Cook community news: the death of Grandma Briant
5 March 1936 · Cisco Daily News
Named here: Mary Ann Rebecca Mckinney, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler
The record at newspapers.swco.ttu.edu
Transcription
Read from the page image (the issue's PDF, page 3): the second item of the Cook column, and an item of a neighbouring community column on the same page.
COOK
By MRS. C. L. CARMICHAEL. . . The entire community extends to the bereaved ones their sympathy in the death of Grandma Briant who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler. Grandma Briant passed away Sunday afternoon and was buried in the Gorman cemetery Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Reynolds, Jr., were among those from this community to attend the funeral of Mrs. Briant at Gorman Monday afternoon.
Citation: "Cook," community news by Mrs. C. L. Carmichael, Cisco Daily News (Cisco, Texas), Thursday, 5 March 1936, p. 3; digital images of the microfilm, Texas Tech University, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, digital newspapers, Cisco Press collection (https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/items/9f623188-3e19-485e-b88a-0ffb47a6c68b).
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Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Death | "passed away Sunday afternoon" [1 March 1936] | death 1 March 1936 | agrees (adds the afternoon) |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Residence | "made her home with Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler", in the Cook community | death place Gorman; residence 1920 Dallas County | new |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Burial | "buried in the Gorman cemetery Monday afternoon" [2 March 1936] | burial (undated) Gorman Cemetery | agrees (adds the day) |