Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1921-1945 (sic), grooms page 15:
groom: Bethell, Tom M.
bride: Norman, Virginia
married: 7 Dec 1909 (sic)
recorded: marriage volume 27 page 590
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Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Tom Mortimer Bethell
Death date: 02 Nov 1962
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Age at death: 75 years
Estimated birth year: 1887
Father name: T. P. Bethell
Father birth place:
Mother name: Mary Swift
Mother birth place:
Film number: 2117120
Digital GS number: 4028525
Image number: 557
Reference number: 564
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Sat, 3 Nov 1962, page 2, Heart Attack Claims Tom M. Bethell At 75 (photo captioned: TOM M. BETHELL)
Greenville lost one of its leading citizens Friday morning when Tom M. Bethell, 75, suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
A longtime cotton buyer, who also was engaged in farming on an extensive scale, Mr. Bethell suffered the attack at approximately 10:45 o'clock while as he was transacting business in the Citizens National Bank. Death was almost immediate.
SERVICES AT CHURCH
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Kavanaugh Methodist Church, with the pastor, Rev. Gordon Casad, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Harold Clayton, Gus Morris, T.M. Rabb, Dr. J. Phil Mockford, Howard Duck and L.L Bowman, Jr., all of Greenville; W.B. Williams and Lee Stonestreet of Dallas. Honorary pallbearers have been named as members of the official board of Kavanaugh Church.
SPARSELY SETTLED
A native of Greenville Mr. Bethell was born Feb. 8, 1887, in a house on Oneal street which was in the same block where the old South Hill fire station later was erected. It was a sparsely settled area, and he often recalled that the fire station was built where his parents had their cow lot and garden.
Mr. Bethell's father, Tom P. Bethell, was one of Greenville's business leaders. He operated a good-sized hardware and implement business at the intersection of Stonewall and Washington streets where Montgomery Ward is now located.
BURLESON GRADUATE
Educated in the Greenville schools and a graduate of the high school here, Mr. Bethell also finished the courses offered at Burleson College which was in operation here for many years. Less than two weeks ago he was in attendance at the annual reunion of ex-students and faculty members of the college.
After leaving Burleson, Mr. Bethell further prepared himself for a business career by completing a course at Hill's Business College in Waco. Then he got his start in the cotton business by going to work for the compress in Greenville. At that time that firm claimed without dispute it was the largest inland cotton compress in the world.
MOVED TO LONGVIEW
Afterwards, Mr. Bethell moved to Longview and served as superintendent of the compress in that city for three years. By that time, he said later, "the cotton business was in my blood."
Returning to Greenville in 1916. Mr. Bethell formed a connection with the cotton firm Floyd Willis and Co., Dallas, as partner. He was with this company in both Greenville and Dallas until 1926 when he became engaged in business by himself.
A member of the Greenville Rotary club for more than 25 years, Mr. Bethell served the organization as president. Keenly interested in all activities of importance in connection with the city. he served in numerous important capacities, including membership on the charter commission which prepared the charter for the council-manager form of government under which Greenville now is operating.
LEADING MASON
One of the best know Masons in the Southwest, Mr. Bethell was grand commander of the Knights of Templar of Texas in 1951. A Mason since the age of 21, he served as the presiding officer of all Masonic organizations in Greenville except the Blue Lodge, and was a member of Hella Temple Shrine, Dallas.
Also, he had been a strong booster of the chamber of commerce for many years.
At the age of 15, Mr. Bethell joined Kavanaugh Methodist Church and throughout the years was a consistent church worker. For years he was a member of the board of stewards, was Sunday School Superintendent for 12 years, and was also the chairman of the board of trustees.
MUTUAL OFFICIAL
At the time of his death Mr. Bethell was vice president of the Mutual Building and Loan Co., a post he had held since January 1942. He became a director of the company in 1934, and was one of the leaders in the establishment of policies which resulted in the company's growth.
While he was a friend to all who knew him, and a man who had only something good to say about his fellows, Mr. Bethell was especially interested in young people. He was modest about his own accomplishments in helping to bring about the growth of Greenville, preferring to applaud some of the younger leaders for doing a great job. Frequently he remarked, "you'll just have to give them credit."
KEEP BUILDING
Once Mr. Bethell made the statement. "What we need to do is to keep building a town that will hold our young people at home."
The passing of Mr. Bethell removed another Greenville native who remembered the days when this city was struggling in the mud during the rainy season. Once, when he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter, he recalled that when he was a boy Lee street was in such bad condition that when it rained, "It would take four horses to pull a cab."
"And there was no paving anywhere," he said. "The first strip of brick paving was laid from the Katy depot to the square."
Mr. Bethell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barney Oliver of Greenville; two grandsons, Norman Oliver and Tommy Oliver, both students at A&M College at College Station, one sister, Mrs. Walter Williams of Greenville and several nieces and nephews. His wife, the former Virgie Norman, to whom he was married Dec. 7, 1909, in Greenville, preceded him in death May 2, 1960.
groom: Bethell, Tom M.
bride: Norman, Virginia
married: 7 Dec 1909 (sic)
recorded: marriage volume 27 page 590
----------
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Tom Mortimer Bethell
Death date: 02 Nov 1962
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Age at death: 75 years
Estimated birth year: 1887
Father name: T. P. Bethell
Father birth place:
Mother name: Mary Swift
Mother birth place:
Film number: 2117120
Digital GS number: 4028525
Image number: 557
Reference number: 564
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Sat, 3 Nov 1962, page 2, Heart Attack Claims Tom M. Bethell At 75 (photo captioned: TOM M. BETHELL)
Greenville lost one of its leading citizens Friday morning when Tom M. Bethell, 75, suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
A longtime cotton buyer, who also was engaged in farming on an extensive scale, Mr. Bethell suffered the attack at approximately 10:45 o'clock while as he was transacting business in the Citizens National Bank. Death was almost immediate.
SERVICES AT CHURCH
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Kavanaugh Methodist Church, with the pastor, Rev. Gordon Casad, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Harold Clayton, Gus Morris, T.M. Rabb, Dr. J. Phil Mockford, Howard Duck and L.L Bowman, Jr., all of Greenville; W.B. Williams and Lee Stonestreet of Dallas. Honorary pallbearers have been named as members of the official board of Kavanaugh Church.
SPARSELY SETTLED
A native of Greenville Mr. Bethell was born Feb. 8, 1887, in a house on Oneal street which was in the same block where the old South Hill fire station later was erected. It was a sparsely settled area, and he often recalled that the fire station was built where his parents had their cow lot and garden.
Mr. Bethell's father, Tom P. Bethell, was one of Greenville's business leaders. He operated a good-sized hardware and implement business at the intersection of Stonewall and Washington streets where Montgomery Ward is now located.
BURLESON GRADUATE
Educated in the Greenville schools and a graduate of the high school here, Mr. Bethell also finished the courses offered at Burleson College which was in operation here for many years. Less than two weeks ago he was in attendance at the annual reunion of ex-students and faculty members of the college.
After leaving Burleson, Mr. Bethell further prepared himself for a business career by completing a course at Hill's Business College in Waco. Then he got his start in the cotton business by going to work for the compress in Greenville. At that time that firm claimed without dispute it was the largest inland cotton compress in the world.
MOVED TO LONGVIEW
Afterwards, Mr. Bethell moved to Longview and served as superintendent of the compress in that city for three years. By that time, he said later, "the cotton business was in my blood."
Returning to Greenville in 1916. Mr. Bethell formed a connection with the cotton firm Floyd Willis and Co., Dallas, as partner. He was with this company in both Greenville and Dallas until 1926 when he became engaged in business by himself.
A member of the Greenville Rotary club for more than 25 years, Mr. Bethell served the organization as president. Keenly interested in all activities of importance in connection with the city. he served in numerous important capacities, including membership on the charter commission which prepared the charter for the council-manager form of government under which Greenville now is operating.
LEADING MASON
One of the best know Masons in the Southwest, Mr. Bethell was grand commander of the Knights of Templar of Texas in 1951. A Mason since the age of 21, he served as the presiding officer of all Masonic organizations in Greenville except the Blue Lodge, and was a member of Hella Temple Shrine, Dallas.
Also, he had been a strong booster of the chamber of commerce for many years.
At the age of 15, Mr. Bethell joined Kavanaugh Methodist Church and throughout the years was a consistent church worker. For years he was a member of the board of stewards, was Sunday School Superintendent for 12 years, and was also the chairman of the board of trustees.
MUTUAL OFFICIAL
At the time of his death Mr. Bethell was vice president of the Mutual Building and Loan Co., a post he had held since January 1942. He became a director of the company in 1934, and was one of the leaders in the establishment of policies which resulted in the company's growth.
While he was a friend to all who knew him, and a man who had only something good to say about his fellows, Mr. Bethell was especially interested in young people. He was modest about his own accomplishments in helping to bring about the growth of Greenville, preferring to applaud some of the younger leaders for doing a great job. Frequently he remarked, "you'll just have to give them credit."
KEEP BUILDING
Once Mr. Bethell made the statement. "What we need to do is to keep building a town that will hold our young people at home."
The passing of Mr. Bethell removed another Greenville native who remembered the days when this city was struggling in the mud during the rainy season. Once, when he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter, he recalled that when he was a boy Lee street was in such bad condition that when it rained, "It would take four horses to pull a cab."
"And there was no paving anywhere," he said. "The first strip of brick paving was laid from the Katy depot to the square."
Mr. Bethell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barney Oliver of Greenville; two grandsons, Norman Oliver and Tommy Oliver, both students at A&M College at College Station, one sister, Mrs. Walter Williams of Greenville and several nieces and nephews. His wife, the former Virgie Norman, to whom he was married Dec. 7, 1909, in Greenville, preceded him in death May 2, 1960.
Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1921-1945 (sic), grooms page 15:
groom: Bethell, Tom M.
bride: Norman, Virginia
married: 7 Dec 1909 (sic)
recorded: marriage volume 27 page 590
----------
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Tom Mortimer Bethell
Death date: 02 Nov 1962
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Age at death: 75 years
Estimated birth year: 1887
Father name: T. P. Bethell
Father birth place:
Mother name: Mary Swift
Mother birth place:
Film number: 2117120
Digital GS number: 4028525
Image number: 557
Reference number: 564
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
----------
Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Sat, 3 Nov 1962, page 2, Heart Attack Claims Tom M. Bethell At 75 (photo captioned: TOM M. BETHELL)
Greenville lost one of its leading citizens Friday morning when Tom M. Bethell, 75, suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
A longtime cotton buyer, who also was engaged in farming on an extensive scale, Mr. Bethell suffered the attack at approximately 10:45 o'clock while as he was transacting business in the Citizens National Bank. Death was almost immediate.
SERVICES AT CHURCH
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Kavanaugh Methodist Church, with the pastor, Rev. Gordon Casad, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Harold Clayton, Gus Morris, T.M. Rabb, Dr. J. Phil Mockford, Howard Duck and L.L Bowman, Jr., all of Greenville; W.B. Williams and Lee Stonestreet of Dallas. Honorary pallbearers have been named as members of the official board of Kavanaugh Church.
SPARSELY SETTLED
A native of Greenville Mr. Bethell was born Feb. 8, 1887, in a house on Oneal street which was in the same block where the old South Hill fire station later was erected. It was a sparsely settled area, and he often recalled that the fire station was built where his parents had their cow lot and garden.
Mr. Bethell's father, Tom P. Bethell, was one of Greenville's business leaders. He operated a good-sized hardware and implement business at the intersection of Stonewall and Washington streets where Montgomery Ward is now located.
BURLESON GRADUATE
Educated in the Greenville schools and a graduate of the high school here, Mr. Bethell also finished the courses offered at Burleson College which was in operation here for many years. Less than two weeks ago he was in attendance at the annual reunion of ex-students and faculty members of the college.
After leaving Burleson, Mr. Bethell further prepared himself for a business career by completing a course at Hill's Business College in Waco. Then he got his start in the cotton business by going to work for the compress in Greenville. At that time that firm claimed without dispute it was the largest inland cotton compress in the world.
MOVED TO LONGVIEW
Afterwards, Mr. Bethell moved to Longview and served as superintendent of the compress in that city for three years. By that time, he said later, "the cotton business was in my blood."
Returning to Greenville in 1916. Mr. Bethell formed a connection with the cotton firm Floyd Willis and Co., Dallas, as partner. He was with this company in both Greenville and Dallas until 1926 when he became engaged in business by himself.
A member of the Greenville Rotary club for more than 25 years, Mr. Bethell served the organization as president. Keenly interested in all activities of importance in connection with the city. he served in numerous important capacities, including membership on the charter commission which prepared the charter for the council-manager form of government under which Greenville now is operating.
LEADING MASON
One of the best know Masons in the Southwest, Mr. Bethell was grand commander of the Knights of Templar of Texas in 1951. A Mason since the age of 21, he served as the presiding officer of all Masonic organizations in Greenville except the Blue Lodge, and was a member of Hella Temple Shrine, Dallas.
Also, he had been a strong booster of the chamber of commerce for many years.
At the age of 15, Mr. Bethell joined Kavanaugh Methodist Church and throughout the years was a consistent church worker. For years he was a member of the board of stewards, was Sunday School Superintendent for 12 years, and was also the chairman of the board of trustees.
MUTUAL OFFICIAL
At the time of his death Mr. Bethell was vice president of the Mutual Building and Loan Co., a post he had held since January 1942. He became a director of the company in 1934, and was one of the leaders in the establishment of policies which resulted in the company's growth.
While he was a friend to all who knew him, and a man who had only something good to say about his fellows, Mr. Bethell was especially interested in young people. He was modest about his own accomplishments in helping to bring about the growth of Greenville, preferring to applaud some of the younger leaders for doing a great job. Frequently he remarked, "you'll just have to give them credit."
KEEP BUILDING
Once Mr. Bethell made the statement. "What we need to do is to keep building a town that will hold our young people at home."
The passing of Mr. Bethell removed another Greenville native who remembered the days when this city was struggling in the mud during the rainy season. Once, when he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter, he recalled that when he was a boy Lee street was in such bad condition that when it rained, "It would take four horses to pull a cab."
"And there was no paving anywhere," he said. "The first strip of brick paving was laid from the Katy depot to the square."
Mr. Bethell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barney Oliver of Greenville; two grandsons, Norman Oliver and Tommy Oliver, both students at A&M College at College Station, one sister, Mrs. Walter Williams of Greenville and several nieces and nephews. His wife, the former Virgie Norman, to whom he was married Dec. 7, 1909, in Greenville, preceded him in death May 2, 1960.
groom: Bethell, Tom M.
bride: Norman, Virginia
married: 7 Dec 1909 (sic)
recorded: marriage volume 27 page 590
----------
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Tom Mortimer Bethell
Death date: 02 Nov 1962
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Age at death: 75 years
Estimated birth year: 1887
Father name: T. P. Bethell
Father birth place:
Mother name: Mary Swift
Mother birth place:
Film number: 2117120
Digital GS number: 4028525
Image number: 557
Reference number: 564
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
----------
Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Sat, 3 Nov 1962, page 2, Heart Attack Claims Tom M. Bethell At 75 (photo captioned: TOM M. BETHELL)
Greenville lost one of its leading citizens Friday morning when Tom M. Bethell, 75, suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.
A longtime cotton buyer, who also was engaged in farming on an extensive scale, Mr. Bethell suffered the attack at approximately 10:45 o'clock while as he was transacting business in the Citizens National Bank. Death was almost immediate.
SERVICES AT CHURCH
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Kavanaugh Methodist Church, with the pastor, Rev. Gordon Casad, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Harold Clayton, Gus Morris, T.M. Rabb, Dr. J. Phil Mockford, Howard Duck and L.L Bowman, Jr., all of Greenville; W.B. Williams and Lee Stonestreet of Dallas. Honorary pallbearers have been named as members of the official board of Kavanaugh Church.
SPARSELY SETTLED
A native of Greenville Mr. Bethell was born Feb. 8, 1887, in a house on Oneal street which was in the same block where the old South Hill fire station later was erected. It was a sparsely settled area, and he often recalled that the fire station was built where his parents had their cow lot and garden.
Mr. Bethell's father, Tom P. Bethell, was one of Greenville's business leaders. He operated a good-sized hardware and implement business at the intersection of Stonewall and Washington streets where Montgomery Ward is now located.
BURLESON GRADUATE
Educated in the Greenville schools and a graduate of the high school here, Mr. Bethell also finished the courses offered at Burleson College which was in operation here for many years. Less than two weeks ago he was in attendance at the annual reunion of ex-students and faculty members of the college.
After leaving Burleson, Mr. Bethell further prepared himself for a business career by completing a course at Hill's Business College in Waco. Then he got his start in the cotton business by going to work for the compress in Greenville. At that time that firm claimed without dispute it was the largest inland cotton compress in the world.
MOVED TO LONGVIEW
Afterwards, Mr. Bethell moved to Longview and served as superintendent of the compress in that city for three years. By that time, he said later, "the cotton business was in my blood."
Returning to Greenville in 1916. Mr. Bethell formed a connection with the cotton firm Floyd Willis and Co., Dallas, as partner. He was with this company in both Greenville and Dallas until 1926 when he became engaged in business by himself.
A member of the Greenville Rotary club for more than 25 years, Mr. Bethell served the organization as president. Keenly interested in all activities of importance in connection with the city. he served in numerous important capacities, including membership on the charter commission which prepared the charter for the council-manager form of government under which Greenville now is operating.
LEADING MASON
One of the best know Masons in the Southwest, Mr. Bethell was grand commander of the Knights of Templar of Texas in 1951. A Mason since the age of 21, he served as the presiding officer of all Masonic organizations in Greenville except the Blue Lodge, and was a member of Hella Temple Shrine, Dallas.
Also, he had been a strong booster of the chamber of commerce for many years.
At the age of 15, Mr. Bethell joined Kavanaugh Methodist Church and throughout the years was a consistent church worker. For years he was a member of the board of stewards, was Sunday School Superintendent for 12 years, and was also the chairman of the board of trustees.
MUTUAL OFFICIAL
At the time of his death Mr. Bethell was vice president of the Mutual Building and Loan Co., a post he had held since January 1942. He became a director of the company in 1934, and was one of the leaders in the establishment of policies which resulted in the company's growth.
While he was a friend to all who knew him, and a man who had only something good to say about his fellows, Mr. Bethell was especially interested in young people. He was modest about his own accomplishments in helping to bring about the growth of Greenville, preferring to applaud some of the younger leaders for doing a great job. Frequently he remarked, "you'll just have to give them credit."
KEEP BUILDING
Once Mr. Bethell made the statement. "What we need to do is to keep building a town that will hold our young people at home."
The passing of Mr. Bethell removed another Greenville native who remembered the days when this city was struggling in the mud during the rainy season. Once, when he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter, he recalled that when he was a boy Lee street was in such bad condition that when it rained, "It would take four horses to pull a cab."
"And there was no paving anywhere," he said. "The first strip of brick paving was laid from the Katy depot to the square."
Mr. Bethell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barney Oliver of Greenville; two grandsons, Norman Oliver and Tommy Oliver, both students at A&M College at College Station, one sister, Mrs. Walter Williams of Greenville and several nieces and nephews. His wife, the former Virgie Norman, to whom he was married Dec. 7, 1909, in Greenville, preceded him in death May 2, 1960.
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