Another name was added to the long list of Casa Grande pioneers who have answered the last call when A. T. Kilcrease passed away here on Thursday, May 2, after a lingering, illness. His wife and children were at his bedside.

Mr. Kilcrease was prominent in state politics, serving in the Arizona House of Representatives in 1923; in the State Senate in 1925 and as Clerk of the Senate in 1927. He served as Postmaster in Casa Grande from 1934 to 1938.

During the late 1920's and early 1930's, he was a member of the Good Roads Committee that secured the road south of Casa Grande, the Gila Bend and Tucson highway, and also was active in the Chamber of Commerce and many civic betterment plans. Mr Kilcrease served on the grammar and high school boards and was a member of the city council.

He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Masonic Lodge arnd the Primitive Baptist Church.

Mr. Kilcrease was born in Crenshaw County, Alabama on August 21, 1879, where he lived until the age of 14, when he and his family moved to Bowie, Texas, graduating from Bowie High School in 1898. He attended Sam Houston Normal at Huntsville, Texas for two years, graduating in 1900.

He was married to Minnie Longley of Archer County, Texas, May 26, 1901, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, Texas for one year. He and his family moved to Arizona in September of 1916, organized the Casa Grande high school and was its first principal.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 3, in the Cole and Maud Mortuary chapel, with Elder J. C. Matlock officiating.

Surviving Mr. Kilcrease are his wife, Minnie; three sons: Dr. Victor W. Kilcrease, of Casa Grande, Capt. Dallas F. Kilcrease, of Manitowac, WI, and Thomas E. Kilcrease, of Yuma; one daughter, Mrs. Juanita Cartmill, of San Fernando, CA; and several grandchildren.

Interment was in the Mountain View Cemetery here.