Death Records

Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (familysearch.org database)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1181)

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9Y1V-3WMR?cc=1983324&wc=9TH7-92S%3A263835801%2C263837001%2C264409301 : 22 July 2014), Death certificates > 1903-1909 > Vol 108-116, certificates 045550-049300, Navarro-Roberts counties > image 652 of 3265; State Registrar Office, Austin.

A 1148 - REPORT OF DEATH - Class 2.            46245

No. 3        To the Clerk of the County Court of Palo Pinto County, Texas.

Name of Deceased  C. G. Mooring    Race  White

Nativity  American    Sex  Male   Age  57   Months   Days

Residence  Mineral Wells Tex    Place of Death  Mineral Wells, Tex

Died of the 16 day of July 1903  about 7 a.m.  Alien or Citizen   Citazen [sic]

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Cause of Death

Immediate Cause  Do not know, Died suddenly.

Contributory Cause   Do not know

---

The above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Dated this 16 day of July 1903

Signed  J. M. Luttrell  M.D.  Address  Mineral Wells, Tex.

 

Mason County Kentucky Will Book D
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1174)

"Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3Q-SRZ?cc=1875188&wc=37R2-2NP%3A173519601%2C174067501 : 20 May 2014), Mason > Will records, Index, 1865-1869, Vol. U > image 279-280 of 371; county courthouses, Kentucky.


I Elizabeth Childs of Maysville Mason County Kentucky do make this writing my last will and testament as follows. 

First: I will that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. 

Second. I will and bequeath unto my brother Whitfield Craig and his son, and my nephew John Craig, one hundred and fifty dollars each to be paid each of them in three annual installments of fifty dollars.

Third. I will and bequeath onto my Granddaughter Susan Hardin Childs my silver spoons. 

Fourth. I will and bequeath the remainder of my estate to my daughter in law Amanda Childs and her children begot of the body of my son John L Childs, the proceeds of this bequest to be invested in the purchase of a home for my son and daughter-in-law and her children as aforesaid, the selection of which I entrust to my said son John L Childs. 

Fifth. It is my will and desire, that all claims and demands, which I may hold against my son John L Childs be cancelled and annulled and surrendered unto him by my Executor hereinafter appointed. 

Sixth: I hereby constitute my friend Lewis H. Long Executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me make.

In testimony whereof I have hereuto set my hand this, 18th day of July 1866. 

Signed and acknowledged in the presence of                                 Elizabeth Chiles 
L. F. Long 
Eliza H. Long 

After due consideration I wish to change so much of my will as relates to my Nephew John Craig, giving that portion I willed to him to my Brother Whitfield Craig in addition to what I have already given him. 
This the 28th day of December 1867.

Signed and acknowledged in the presence of                                 Elizabeth Chiles 
L. F. Long 
Emily Long 


State of Kentucky 
Mason County Court

January term 
Sct Jany 13 1868. 
An instrument of writing bearing the date July 18th 1866 purporting to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Chiles, deceased and a codicil annexed thereto, bearing date December 28th 1867, was this day produced in Court and proved by the office of L. F. Long,  Eliza H. Long and Emily Long the subscribing witnesses to codicil, wherefore it is ordered that the said writing be and the same is hereby allowed and established as the last will and testament of said Elizabeth Chiles deceased, and admitted to record as such.
     Attest 
    George W. Sulser    Clerk


 

Death Certificate of Paula Frances Cook
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1173)

"Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH3D-GZH : 23 February 2021), Paula Frances Cook, 14 Jun 1978; citing Rural, Johnson, Texas, United States, 54850, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; . 


[Handwritten marginal note:]  took maiden name back

STATE OF TEXAS
Certificate of Death
State File No.  54850

Place of Death:  Johnson County, Rural - outside city limits
Length of Stay:  1 1/2 years
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Route 1 Box 314, Burleson

Usual Residence:   Johnson County, Texas
Address:  Route 1 Box 314, Burleson - outside city limits, not a farm

Name of Deceased:   Paula Frances Cook
Date of Death:  June 14, 1978
Female, White, divorced
Date of birth:  January 17, 1950
Age:  28 years 
Occupation:  Postal Employee, U. S. Postal Service 
Birthplace:  Fort Worth, Texas
Citizen of:  U.S.A.
Father:  Paul Monroe Cook
Mother:  Mary Frances Hunter
Social Security No.:  
Informant:  Robert H. Sells[?]  [signed]

Cause of death:  Drug overdose
No autopsy
Suicide
Time of injury:  Found 9:57 a.m.  6/14/1978 
Describe how injury occurred:  Deceased took numerous drugs before going to bed
Injury occurred:  not at work
Place of injury:  Home
Location:  Near Burleson, Johnson Co., Texas

I hereby certify that I attended deceased from   Inquest   and last saw the deceased alive on    6-14-78   Death occurred at   9:57 a.m.

Signed:  Arthur L. Raines, M.D.  [signed]  Medical Examiner  1600 N. Main, Cleburne, Texas 76301
Date signed:  6/20/1978  

Removal June 14, 1978 to Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas
Jones Funeral Home, Burleson, Texas  #7453
Richard M. Mattinson [signed]

Registrar's File No. 238
Date Rec'd by Local Registrar:  6/30/78
Registrar's signature:  Joe L. Townes [signed]

 

The Odessa American, Odessa, Texas - Friday, March 31, 2006
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1172)


Ms Janice L Cook, 59

Fort Worth - Janice L. Cook, 59, a classroom teacher, died Saturday, March 25, 2006, at her home.

Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Saturday in Biggers Funeral Chapel.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to: Odyssey Hospice Care, 1200 Summit Ave., #270, Fort Worth, Texas 76102; American Cancer Society, 3301 West Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76107; or a charity of choice.

Ms. Cook was born in Monahans to Louis and Mildred Murphy Cook. Janice's calling was to be a teacher. She earned degrees from Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University and Texas Tech University. She taught in Rule, Plains, Big Spring, Coahoma, Abilene and Keller school districts, where she retired in January 2006. She was not only a teacher, but also a mentor to many people, young and old, always helping those in need. Janice was preceded in death by her mother and father.

Survivors: Brothers, Kenneth Louis Cook Sr. and wife, Shirley, of Odessa and Robert W. Cook and wife, Jessica, of Spring; sister, Ruby Del Crim and husband, Keith, of Clyde; nieces and nephews, Karen Denise Coffman and husband, Ron, Kenneth L. Cook Jr. and wife, Amy, Steven R. Cook and wife, Amy, Candice Leigh Crim, Christopher B. Crim and Jocelyn Fowler; great-nephews, Hayden L. Cook, Trevor R. Cook and Theodore R. Cook; and many friends, neighbors, students and co-workers.


CITE THIS RECORD
Odessa American, The (Texas) 31 March 2006, obit for Janice L. Cook, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1472671202B94400-1472671202B94400 : accessed 7 November 2021)

 

Death Certificate of Charles Maples Rudd
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1167)


"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9S6-GSQC?cc=2001287&wc=FLKL-VZ9%3A285174301%2C285229801 : 20 January 2018), San Joaquin > Death certificates 1918-1920 vol 16 > image 394 of 971; California State Archives, Sacramento


CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS
DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Legal Registered No. 371

PLACE OF DEATH:  COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, near Linden

Name:  Charles Maples Rudd
Sex:  Male
Color:  White
Single
Date of Birth:  June 20, 1895
Age:  24 years 4 months 22 days
Occupation:  Officer in U. S. Air Service, Aviator
Birthplace:  Temple, Texas
Parents:  
    Father:  James C. Rudd
    Birthplace of Father:  Tennessee
    Mother:  Maggie Moreing
    Birthplace:  Texas
Length of residence at place of death:  Killed while trying to land
Length of residence in California:  1 year 5 months 8 days
Informant:  Lieut. C. H. Ridenoser, Mather Field

Coroner's Certificate of Death
Date of Death:  November 12th 1919
I hereby certify, as to the person above named and herein described, That on November 15th 1919 I held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdict on the death.  As that I have investigated the death officially an account of:
Basal fracture of skull middle fossa accidentally received in aeroplane accident.
Signed:  Oscar C. Pope, coroner
Nov. 15, 1919  San Joaquin

Place of Burial or Removal:  Shipped to Temple, Texas
Date of Burial:  Nov. 15, 1919
Undertaker:  Pope & Smith, Stockton, Calif 
Embalmer's License:  229
 

San Diego Union, San Diego, California 11/13/1919
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1166)

p. 1

CRASH INTO TREE FATAL TO AVIATOR
        ---
Lieut. Charles Rudd Believed To Have Lost His Way in Darkness Near Stockton.
        ---
(Associated Press)
    STOCKTON, Nov. 12. - Lieut. Charles Rudd of Mather field was killed and Antonio Salcido, also of Mather field, was painfully injured when the De Haviland plane in which they were riding crashed into a tree about four miles north of Linden at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
    The aviators left San Francisco at 4 o'clock this afternoon and it is believed they lost their way in the dark as they passed over Stockton at 6:30 o-clock.
    When the aviators reached the vicinity of Linden they circled about a field fire as if planning to make a landing.  Suddenly a terrific crash was heard by ranchers gathered about the field and the plane fell to earth.  Lieutenant Rudd lived for 30 minutes after the accident but was unconscious.  Private Salcido is resting easily at a Stockton hospital and is expected to recover.  Lieutenant Rudd's body was brought to Stockton by Coroner Pope.  The inquest will be held within a few days.

Carson City Daily Appeal 11/13/1919
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1164)


p. 2

Aviator Killed
[By United Press]
    STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 13. --- Lieutenant Charles Rudd was killed and his mechanician [sic] seriously injured when their airplane struck a tree near Linden.  They were lost in attempting a landing.  They were flying from the Presidio to Mather field and supposedly distributing Red Cross literature.
 

Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada Friday 11/14/1919
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1163)
(Document ID #657)

Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada Friday 11/14/1919 p. 1 


LIEUTENANT RUDD, RENO'S OWN FLYER, IS KILLED IN FALL

Much Admired Young Army Officer Well Known in Nevada

    STOCKTON, Cal. Nov. 13 -- Mather field officers are in Stockton today investigating the death of Aviator Lieut. Charles Rudd, of Temple, Tex., who was killed in making a forced landing after dark near Stockton last evening.  Private Salcido, with Rudd in the plane, is at a hospital here with minor injuries.  Results of the investigation so far are that Rudd mistook Stockton for Sacramento and thus became confused in trying to locate bearing for his landing.

--

    Lieutenant Rudd won many friends during his recent stay in Reno where he was control commander for the transcontinental aerial derby.  While here Lieut. Rudd took great interest in the city's affairs and freely gave of his time and ability to aid the city in studying the need for an airplane landing place.  The lieutenant consulted with Mayor Stewart and advised the latter in every possible way.  The officer's advice was not given as one who had authority but as a friend of the city who wanted to place what he could do at the disposal of his friends.

Delighted Reno People

    While here Lieutenant Rudd gave some exhibitions of flying that seldom are equaled any place.  He was required to do several hours of flying each month under army regulations and utilized airplanes of the different racers when they stopped in Reno.  

    Lieutenant Rudd stated one evening in the Journal office that he proposed to give Reno some real thrills the next day.  He did.  He flew over the city so close to the ground that he had to tilt the machine's  wings to avoid scraping flagpoles.  Over the residence district the daring officer brought his machine down level with second-story windows and so close that everyone in the city had the opportunity to see a flying machine in action at close range.

Was Booster of City

    Rudd became an enthusiastic Reno booster before leaving the city and when his entry was accepted for an aerial race from San Francisco to San Diego, Rudd stated that he would represent Reno in the race and would wear this city's colors in the flight, which he intended to win.

    Lieutenant Rudd was an officer and a gentleman, and Congress had only to make him an officer, he was the other before.  He was much interested in aviation and a deep student of the technical side of flying.  He was unmarried, but his parents survive.  They live in Texas.


[Handwritten note in margin:]
"I became well acquainted with your brother & I admired & liked him.  May I extend my sympathy as I share your loss?  resp.  J. F. Wathey.  Ed."


 

Death Certificate of Gladys Roberson Avis
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1157)

STATE OF TEXAS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
State File No.  

Name of Deceased:  Gladys Avis
Maiden:  Roberson
Female
Date of Death:  Nov. 25, 1989
Race:  White
Hispanic?:  No
Date of birth:  3/21/1893
Age:  96 years
Soc. Sec. Number:
Place of Death:  Nursing Home
Place of Death:  Gregg Co., Longview, Summer Meadows N. Home;  Inside city limits
Birthplace:  Henrietta, Texas
Citizen of:  U.S.A.  
Widowed 
Highest grade completed:  12
Occupation:  Homemaker 
Residence:  
    Texas, Harrison County, Marshall (Rural)  75670
    Highway 43 - Rt. 8, Box 26 - Marshall, Texas 75670; not in city limits
Father's Name:  Martin Bowers Roberson
Mother's Maiden Name:  Nora Herring
Signature of informant:   Dave Avis [signed]  Rt. 8, Box 26 - Marshall, Texas 75670

Manner of Death:  Natural
To the best of my knowledge, death occurred at the time, date, and place, and due to the cause(s) and manner as stated.
    Charles E. Gray, Jr. M.D. [signed]
Signed: 11-28-89 
Hour of Death:  7:05 PM
Attending physician:  Charles E. Gray, Jr. M.D., 950 N. Fourth St., Longview, TX 75601

Method of Disposition:  Burial
Place of Disposition:  Austin Memorial Park Cem., Section IV Lot #112 Space #2, Austin, Texas
Date of Disposition:  Nov. 28, 1989
Signature of Funeral Director:  [???] A. Davis  6634
    Sullivan Funeral Home - 100 E. Travis St. - P. O. Box 1026 - Marshall, Texas 75670

Registrar's File No. 814
Date Rec'd by Local Registrar:  December 6, 1989   Signature of Local Registrar:  Jo Ann H. Metcalf [sighed]

Immediate Cause of Death:  
    a.  Heart Failure  Approx. Interval Between Onset and Death:  1 Day
    b.  Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease  Approx. Interval Between Onset and Death: Yrs
Pregnant?:  No     Pregnant in last 12 months?:  No    Autopsy?:  No
 

Death Certificate of Margaret Mooring Rudd
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1152)

STATE OF TEXAS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
State File No.  4947

Place of Death:  Travis County, Austin, Tex. Brackenridge Hospital
Usual Residence:  Travis County, Austin, Texas; 1509 Rainbow Bend; inside city limits

Name of Deceased:  Margaret Rudd
Date of Death:  January 28, 1956
Female, White, Widowed
Date of birth:  December 16, 1869
Age:  86 years 1 months 12 days
Occupation:  Housewife
Birthplace:  Grimes Co., Tex.
Father:  Charles Gray Mooring  Birthplace:  Grimes Co., Tex.
Mother:  Fannie Ross  Birthplace:  Grimes County, Tex.
Informant:  Mrs. Dwight Chiles

Cause of death:  
    Disease or Condition:  Pyelites + Ceptiles, severe su(b)
    Antecedent Causes:  Atonic Bladder, severe, c. u.; Bronchitis - moderate; Gen Arterio sclerosis
    Interval between onset and death:  1 1/2 yr
    Other significant conditions:  Arterio-sclerotic heart disease
Autopsy:  No

I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Sept. 11, 1954 to 20 Jan, 1956, that I last saw the deceased alive on 20 Jan., 1956, and that death occurred at 5 am from the causes and on the date stated above.
Signature:  Mervin E. Fatter M. D.   500 W. 15th St., Austin, Texas

Burial, Cremation, Removal:  Removal
Date:  January 30, 1956
Name of Cemetery:
Location:  Temple  Texas
Funeral Director:  Cook Funeral Home  W. R. Hampton [signed]
Registrar's File No. 103
Dated Rec'd by Local Registrar:  2-3-1956
Registrar's signature:  B. M. Primer M.D.  Austin, Texas