Theodore Francis "Rat" Locklin, born in Thorndale, Milam Co., TX - Son of Samuel Griffith Locklin and Sarah Frances Large.

Brother of Leonora "Lee", William Alteman "Babe", Nola Maranda, Maude Louise, Leonard Louis, Nancy Myrl "Muvie", Clifford Griffith "Cliff", Elmer Monroe "Bill" and Wyatt Zachory "Dude" Locklin.

Rat married, 11 May 1912, Eva Burke, a daughter of Rev Dowen Sibley Burke and Cora Louise Page.

Father of Francis "Burke", Samuel "Dixon", James Lee "Jim" and Edna Earle Locklin.

Grandson of Alteman Livingston Locklin & Mary Elizabeth Fokes and Adam William Large & Nancy Miller.

Rat died in Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)
Vol. 40, No. 10, Ed. 1
Thursday, May 15, 1913
Page: 2 of 12 - Court House News
Marriage Licenses

Theodore Locklin and Eva Burke.

Article Image Found online - The Portal to Texas History - and Transcribed by:
Sarah Locklin Taylor (46921363)

Note: All records prior to finding this article show they married in 1912.
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The Thorndale Thorn
(Thorndale, Tex.)
Vol. 12, No. 34, Ed. 1
Friday, May 16, 1913
Page: 5 of 8

Locklin-Burke

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gresham in this city about 10 o'clock Sunday morning, May 11, Mr. Theodore (Rat) Locklin and Miss Eva Burke were quietly united in marriege [sic], Elder W. S. Elliott officiating. The marriage was quite a surprise to the relatives, friends and acquaintances of the contracting parties as only a few close friends had been informed of the approaching even.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Locklin of the San Gabriel community and holds a position in the City Meat Market. The bride is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. D. S. Burke formerly residents of this city, Rev. Burke having held the pastorate of the Thorndale Methodist church for two years. The bride was teacher in the Thorndale Public School during the past term.

Their many friends wish for them much happiness and success as they journey down life's highway.
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The Taylor Daily Press
Taylor, Texas
Thursday, 20 May 1954
Page 6

Services Set For
T. F. Locklin

T.F. Locklin of Thorndale passed away in a Galveston hospital Tuesday. He was 59 years old, born January 5, 1895 in San Gabriel and had been a lifetime resident of Thorndale. For the past eight years he had been the county commissioner of Precinct 4 in Milam County.

On May 11, 1913 he was married to Miss Eva Burke who survives him. Other survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Edna Byrer of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; two sons, James Lee Locklin of Thorndale and Burke Locklin of Denver, Colorado; three sisters, Mrs. William Stigall of Davilla, Mrs. Nola Porter of Belton and Mrs. Merle Phillips of Corpus Christi; and one brother, Leonard L. Locklin of Rockdale.

Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:00 from the Methodist Church in Thorndale with Rev. Thomas Holcomb pastor officiating. Interment will be in the Locklin Cemetery in Thorndale.

Pallbearers will be Tom Beard, Guy Ralston, Gus Dickerson, Mose Shavers, Howard Fulcher and Buddie Stigall. Honorary pallbearers will be Bremond Culp, C.K. Hendricks, Gene Hall, Henry Camp, E.C. Poe, C.A. Forbes, Horace McDaniel, C.L. Yount and Milam County officials.

Mr. Locklin will be at the Condra Funeral Home until 9:00 Friday morning when he will taken to the Thorndale church for services.
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I asked my Dad, James Lee Locklin - son of Theodore Francis Locklin, how Granddaddy got his well-known nickname. He said he was told that when Granddaddy was born, Granddaddy's brothers and sisters looked at him and said he looked like a little "rat" because he was so small. Well, it stuck. He was known throughout Milam Co., as "Rat Locklin". I don't know exactly how tall he was, probably about 5'4" at the most. I know that his boot size was about a 5-1/2, as my Dad use to have a boot and saddle shop in Thorndale. He made at least one pair of boots for Granddaddy that I remember being around the house and I had already outgrown them. I would have liked to have been able to walk in the same boots that he had walked in. I guess it wasn't meant to be.

~♥~ My Paternal Grandfather ~♥~