Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #782)

The Fairfield Press

DOCTOR CHILES

In the passing of Doctor C. Dwight Chiles, Fairfield loses one of her most valued citizens.  As a professional man, he stood at the topof his chosen calling.  He was one of the most popular men in Fairfield, having a pleasant and attractive personality.  He was a man who had the happy faculty of meeting every one with whom he came in contact -- and they were many -- in a most cordial and friendly manner.  The entire community mourns his loss.

Obituary of Ralph Dunkelberg
(C. Avis Catalog entry #767)

Ralph C. Dunkelberg, 39, prominent in Democratic circles of Indiana, died at 3:15 o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's hospital, following a two-month illness. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

Obituary of Fay Rudd Chiles
(C. Avis Catalog entry #765)

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, unknown page, unknown date

FAY RUDD CHILES
...retired from Brown Securities

Memorial service for Fay Rudd Chiles, 87, a retired executive secretary of Brown Securities of the Brown and Root Corp., will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth with burial in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala.

She died Tuesday in a hospital.

Mrs. Chiles, a native of Temple, was a descendant of Alexander Hodge, one of the first Anglo-American settlers in Texas.  She was a resident of Austin for 43 years before moving to Fort Worth three years ago.

She was a graduate of what is now known as Texas Woman's University in Denton.  She was a member of the University Presbyterian Church in Austin and was an officer of the Heritage Society of Austin.

She is survived by a son, Dwight Chiles, Jr. of Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. William W. Collins of Fort Worth; two sister, Madge Rudd of Austin and Mrs. L. Z. Ragsdale of Fall River, Mass.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be sent to a favorite charity.
 

Obituary of Katie Lou Avis Weeks
(C. Avis Catalog entry #764)

Mrs. Fred Weeks Claimed By Death
<note in margin says "May 1, 1969>

Services for Mrs. Fred Weeks, member of a pioneer Wichita Falls family who died Wednesday morning in Tyler, Tex., will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Lloyd James Funeral Home there.

Officiating will be the Rev. T. Hartley Hall, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Tyler.  Entombment will be in Dallas' Hillcrest Mausoleum at 5 p.m. Thursday.

A native Wichitan, Mrs. Weeks was the former Katie Lou Avis.  She was married to Fred Weeks, a prominent attorney and oilman here, in 1909, shortly after his graduation from Yale University.  During the Burkburnett oil boom, her husband's law offices occupied the entire 11th floor of the Staley Building and included seven lawyers on its staff.

The Weeks family home, which for several years was occupied by home offices of American Trust Life Insurance Co., once was one of the showplaces of Wichita Falls.  It now houses Region IX Education Services Center.

Mrs. Weeks and her husband moved to Tyler in 1931.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church there and had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita Falls.

The Weeks in 1927 gave Wichita Falls the 266 acres of land that is now Weeks Park.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Billy Bridwell of Tyler; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Avis Baum and Mrs. Ruby Dunkelberg, both of Wichita Falls; a brother, Jack Avis of Austin; and three grandchildren.

Three nephews from Wichita Falls will be among pallbearers, Ralph Dunkelberg, Clint B. Wood and J. D. Avis.

Obituary of Martha Jane Broyles Herring Thompson
(C. Avis Catalog entry # 760)

Found in Scrapbook of her & her daughter Nora Herring Roberson

Mrs. Hart Robertson's Mother Pioneer Citizen Henrietta Dies Sunday

Mrs. Mart Roberson, 1653 Pearl
street, left monday for Henri____
to attend the funeral of her ____
er, Mrs. M. J. Thompson, 8____
died Sunday afternoon at the ____
of a son, R. D. Thompson, of ___
pa, Texas.

Mrs. Thompson was a pione____
ident of Henrietta.