Robert Stagner cut a dashing figure in his Spanish-American uniform in 1900. He swept a young beautiful Annie East off her feet. She was 16 years old when they married May 8, 1901 in Beaumont, Texas. He was 24.
The newlyweds moved to Crystal City where Robert tried his hand in real estate. Tragically his wife Annie died in 1914 at age 29 shortly after giving birth to their fourth child.
Robert and his children moved to Dallas where Robert worked as a barber. Robert always stayed closed to his children - Hazel, Lucille, Robert, Jr, Anne - throughout his life.
OBITUARY
The Dallas Morning News, Dec 19, 1952, page 10.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 pm in Luling for Robert Tyre Stagner of 6003 McCommas.
Stagner, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died Wednesday in the Lisbon Veterans Hospital. He was a native of Luling, Texas.
The Rev. C. P. Hall will be in charge of services Friday in Luling's Central Baptist Church. Burial will be in Luling City Cemetery.
Stagner's survivors include one son, Commander Robert Tyre Stagner Jr. of the United States Navy, stationed now in Columbia, SC; three daughters, Mrs. Carl T. Baer and Mrs. E. F. Carr of Dallas, and Mrs. R. C. Lau of Coral Gables, FL; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The newlyweds moved to Crystal City where Robert tried his hand in real estate. Tragically his wife Annie died in 1914 at age 29 shortly after giving birth to their fourth child.
Robert and his children moved to Dallas where Robert worked as a barber. Robert always stayed closed to his children - Hazel, Lucille, Robert, Jr, Anne - throughout his life.
OBITUARY
The Dallas Morning News, Dec 19, 1952, page 10.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 pm in Luling for Robert Tyre Stagner of 6003 McCommas.
Stagner, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died Wednesday in the Lisbon Veterans Hospital. He was a native of Luling, Texas.
The Rev. C. P. Hall will be in charge of services Friday in Luling's Central Baptist Church. Burial will be in Luling City Cemetery.
Stagner's survivors include one son, Commander Robert Tyre Stagner Jr. of the United States Navy, stationed now in Columbia, SC; three daughters, Mrs. Carl T. Baer and Mrs. E. F. Carr of Dallas, and Mrs. R. C. Lau of Coral Gables, FL; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Robert Stagner cut a dashing figure in his Spanish-American uniform in 1900. He swept a young beautiful Annie East off her feet. She was 16 years old when they married May 8, 1901 in Beaumont, Texas. He was 24.
The newlyweds moved to Crystal City where Robert tried his hand in real estate. Tragically his wife Annie died in 1914 at age 29 shortly after giving birth to their fourth child.
Robert and his children moved to Dallas where Robert worked as a barber. Robert always stayed closed to his children - Hazel, Lucille, Robert, Jr, Anne - throughout his life.
OBITUARY
The Dallas Morning News, Dec 19, 1952, page 10.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 pm in Luling for Robert Tyre Stagner of 6003 McCommas.
Stagner, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died Wednesday in the Lisbon Veterans Hospital. He was a native of Luling, Texas.
The Rev. C. P. Hall will be in charge of services Friday in Luling's Central Baptist Church. Burial will be in Luling City Cemetery.
Stagner's survivors include one son, Commander Robert Tyre Stagner Jr. of the United States Navy, stationed now in Columbia, SC; three daughters, Mrs. Carl T. Baer and Mrs. E. F. Carr of Dallas, and Mrs. R. C. Lau of Coral Gables, FL; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The newlyweds moved to Crystal City where Robert tried his hand in real estate. Tragically his wife Annie died in 1914 at age 29 shortly after giving birth to their fourth child.
Robert and his children moved to Dallas where Robert worked as a barber. Robert always stayed closed to his children - Hazel, Lucille, Robert, Jr, Anne - throughout his life.
OBITUARY
The Dallas Morning News, Dec 19, 1952, page 10.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 pm in Luling for Robert Tyre Stagner of 6003 McCommas.
Stagner, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died Wednesday in the Lisbon Veterans Hospital. He was a native of Luling, Texas.
The Rev. C. P. Hall will be in charge of services Friday in Luling's Central Baptist Church. Burial will be in Luling City Cemetery.
Stagner's survivors include one son, Commander Robert Tyre Stagner Jr. of the United States Navy, stationed now in Columbia, SC; three daughters, Mrs. Carl T. Baer and Mrs. E. F. Carr of Dallas, and Mrs. R. C. Lau of Coral Gables, FL; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
