Nimrod Resident Is Interred at Gorman
6 March 1936 · Ranger Times
Named here: Martha Valli McKinney, Ella Frances Mckinney, Mary Ann Rebecca Mckinney, Edward J Bryant, Ocie Tillman Bryant, Ulysus Harris Bryant, Eli Edward Bryant, Cecil Beadie Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler
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Nimrod Resident Is Interred at Gorman
Burial rites for Mrs. E. J. Bryant, 84, the mother of C. B. Bryant of Wingate, were held from the Baptist church at Gorman, on Monday afternoon. Rev. W. T. Hamor, pastor of the Winters Baptist church, officiated for the service. Burial was made in the Gorman cemetery.
Mrs. Bryant died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler at Nimrod, near Cisco. She was born Feb. 10, 1852, in Alabama. On Dec. 1, 1870, she was married to E. J. Bryant, who died in 1924. The family moved to Eastland county, near Gorman in 1893 and lived there for several years.
Surviving are four sons, O. T. Bryant of Decatur; U. H. Bryant of Dallas; E. E. Bryant of Big Spring and C. B. Bryant, a rural mail carried [sic] at Wingate; two sisters, Mrs. Ella McDiarmid of Alabama and Mrs. Vaille Walden of Houston, and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Bryant had been a member of the Baptist church since she was 24 years of age.
Burial was made in the Gorman cemetery under direction of Spill Funeral Home of Winters.
Citation: "Nimrod Resident Is Interred at Gorman," Ranger Times (Ranger, Texas), Friday, 6 March 1936, p. 1, col. 6; digital images of the microfilm, Texas Tech University, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, digital newspapers, Ranger Times collection (https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/items/e502e0a2-8add-4b1a-9b37-0bc26a7fa8bd).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Death | died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Wheeler at Nimrod, near Cisco; aged 84; no date given | death 1 March 1936, Gorman, Eastland, Texas; her Texas death certificate as indexed and Find a Grave: Rising Star | conflicts on the place (Nimrod, against the certificate index's and the memorial's Rising Star and the tree's Gorman); the age agrees |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Funeral and burial | rites Monday afternoon [2 March 1936] from the Baptist church at Gorman, the Rev. W. T. Hamor, pastor of the Winters Baptist church; burial in the Gorman cemetery, Spill Funeral Home of Winters | burial (undated) Gorman Cemetery, Gorman | agrees (adds the day and the church) |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Birth | 10 February 1852, Alabama | 10 February 1852, Chambers, Alabama | agrees |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Marriage | 1 December 1870, to E. J. Bryant | 1 December 1870, Coosa County, Alabama | agrees |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Move to Texas | the family moved to Eastland County, near Gorman, in 1893 | son Eli Edward born June 1889 at Alexander City, Alabama; residence 1900 Eastland County | new |
| Mary Ann Rebecca McKinney | Church | a Baptist from the age of 24 | — | new |
| Edward J Bryant | Death | "who died in 1924" | death 9 October 1923, Gorman | conflicts (see notes: 1923 stands) |
| Ocie Tillman Bryant | Residence, March 1936 | "O. T. Bryant of Decatur", a son | wife died at Decatur, Wise County, 1933; buried at Decatur 1954 | agrees |
| Ulysus Harris Bryant | Residence, March 1936 | "U. H. Bryant of Dallas", a son | residence 1930 Dallas | agrees |
| Eli Edward Bryant | Residence, March 1936 | "E. E. Bryant of Big Spring", a son | residence 1930 Rising Star; death 8 April 1936, Big Spring | agrees (Big Spring, a month before his death) |
| Cecil Beadie Bryant | Residence and work, March 1936 | "C. B. Bryant of Wingate", "a rural mail carried [carrier] at Wingate" | residence 1930 and 1935 Slaton, Lubbock County; 1940 Live Oak County | new (a residence) |
| Ella Frances McKinney | Married name and residence | her sister, "Mrs. Ella McDiarmid of Alabama" | wife of Malcolm Patterson McDiarmid; residence 1920 Socapatoy, Coosa County, Alabama | agrees |
| Martha Valli McKinney | Married name and residence | her sister, "Mrs. Vaille Walden of Houston" | widow of George Westley Walden; residence 1920 Houston; death 3 November 1936, Houston | agrees |