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View Tree for Alma Ailius GardnerAlma Ailius Gardner (b. 08 Dec 1894, d. 13 Nov 1960)

Alma Ailius Gardner7822, 7823, 7824, 7825 was born 08 Dec 1894 in Purdon, Navarro, Texas7826, 7827, 7828, 7829, and died 13 Nov 1960 in Odessa, Ector, Texas7830, 7831, 7832, 7833. He married Emma Catherine Atkinson on 18 Sep 1910 in Hasse, Comanche, Texas, daughter of Albert Neale Atkinson and Sarah Amanda Johnson.

 Includes NotesNotes for Alma Ailius Gardner:
!FAMILY BIBLE: Name; Birth date

!BIRTH: Birth Index Navarro Co., TX; Bk. 53-282
BIRTH: Navarro Co., TX; State Archives; #1657572; (Delayed)

BIRTH INDEX: Alma Ailus Gardner, m, w, 12/8/1894; Parents: Robert Warren
Gardner & Julia Yarbrough
BIRTH RECORD: (Rural) Alma Ailus Gardner, male, legt., alive, born 8 Dec 1894 at
Purdon, Navarro, TX; Father: Robert Warren Gardner, white, age 44, farmer,
born in AL, residence: Purdon, TX; Mother: Julia Yarbrough, white. age 32,
housewife, born in TX; residence: Purdon, TX; 9 children born, 9 now living;
Affidavits signed 25 Aug 1952 by James Atkinson & __ P. Taylor

!CENSUS: 1900 Navarro Co., TX

!MARRIAGE: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 6; p. 330; #432
Mr. Alma Gardner & Miss Emma Atkinson 18 Sep 1910

!DRIVERS LICENSE: State of Texas; 27 Nov 1946

LICENSE: State of Texas; 27 Nov 1946; Woodson, TX; Alma Ailus Gardner, m, w, b.
8 Dec 1894; Description: Grey eyes, Brown hair, Weight.: 200 lbs; Height 6 ft.

!DEATH: Ector Co., TX; Death Records; Bk. 10-499

Alma A. Gardner, male, white, married, retired, died 13 Nov 1960 at Medical
Center Hospital, Odessa, Ector, TX; Residence: 1310 Sunset Blvd., Odessa, TX;
Length of stay: 4 yrs.; Age at death: 65 yrs. 11 Mo. 5 days; U.S.A. Citizen;
Never in Armed Forces; Social Security #465-58-5357, Born 8 Dec 1894 at Purdon,
TX ; Father: Robert W. Gardner; Mother: Julia Yarbrough; Cause of death:
Respiratory failure due to cerebral hemorrhage due to generalized arteriole
sclerosis and hypertension; Removal to Woodson, TX for burial at Woodson,
Woodson Cemetery, Woodson, TX.

!OBITUARY: "Breckenridge American"; Breckenridge, TX; 1960

A. A. GARDNER DIES; RITES AT WOODSON - BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) - A. A. Gardner, 65,
a resident of Odessa, died at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Medical Center Hospital in
Odessa where he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Nov. 8.
Born Dec. 8. 1894 in Purdon, he was married to the former Emma Atkinson of
Comanche in 1910. Then the couple came to Woodson where they farmed for 42 yrs.
They moved to Odessa five years ago after Mr. Gardner retired.
He was a member of the Church of Christ of Woodson.
Funeral will be held at the Woodson Church of Christ Tuesday at 2 p.m. with
George Sullivan, minister, officiating. Burial will be at Woodson Cemetery
under direction of Melton Funeral Home of Breckenridge.
Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Nita Hurford of Woodson; two sons,
Albert J. of Odessa and Douglas A. of Hobbs, NM; two brothers, A. E. (a twin of
Mr. Gardner's) of Littlefield and J. M. of Deming, NM; two sisters, Mrs. Julia
Woods of Throckmorton and Mrs. Tincey Stone of Terrill; 13 grandchildren and six
great grandchildren. (Died 12 Oct 1960 - Bd. 14 Oct 1960)

!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX

TOMBSTONE: Alma A. Gardner, b. 8 Dec 1894, d. 13 Nov 1960; Md. 18 Sep 1910
(Double Stone with wife, Emma C.)

My mother told of an incident that occurred when Pa was a young man still
living at home. (He married at age 16). After his father died his mother was
married to Robert Farmer who had several children of his own so they were a
large family. Late one night after everyone was in bed and supposedly asleep he
saw a man crawl through the window with a straight razor in his hand. He
pretended to be asleep while the man carefully looked him over. Evidently, Pa
was not the person he was looking for and he soon left. He had seen the
prowler and knew him, but did not mention the incident. Grateful not to have
had his throat slit he did not want to have it happen in the future. (She
thought it was probably a step-brother.)
Alma is a twin to Albert Gardner. They were excellent baseball players
and after they no longer played the game they were good at umpiring and were
often called upon to umpire the baseball games at Woodson, TX.
He served as a school trustee in the Sunshine Community and another small
community school. After these consolidated with the Woodson Independent School
District, he became a trustee there.
At one time he was a member of the Church of Christ, but there was some
friction between some of the members and he dropped out because of that. His
funeral was held there many years later.
During the depression he took what jobs he could find to support his family.
He did some farming and in his later years he operated a feed store in Woodson,
before moving to Littlefield, TX, where they owned a small grocery store for a
short time. They, then, moved to Odessa, TX, and purchased a service station
for their son, Jim, to operate. It was there that he had a stroke, after which
he lived about two weeks.
When I was young he always seemed to be a stern man with little to say, but
when I was about fifteen and sixteen years old I often spent weekends with Pa
and Ma Gardner and got to know them quite well. I took sewing to do on Ma's
sewing machine. The machine was located in the room where Pa spent a lot of
time just sitting or listening to the radio. This gave me an opportunity to get
better acquainted with him. We had many interesting conversations and I learned
to love and appreciate him. I think the feeling was mutual.
After Leon and I married we spent the night in their home a few times.
They seemed to be quite fond of Leon. Pa opened up and told us stories about
some of the pranks he pulled as a boy and about lots of things he did in the
"old" days when times were hard. (I wish I could recall them.) He seemed to
enjoy reliving those days. He had such a jolly laugh and in my mind I can
still hear his laughter.
My mother said that her dad used to tell tales about when the Methodist
preacher was invited to eat breakfast with them on Sunday mornings. His mother
would kill several chickens and have fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, etc. I
suppose there was never quite enough because he said he never knew there was
anything to the chicken but the neck and wings until he was grown. In those
days, when there was company, the men ate at the first table, the women at the
second and the children had to eat at the last table. They had to take what
was left and sometimes that was not more than a cold biscuit and gravy. (BR)
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!FAMILY BIBLE: Name; Birth date

!BIRTH: Birth Index Navarro Co., TX; Bk. 53-282
BIRTH: Navarro Co., TX; State Archives; #1657572; (Delayed)

BIRTH INDEX: Alma Ailus Gardner, m, w, 12/8/1894; Parents: Robert Warren
Gardner & Julia Yarbrough
BIRTH RECORD: (Rural) Alma Ailus Gardner, male, legt., alive, born 8 Dec 1894 at
Purdon, Navarro, TX; Father: Robert Warren Gardner, white, age 44, farmer,
born in AL, residence: Purdon, TX; Mother: Julia Yarbrough, white. age 32,
housewife, born in TX; residence: Purdon, TX; 9 children born, 9 now living;
Affidavits signed 25 Aug 1952 by James Atkinson & __ P. Taylor

!CENSUS: 1900 Navarro Co., TX

!MARRIAGE: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 6; p. 330; #432
Mr. Alma Gardner & Miss Emma Atkinson 18 Sep 1910

!DRIVERS LICENSE: State of Texas; 27 Nov 1946

LICENSE: State of Texas; 27 Nov 1946; Woodson, TX; Alma Ailus Gardner, m, w, b.
8 Dec 1894; Description: Grey eyes, Brown hair, Weight.: 200 lbs; Height 6 ft.

!DEATH: Ector Co., TX; Death Records; Bk. 10-499

Alma A. Gardner, male, white, married, retired, died 13 Nov 1960 at Medical
Center Hospital, Odessa, Ector, TX; Residence: 1310 Sunset Blvd., Odessa, TX;
Length of stay: 4 yrs.; Age at death: 65 yrs. 11 Mo. 5 days; U.S.A. Citizen;
Never in Armed Forces; Social Security #465-58-5357, Born 8 Dec 1894 at Purdon,
TX ; Father: Robert W. Gardner; Mother: Julia Yarbrough; Cause of death:
Respiratory failure due to cerebral hemorrhage due to generalized arteriole
sclerosis and hypertension; Removal to Woodson, TX for burial at Woodson,
Woodson Cemetery, Woodson, TX.

!OBITUARY: "Breckenridge American"; Breckenridge, TX; 1960

A. A. GARDNER DIES; RITES AT WOODSON - BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) - A. A. Gardner, 65,
a resident of Odessa, died at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Medical Center Hospital in
Odessa where he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Nov. 8.
Born Dec. 8. 1894 in Purdon, he was married to the former Emma Atkinson of
Comanche in 1910. Then the couple came to Woodson where they farmed for 42 yrs.
They moved to Odessa five years ago after Mr. Gardner retired.
He was a member of the Church of Christ of Woodson.
Funeral will be held at the Woodson Church of Christ Tuesday at 2 p.m. with
George Sullivan, minister, officiating. Burial will be at Woodson Cemetery
under direction of Melton Funeral Home of Breckenridge.
Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Nita Hurford of Woodson; two sons,
Albert J. of Odessa and Douglas A. of Hobbs, NM; two brothers, A. E. (a twin of
Mr. Gardner's) of Littlefield and J. M. of Deming, NM; two sisters, Mrs. Julia
Woods of Throckmorton and Mrs. Tincey Stone of Terrill; 13 grandchildren and six
great grandchildren. (Died 12 Oct 1960 - Bd. 14 Oct 1960)

!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX

TOMBSTONE: Alma A. Gardner, b. 8 Dec 1894, d. 13 Nov 1960; Md. 18 Sep 1910
(Double Stone with wife, Emma C.)

My mother told of an incident that occurred when Pa was a young man still
living at home. (He married at age 16). After his father died his mother was
married to Robert Farmer who had several children of his own so they were a
large family. Late one night after everyone was in bed and supposedly asleep he
saw a man crawl through the window with a straight razor in his hand. He
pretended to be asleep while the man carefully looked him over. Evidently, Pa
was not the person he was looking for and he soon left. He had seen the
prowler and knew him, but did not mention the incident. Grateful not to have
had his throat slit he did not want to have it happen in the future. (She
thought it was probably a step-brother.)
Alma is a twin to Albert Gardner. They were excellent baseball players
and after they no longer played the game they were good at umpiring and were
often called upon to umpire the baseball games at Woodson, TX.
He served as a school trustee in the Sunshine Community and another small
community school. After these consolidated with the Woodson Independent School
District, he became a trustee there.
At one time he was a member of the Church of Christ, but there was some
friction between some of the members and he dropped out because of that. His
funeral was held there many years later.
During the depression he took what jobs he could find to support his family.
He did some farming and in his later years he operated a feed store in Woodson,
before moving to Littlefield, TX, where they owned a small grocery store for a
short time. They, then, moved to Odessa, TX, and purchased a service station
for their son, Jim, to operate. It was there that he had a stroke, after which
he lived about two weeks.
When I was young he always seemed to be a stern man with little to say, but
when I was about fifteen and sixteen years old I often spent weekends with Pa
and Ma Gardner and got to know them quite well. I took sewing to do on Ma's
sewing machine. The machine was located in the room where Pa spent a lot of
time just sitting or listening to the radio. This gave me an opportunity to get
better acquainted with him. We had many interesting conversations and I learned
to love and appreciate him. I think the feeling was mutual.
After Leon and I married we spent the night in their home a few times.
They seemed to be quite fond of Leon. Pa opened up and told us stories about
some of the pranks he pulled as a boy and about lots of things he did in the
"old" days when times were hard. (I wish I could recall them.) He seemed to
enjoy reliving those days. He had such a jolly laugh and in my mind I can
still hear his laughter.
My mother said that her dad used to tell tales about when the Methodist
preacher was invited to eat breakfast with them on Sunday mornings. His mother
would kill several chickens and have fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, etc. I
suppose there was never quite enough because he said he never knew there was
anything to the chicken but the neck and wings until he was grown. In those
days, when there was company, the men ate at the first table, the women at the
second and the children had to eat at the last table. They had to take what
was left and sometimes that was not more than a cold biscuit and gravy. (BR)


More About Alma Ailius Gardner:
Fact 1: 24 Aug 1961, LANGE.7834, 7835, 7836, 7837
Fact 2: 15 Nov 1960, Woodson Cemetery, Woodson, Throckmorton, TX.7838, 7839, 7840, 7841
Fact 4: 02 Dec 1961, LANGE.7842, 7843, 7844, 7845
Fact 5: 17 Apr 1973, LOGAN.7846, 7847, 7848, 7849

More About Alma Ailius Gardner and Emma Catherine Atkinson:
Marriage: 18 Sep 1910, Hasse, Comanche, Texas.
Unknown-Ending: 25 Apr 1980, ARIZO.

Children of Alma Ailius Gardner and Emma Catherine Atkinson are:
  1. +Alma Nita Gardner, b. 24 Jul 1913, Hasse, Comanche, Texas7850, 7851, 7852, 7853, d. 04 Jan 1998, Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas7854, 7855, 7856, 7857.
  2. +Albert James Gardner, b. 18 Mar 1921, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7858, 7859, 7860, 7861, d. 30 Nov 1987, Eastland, Eastland, Texas7862, 7863, 7864, 7865.
  3. +Douglas Audine Gardner, b. 18 Sep 1924, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7866, 7867, 7868, 7869, d. 07 Apr 1980, Sudan, Lamb, Texas7870, 7871, 7872, 7873.
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