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View Tree for Alma Nita GardnerAlma Nita Gardner (b. 24 Jul 1913, d. 04 Jan 1998)

Alma Nita Gardner (daughter of Alma Ailius Gardner and Emma Catherine Atkinson)7874, 7875, 7876, 7877 was born 24 Jul 1913 in Hasse, Comanche, Texas7878, 7879, 7880, 7881, and died 04 Jan 1998 in Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas7882, 7883, 7884, 7885. She married William Ball Hurford on 26 Oct 1933 in Stephens, Texas.

 Includes NotesNotes for Alma Nita Gardner:
!BIRTH: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 16; p. 91; (Delayed)

BIRTH: Alma Nita Gardner, female, legt., single birth, born 24 Jul 1913 at 7:00
A.M. at Hasse, Comanche, TX; Father: Alma Alius Gardner, white, age 19, laborer,
born in TX, Address: Hasse, TX; Mother: Emma Catherine Atkinson, white, age
21, housewife, born in TX, Address: Hasse, TX; 1 child born to this mother, 1
living; Informant: Mrs. Emma Gardner, Woodson, TX, 24 Apr 1944

!MARRIAGE: Stephens Co., TX; Vol. 9; p. 222

MARRIAGE: Mr. W. B. Hurford & Miss Nita Gardner 26 Oct 1933 (by Howard Peacock,
Christian Minister)

Nita evidently suffered a stroke sometime in 1996 and on 6 Jan 1997 entered the
Villa Haven Nursing Center where she stayed until her death on 4 Jan 1998. She
was in poor health, confused in her mind, but always recognizing and receiving
her family and friends with a glad countenance. She had a fall in about
October and broke her pelvis bone which caused her to be confined to a wheel
chair. She began having a heart attack about 4:00 A.M. on Friday morning
January 2nd and passed away about 6:00 A.M. January 4th. Funeral services were
held at the Melton Funeral Home and she was buried in the Woodson, Texas
Cemetery.

!OBITUARY: "Breckenridge American"; Breckenridge, TX; 7 Jan 1998

Alma Nita Hurford, 84, of Woodson passed away Sunday, 4 Jan 1998 at Stephens
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, 6 Jan at 2 p.m. at Melton Funeral Home with
the Rev. Bob Gardner officiating. Burial was in the Woodson Cemetery under the
direction of Melton Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hurford was born 24 Jul 1913 in Comanche County. She married Bill Hurford
Sr., 26 Oct 1933 in Stephens County. He preceded her in death on 1 Nov 1971.
She was a longtime Woodson Resident and a seamstress for Davis Manufacturing.
She is survived by two daughters, Billie Hurford Reedy of Bedford and Helen
Hurford Sullivan of Woodson; four sons, Bill Hurford Jr. of Woodson, Gary
Hurford of Arlington, Don Michael Hurford of Bloomington (Blooming Grove, and
Ronald Kim Hurford of Breckenridge; 19 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
Pall bears were Johnny Vickers, Jay Reedy, John Reedy, Rodney Sullivan, Gary
Sullivan, Darrell Sullivan, Rory Peacock, David Hurford and Jerry Johnson.
Honary pallbearers were the rest of her grandsons.

Obituaries from other newspapers contain the same or less information.

!FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL CARD:

Alma Nita Hurford, b. 24 Jul6 1913, d. 4 January 1998; Funeral Services - Two
O'clock in the afternoon, Tuesday January 6, 1998 at Melton Funeral Home Chapel
of Memories with Rev. Bob Gardner, officiating; Interment: Woodson Cemetery -
Survivors include: Daughters: Billie Hurford Reedy and Helen Hurford Sullivan -
Sons: Bill Hurford Jr., Gary Hurford, Don Michael Hurford, and Ronald Kim
Hurford; 19 Grandchildren, 36 Great Grandchildren, 1 Great Great Grandchild -
Pallbearers, Johnny Vickers, Rodney Sullivan, Darrell Sullivan, David Hurford,
Jay Reedy, Gary Sullivan, Rory Peacock, Jerry Johnson, John Reedy -
Melton Funeral Home, 415 W. Williams, Breckenridge, TX 76424
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!BIRTH: Comanche Co., TX; Vol. 16; p. 91; (Delayed)

BIRTH: Alma Nita Gardner, female, legt., single birth, born 24 Jul 1913 at 7:00
A.M. at Hasse, Comanche, TX; Father: Alma Alius Gardner, white, age 19, laborer,
born in TX, Address: Hasse, TX; Mother: Emma Catherine Atkinson, white, age
21, housewife, born in TX, Address: Hasse, TX; 1 child born to this mother, 1
living; Informant: Mrs. Emma Gardner, Woodson, TX, 24 Apr 1944

!MARRIAGE: Stephens Co., TX; Vol. 9; p. 222

MARRIAGE: Mr. W. B. Hurford & Miss Nita Gardner 26 Oct 1933 (by Howard Peacock,
Christian Minister)

Nita evidently suffered a stroke sometime in 1996 and on 6 Jan 1997 entered the
Villa Haven Nursing Center where she stayed until her death on 4 Jan 1998. She
was in poor health, confused in her mind, but always recognizing and receiving
her family and friends with a glad countenance. She had a fall in about
October and broke her pelvis bone which caused her to be confined to a wheel
chair. She began having a heart attack about 4:00 A.M. on Friday morning
January 2nd and passed away about 6:00 A.M. January 4th. Funeral services were
held at the Melton Funeral Home and she was buried in the Woodson, Texas
Cemetery.

!OBITUARY: "Breckenridge American"; Breckenridge, TX; 7 Jan 1998

Alma Nita Hurford, 84, of Woodson passed away Sunday, 4 Jan 1998 at Stephens
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, 6 Jan at 2 p.m. at Melton Funeral Home with
the Rev. Bob Gardner officiating. Burial was in the Woodson Cemetery under the
direction of Melton Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hurford was born 24 Jul 1913 in Comanche County. She married Bill Hurford
Sr., 26 Oct 1933 in Stephens County. He preceded her in death on 1 Nov 1971.
She was a longtime Woodson Resident and a seamstress for Davis Manufacturing.
She is survived by two daughters, Billie Hurford Reedy of Bedford and Helen
Hurford Sullivan of Woodson; four sons, Bill Hurford Jr. of Woodson, Gary
Hurford of Arlington, Don Michael Hurford of Bloomington (Blooming Grove, and
Ronald Kim Hurford of Breckenridge; 19 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
Pall bears were Johnny Vickers, Jay Reedy, John Reedy, Rodney Sullivan, Gary
Sullivan, Darrell Sullivan, Rory Peacock, David Hurford and Jerry Johnson.
Honary pallbearers were the rest of her grandsons.

Obituaries from other newspapers contain the same or less information.

!FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL CARD:

Alma Nita Hurford, b. 24 Jul6 1913, d. 4 January 1998; Funeral Services - Two
O'clock in the afternoon, Tuesday January 6, 1998 at Melton Funeral Home Chapel
of Memories with Rev. Bob Gardner, officiating; Interment: Woodson Cemetery -
Survivors include: Daughters: Billie Hurford Reedy and Helen Hurford Sullivan -
Sons: Bill Hurford Jr., Gary Hurford, Don Michael Hurford, and Ronald Kim
Hurford; 19 Grandchildren, 36 Great Grandchildren, 1 Great Great Grandchild -
Pallbearers, Johnny Vickers, Rodney Sullivan, Darrell Sullivan, David Hurford,
Jay Reedy, Gary Sullivan, Rory Peacock, Jerry Johnson, John Reedy -
Melton Funeral Home, 415 W. Williams, Breckenridge, TX 76424


More About Alma Nita Gardner:
Fact 2: 06 Jan 1998, Woodson Cem, Woodson, Throckmorton, TX.7886, 7887, 7888, 7889

More About Alma Nita Gardner and William Ball Hurford:
Marriage: 26 Oct 1933, Stephens, Texas.

Children of Alma Nita Gardner and William Ball Hurford are:
  1. +Billie Rita Hurford, b. 05 Dec 1934, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7890, 7891, 7892, 7893.
  2. +Gary Thomas Hurford, b. 24 Aug 1936, Woodson, Throckmorton, TX7894, 7895, 7896, 7897.
  3. +William Ball Hurford, b. 19 Dec 1938, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7898, 7899, 7900, 7901.
  4. +Helen Dolores Hurford, b. 05 Dec 1941, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7902, 7903, 7904, 7905.
  5. +Don Michael Hurford, b. 10 Jul 1947, Woodson, Throckmorton, Texas7906, 7907, 7908, 7909.
  6. +Ronald Kim Hurford, b. 20 Jul 1954, Throckmorton, Throckmorton, Texas7910, 7911, 7912, 7913.
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