MRS. J. D. PEPPER DIES AT SWEETWATER; FUNERAL SET TODAY
Sweetwater, Nov. 7 - Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from the Church of Christ for Mrs. J. D. Pepper, 83, member of a pioneer Texas ranching family who died in a Sweetwater hospital shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday.
Mrs. Pepper was born Mary Ellen Armstrong on Nov. 21, 1864 in Pleasanton, Kansas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Armstrong, who moved when she was very young to Vernon County, Missouri. From there, they came via covered wagon to Texas in 1860, settling on a ranch at Junction in Kimble County.
The marriage of Mary Ellen Armstrong and Jefferson Davis Pepper took place at Junction on Dec. 10, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper lived near Junction for several years, all of their children being born there.
About 1889, the Peppers moved to Rock Springs, and from there came to Sweetwater in 1926. Mr. Pepper bought ranch lands around Sweetwater, but he and Mrs. Pepper always lived in town.
Mr. Pepper died April 10, 1930.
Surviving are six children: George R. Pepper, Sr. of Roscoe, Mrs. H. Albert Shaw of Christoval, Mrs. David L. Cooper of Los Angeles, Claude A. Pepper, Sr. of San Antonio, Mrs. Maurice J. Hollins of Gallatin, Tenn., and John W. Pepper, Sr. of Sweetwater. There are 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Pepper had belonged to the Church of Christ since early girlhood. Her funeral services will be conducted by F. B. Shepherd, minister of the Sweetwater church, and its elders and deacons will be the pallbearers, active and honorary.
The body was to lie in state at the home, 511 East Third, from Friday afternoon until funeral time. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home directing.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: Mary Ellen Pepper
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Nov 1947
Event Place: Municipal Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Acute myocardiac failure; inanition; carcinoma of bladder & metatasis
Sex: Female
Age: 82
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1864
Birthplace: Kansas
Father's Name: James Armstrong
Mother's Name: Martha Ball
Occupation: Home Maker
Residence: 511 East 3rd, Sweetwater, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 08 Nov 1947
Informant: Mr. John Pepper (son), Sweetwater
Record Number: 47752
GS Film Number: 2218732
Digital Folder Number: 005145032
Image Number: 02046
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K392-8NY : 13 March 2018), Mary Ellen Pepper, 06 Nov 1947; citing certificate number 47752, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,732.
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This plot contains markers for:
George Pepper, Sr.,
Ethel Matyear Pepper,
George Pepper Jr,
Henri Elizabeth Pepper,
Jeff Davis Pepper,
John Pepper Jr,
John Pepper Sr,
Louella Baker Pepper,
Mary Ellen Armstrong Pepper
Wilna Azalea Pepper
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Sweetwater, Nov. 7 - Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from the Church of Christ for Mrs. J. D. Pepper, 83, member of a pioneer Texas ranching family who died in a Sweetwater hospital shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday.
Mrs. Pepper was born Mary Ellen Armstrong on Nov. 21, 1864 in Pleasanton, Kansas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Armstrong, who moved when she was very young to Vernon County, Missouri. From there, they came via covered wagon to Texas in 1860, settling on a ranch at Junction in Kimble County.
The marriage of Mary Ellen Armstrong and Jefferson Davis Pepper took place at Junction on Dec. 10, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper lived near Junction for several years, all of their children being born there.
About 1889, the Peppers moved to Rock Springs, and from there came to Sweetwater in 1926. Mr. Pepper bought ranch lands around Sweetwater, but he and Mrs. Pepper always lived in town.
Mr. Pepper died April 10, 1930.
Surviving are six children: George R. Pepper, Sr. of Roscoe, Mrs. H. Albert Shaw of Christoval, Mrs. David L. Cooper of Los Angeles, Claude A. Pepper, Sr. of San Antonio, Mrs. Maurice J. Hollins of Gallatin, Tenn., and John W. Pepper, Sr. of Sweetwater. There are 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Pepper had belonged to the Church of Christ since early girlhood. Her funeral services will be conducted by F. B. Shepherd, minister of the Sweetwater church, and its elders and deacons will be the pallbearers, active and honorary.
The body was to lie in state at the home, 511 East Third, from Friday afternoon until funeral time. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home directing.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: Mary Ellen Pepper
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Nov 1947
Event Place: Municipal Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Acute myocardiac failure; inanition; carcinoma of bladder & metatasis
Sex: Female
Age: 82
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1864
Birthplace: Kansas
Father's Name: James Armstrong
Mother's Name: Martha Ball
Occupation: Home Maker
Residence: 511 East 3rd, Sweetwater, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 08 Nov 1947
Informant: Mr. John Pepper (son), Sweetwater
Record Number: 47752
GS Film Number: 2218732
Digital Folder Number: 005145032
Image Number: 02046
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K392-8NY : 13 March 2018), Mary Ellen Pepper, 06 Nov 1947; citing certificate number 47752, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,732.
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This plot contains markers for:
George Pepper, Sr.,
Ethel Matyear Pepper,
George Pepper Jr,
Henri Elizabeth Pepper,
Jeff Davis Pepper,
John Pepper Jr,
John Pepper Sr,
Louella Baker Pepper,
Mary Ellen Armstrong Pepper
Wilna Azalea Pepper
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MRS. J. D. PEPPER DIES AT SWEETWATER; FUNERAL SET TODAY
Sweetwater, Nov. 7 - Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from the Church of Christ for Mrs. J. D. Pepper, 83, member of a pioneer Texas ranching family who died in a Sweetwater hospital shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday.
Mrs. Pepper was born Mary Ellen Armstrong on Nov. 21, 1864 in Pleasanton, Kansas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Armstrong, who moved when she was very young to Vernon County, Missouri. From there, they came via covered wagon to Texas in 1860, settling on a ranch at Junction in Kimble County.
The marriage of Mary Ellen Armstrong and Jefferson Davis Pepper took place at Junction on Dec. 10, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper lived near Junction for several years, all of their children being born there.
About 1889, the Peppers moved to Rock Springs, and from there came to Sweetwater in 1926. Mr. Pepper bought ranch lands around Sweetwater, but he and Mrs. Pepper always lived in town.
Mr. Pepper died April 10, 1930.
Surviving are six children: George R. Pepper, Sr. of Roscoe, Mrs. H. Albert Shaw of Christoval, Mrs. David L. Cooper of Los Angeles, Claude A. Pepper, Sr. of San Antonio, Mrs. Maurice J. Hollins of Gallatin, Tenn., and John W. Pepper, Sr. of Sweetwater. There are 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Pepper had belonged to the Church of Christ since early girlhood. Her funeral services will be conducted by F. B. Shepherd, minister of the Sweetwater church, and its elders and deacons will be the pallbearers, active and honorary.
The body was to lie in state at the home, 511 East Third, from Friday afternoon until funeral time. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home directing.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: Mary Ellen Pepper
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Nov 1947
Event Place: Municipal Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Acute myocardiac failure; inanition; carcinoma of bladder & metatasis
Sex: Female
Age: 82
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1864
Birthplace: Kansas
Father's Name: James Armstrong
Mother's Name: Martha Ball
Occupation: Home Maker
Residence: 511 East 3rd, Sweetwater, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 08 Nov 1947
Informant: Mr. John Pepper (son), Sweetwater
Record Number: 47752
GS Film Number: 2218732
Digital Folder Number: 005145032
Image Number: 02046
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K392-8NY : 13 March 2018), Mary Ellen Pepper, 06 Nov 1947; citing certificate number 47752, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,732.
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This plot contains markers for:
George Pepper, Sr.,
Ethel Matyear Pepper,
George Pepper Jr,
Henri Elizabeth Pepper,
Jeff Davis Pepper,
John Pepper Jr,
John Pepper Sr,
Louella Baker Pepper,
Mary Ellen Armstrong Pepper
Wilna Azalea Pepper
**************
Sweetwater, Nov. 7 - Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from the Church of Christ for Mrs. J. D. Pepper, 83, member of a pioneer Texas ranching family who died in a Sweetwater hospital shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday.
Mrs. Pepper was born Mary Ellen Armstrong on Nov. 21, 1864 in Pleasanton, Kansas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Armstrong, who moved when she was very young to Vernon County, Missouri. From there, they came via covered wagon to Texas in 1860, settling on a ranch at Junction in Kimble County.
The marriage of Mary Ellen Armstrong and Jefferson Davis Pepper took place at Junction on Dec. 10, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper lived near Junction for several years, all of their children being born there.
About 1889, the Peppers moved to Rock Springs, and from there came to Sweetwater in 1926. Mr. Pepper bought ranch lands around Sweetwater, but he and Mrs. Pepper always lived in town.
Mr. Pepper died April 10, 1930.
Surviving are six children: George R. Pepper, Sr. of Roscoe, Mrs. H. Albert Shaw of Christoval, Mrs. David L. Cooper of Los Angeles, Claude A. Pepper, Sr. of San Antonio, Mrs. Maurice J. Hollins of Gallatin, Tenn., and John W. Pepper, Sr. of Sweetwater. There are 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Pepper had belonged to the Church of Christ since early girlhood. Her funeral services will be conducted by F. B. Shepherd, minister of the Sweetwater church, and its elders and deacons will be the pallbearers, active and honorary.
The body was to lie in state at the home, 511 East Third, from Friday afternoon until funeral time. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery with Wells Funeral Home directing.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: Mary Ellen Pepper
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Nov 1947
Event Place: Municipal Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Acute myocardiac failure; inanition; carcinoma of bladder & metatasis
Sex: Female
Age: 82
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1864
Birthplace: Kansas
Father's Name: James Armstrong
Mother's Name: Martha Ball
Occupation: Home Maker
Residence: 511 East 3rd, Sweetwater, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 08 Nov 1947
Informant: Mr. John Pepper (son), Sweetwater
Record Number: 47752
GS Film Number: 2218732
Digital Folder Number: 005145032
Image Number: 02046
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K392-8NY : 13 March 2018), Mary Ellen Pepper, 06 Nov 1947; citing certificate number 47752, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,732.
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This plot contains markers for:
George Pepper, Sr.,
Ethel Matyear Pepper,
George Pepper Jr,
Henri Elizabeth Pepper,
Jeff Davis Pepper,
John Pepper Jr,
John Pepper Sr,
Louella Baker Pepper,
Mary Ellen Armstrong Pepper
Wilna Azalea Pepper
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