FAWCETT, Arthur Lee (1886-1959)
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ARTHUR LEE FAWCETT was born on October 30, 1886 to Robert M. and Elizabeth Jane Aldridge at their farm 4 miles east of Wrightsboro, Gonzales County, Texas. In 1902 he moved to Val Verde County, Texas with his parents and sister. Arthur helped his father on his ranch along the Devil's River near Comstock. On April 19, 1918 Arthur Fawcett married Lelia R. McFaddin at the North Baptist Church in Del Rio (Marriage Record; Deed 9:534-536). Arthur owned and operated a Model T Ford garage in Comstock (ca. 1915-1925 on lots 2-7 of Block 19), between Juno and Sonora Streets and just south of the railroad tracks. Arthur inherited this property from his father (who lived apart from his family in 1920 [Census Pct 3 # 91]). The metal garage building that stood in the 1970s has now been leveled. In 1919 their daughter, Mildred, was born in Del Rio. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Aldridge (Fawcett), lived with them (1920 Census Pct 3 # 22). During the 1920s Arthur Fawcett worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad at Dryden and Pumpville, before moving to Sanderson, Texas in ca. 1930. He died on May 13, 1960 and is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, along with Lelia. Their home stood until 1995 on the north side of Oak Street (U.S. 90), just east of Wilson Avenue (Block J, Lot 15) in Sanderson (Downie 1978:374-375; Deed 9:534-36).[1]
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Obituary
1959 - Sanderson, Texas
Funeral Rites Saturday for A. L. Fawcett
Arthur L. Fawcett, 73, died suddenly at his home early Friday morning following a heart attack.
Judge R. S. wilkinson conducted brief services in the chapel at the Janes Funeral Home and also the commital service in Cedar Grove Cemetery, where he was buried.
Mr. Fawcett was born October 30, 1886, in gonzales. He was married to Lelia McFaddin of Rocksprings in Del Rio on April 18, 1918. they resided Comstock and Pumpville before coming to Sanderson 30 years ago. He was in the water service of the T&NO Railroad and was an oil pumper at the time of his retirement here in 1952.
Survivers, besides the widow include a daughter, Mrs. R. R. Brooks of Copperas Cove and three grandchildren, Barbara Jean, Charlotte Ann, and Charles Lee Brooks;; also a niece and two nephews; numerous cousins, including five at Del Rio, Mrs. O. D. Finnegan, Mrs. Emma Whitehead, Elmer, and Walter Fawcett. [handwritten here: "Lee"]
Among out-or-town relatives here for the funeral were Sgt. and Mrs. Brooks of Copperas Cover; Mrs. Fawcett's sisters, Mrs. John Disler of Del Rio and Mrs. J. T. Schwartz and husband of El Paso; her niece, Mrs. Thomas Glasscock of Rocksprings; her nephew, Johnny Drisler and wife of Del Rio.
Pall bearers were B. G. Maples, Bob Allen, Jack Harrell, Troy Druse, Clarence Chandler, and H. W. Chamberlain.
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Mailed to Susan D. Chambless by Ruth Ratliff
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