Joseph "Joe" Washington Compton, Sr., age 81, of 308 S. Magnolia Street, Palestine, Texas, died August 21, 1972 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Palestine. He had lived in Palestine 55 years. He was born in Texas on June 24, 1891, the son of Dewitt K. Compton and Nancy T. Jones. He was a grocer and was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Bacon Compton. They married on December 24, 1913 in Freestone County, Texas.
(Source: TX Death Certificate at FamilySearch.org; informant, Mrs. Kay Woodard; and other records)
(Source: TX Death Certificate at FamilySearch.org; informant, Mrs. Kay Woodard; and other records)
Joseph "Joe" Washington Compton, Sr., age 81, of 308 S. Magnolia Street, Palestine, Texas, died August 21, 1972 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Palestine. He had lived in Palestine 55 years. He was born in Texas on June 24, 1891, the son of Dewitt K. Compton and Nancy T. Jones. He was a grocer and was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Bacon Compton. They married on December 24, 1913 in Freestone County, Texas.
(Source: TX Death Certificate at FamilySearch.org; informant, Mrs. Kay Woodard; and other records)
(Source: TX Death Certificate at FamilySearch.org; informant, Mrs. Kay Woodard; and other records)
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