Memphis Burial Held

MEMPHIS, Texas, Aug. 5 (Spl). - Funeral services were conducted here Thursday for Ed Bourland,69, a resident of Memphis since 1920, who died Tuesday night.

(Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 05 Aug 1955, Fri ·Page 18)

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Funeral Services For Ed Bourland Held Here Today

Ed Bourland, 69, who had lived in Hall County since 1920, died Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in a local hospital after being there for two weeks.

Bourland had been in ill health for more than two years. He had worked for the Memphis Compress and Western Cotton Oil Mill before being forced to give up his job because of ill health.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Memphis First Baptist Church by Rev. Fern A. Miller, pastor of the church, and Tom Pose, minister of the First Christian Church here.

Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Spicer Funeral Home.

Bourland was born in Grayson county on Oct 11, 1885, and married Ida Elizabeth Savage on Aug. 3, 1911 in Van Alystyne, Texas. They moved to Hall County in 1920.

He is survived by two sons, Curtiss Bourland of Hazel Crest, Ill., and Edward Bourland of Pico, Calif., two daughter [sic], Mrs. Mary Coffman of Anadarko, Okla., and Mrs. Johnny Hancock of Memphis, two sisters, Mrs. Ella Gordon of Sherman, and Mrs. Myrtle Wright of Wichita Falls, three brothers, Floyd Bourland of Fort Worth, John Bourland of Amarillo, and Elmer Bourland of Wichita Falls, and nine grandchildren.

Pall bearers were Mack Graham, Alvin Pyeat, Thomas Clayton, Bill Miller, Ed Hutcherson, and Byron Baldwin.

(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume LXV, Number 10, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday Afternoon, August 4, 1955, Page 1)

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A.E. Bourlund in the Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965

Name A.E. Bourlund

Gender Male

Marriage Date 1911

Marriage Place Grayson County, Texas, United States

Spouse Ida Savage

FHL Film Number 1290421

Arthur Edward Bourland in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name Arthur Edward Bourland

Race White

Birth Date 11 Oct 1885

Residence Date 1917-1918

Residence Place Grayson County, Texas, USA

Draft Board 1

Hair Color Dark

Eye Color Brown

Relative Ida Elizabeth Bourland

Arthur Edward Bourland in the U.S.,World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Name Arthur Edward Bourland

Gender Male

Birth Date 11 Oct 1885

Residence Place Memphis, Texas, USA

Military Draft Date 1942

Next of Kin Mrs Ida Bourland

Name: Arthur Edward Bourland

Death date: 02 Aug 1955

Death place: Memphis, Hall, Texas

Gender: Male

Race or color (on document): White

Age at death: 69 years 9 months 21 days

Birth date: 11 Oct 1885

Birthplace: Grayson County, Texas

Marital status: Widowed

Father's name: George I. Bourland

Father's birthplace: Ky

Mother's name: Anna E. Lewis

Occupation: Day Labor

Residence: Memphis, Hall, Texas

Cemetery name: Fairview

Burial place: Memphis, Texas

Burial date: 04 Aug 1955