Sheriff J. C. Mosely was murdered in the line of duty, and his wife Lillie became the Sheriff of Swisher County following his death.
She is buried beside her husband.
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NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the spelling of the name on the headstone and the spelling in newspaper accounts of the murder. (It was customary at the time for the wife of a sheriff that died while in office to be appointed to serve out his term.)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MOSELEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Moseley, 80, who died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital, were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. H. B. Coggin, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill.
Mrs. Moseley and her husband, the late J. C. Moseley, came to Tulia in the early 1920's. He served as Swisher County sheriff from 1928 until 1933 when two gunmen, Perchmouth Stanton and Glen Hunsucker, shot and killed him.
Mrs. Moseley served out the unexpired term of her husband until December 1934, and it was during her tenure of office that Stanton and Hunsucker were arrested and convicted. Stanton was executed for the murder and Hunsucker was killed in a gun battle with officers.
Mrs. Moseley moved from Tulia in 1935 and later lived in Amarillo, Alpine, Odessa, and was making her home in Fort Worth at the time of her death. She lived in Tulia a short time several months ago.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Sue Wheat of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary Denny of Andrews, and another sister living in California; also a brother, Henry Collins of Plainview. (The Tulia Herald, Oct. 25, 1962)
She is buried beside her husband.
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NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the spelling of the name on the headstone and the spelling in newspaper accounts of the murder. (It was customary at the time for the wife of a sheriff that died while in office to be appointed to serve out his term.)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MOSELEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Moseley, 80, who died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital, were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. H. B. Coggin, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill.
Mrs. Moseley and her husband, the late J. C. Moseley, came to Tulia in the early 1920's. He served as Swisher County sheriff from 1928 until 1933 when two gunmen, Perchmouth Stanton and Glen Hunsucker, shot and killed him.
Mrs. Moseley served out the unexpired term of her husband until December 1934, and it was during her tenure of office that Stanton and Hunsucker were arrested and convicted. Stanton was executed for the murder and Hunsucker was killed in a gun battle with officers.
Mrs. Moseley moved from Tulia in 1935 and later lived in Amarillo, Alpine, Odessa, and was making her home in Fort Worth at the time of her death. She lived in Tulia a short time several months ago.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Sue Wheat of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary Denny of Andrews, and another sister living in California; also a brother, Henry Collins of Plainview. (The Tulia Herald, Oct. 25, 1962)
Sheriff J. C. Mosely was murdered in the line of duty, and his wife Lillie became the Sheriff of Swisher County following his death.
She is buried beside her husband.
-------------
NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the spelling of the name on the headstone and the spelling in newspaper accounts of the murder. (It was customary at the time for the wife of a sheriff that died while in office to be appointed to serve out his term.)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MOSELEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Moseley, 80, who died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital, were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. H. B. Coggin, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill.
Mrs. Moseley and her husband, the late J. C. Moseley, came to Tulia in the early 1920's. He served as Swisher County sheriff from 1928 until 1933 when two gunmen, Perchmouth Stanton and Glen Hunsucker, shot and killed him.
Mrs. Moseley served out the unexpired term of her husband until December 1934, and it was during her tenure of office that Stanton and Hunsucker were arrested and convicted. Stanton was executed for the murder and Hunsucker was killed in a gun battle with officers.
Mrs. Moseley moved from Tulia in 1935 and later lived in Amarillo, Alpine, Odessa, and was making her home in Fort Worth at the time of her death. She lived in Tulia a short time several months ago.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Sue Wheat of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary Denny of Andrews, and another sister living in California; also a brother, Henry Collins of Plainview. (The Tulia Herald, Oct. 25, 1962)
She is buried beside her husband.
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NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the spelling of the name on the headstone and the spelling in newspaper accounts of the murder. (It was customary at the time for the wife of a sheriff that died while in office to be appointed to serve out his term.)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MOSELEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Moseley, 80, who died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital, were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. H. B. Coggin, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill.
Mrs. Moseley and her husband, the late J. C. Moseley, came to Tulia in the early 1920's. He served as Swisher County sheriff from 1928 until 1933 when two gunmen, Perchmouth Stanton and Glen Hunsucker, shot and killed him.
Mrs. Moseley served out the unexpired term of her husband until December 1934, and it was during her tenure of office that Stanton and Hunsucker were arrested and convicted. Stanton was executed for the murder and Hunsucker was killed in a gun battle with officers.
Mrs. Moseley moved from Tulia in 1935 and later lived in Amarillo, Alpine, Odessa, and was making her home in Fort Worth at the time of her death. She lived in Tulia a short time several months ago.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Sue Wheat of Fort Worth, Mrs. Mary Denny of Andrews, and another sister living in California; also a brother, Henry Collins of Plainview. (The Tulia Herald, Oct. 25, 1962)
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