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Our Herrin, Brummett
and Related Families
Additional Information
Woodward Petty Brummett:
Residence: OCT 1961, Hico, Hamilton Co., Texas. From Hartwell Brummett obit.
Buried: UNKNOWN, Oakwood Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Texas
Notes:
12 Feb 2001
Middle name from obit of wife Lucille. Death date figured from same. Says preceeded in death by her husband of 52 years and lists a marriage date of 1936.
3-11-2001
Middle name also on a list of birth, marriage and death dates from Carlian Pittman.
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on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/marriage/3marriag/a.htm someone has added a first name of Woodrow.
REGISTERED VOTERS IN HAMILTON COUNTY, 1937
Brummet, W. P., Farmer, Hico, R3, Voting Precinct No. 5... Lanham
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/regisvot/b.htm 12-06-2003
Lucille Eloise Anderson:
Buried: 24 MAR 1999, Oakwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Texas
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Occupation: Teacher of science and math
Notes:
12 Feb 2001 from Carlian Pittman:
Hico New Review
Thursday, March 25, 1999
Services held for Lucille Brummett
Lucille Eloise Anderson Brummett, 84, of Hico, died March 21, 1999
at her home. Mrs. Brummett was born January 12, 1915 to Marion Calvin
and Vernie March Walker Anderson in Hamilton County. She married
Woodward Petty Brummett on November 24, 1936. She earned a Bachelor of
Arts from Daniel Baker College and a Masters of Education from Texas
Christian Vuniversity. She taught science and mathematics for forty-one
years at Pecan School, Cranfills Gap, Fairy and Hico schools.
Mrs. Brummett's teaching accolades were many. She was named
University Interscholastic League Coach of the Decade for 1963-1973; she
advanced with a student to the National science Fair Competition in
Baltimore, Maryland; she was a consultant to the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration High School Space Project; she was name one of
the Outstanding Secondary Educators in America. She gave so that others
might know the joy in educationthat she knew.
After her retirement from teaching , she continued to influence the
lives of others. She tirelessly oversaw the building of a library which
she dedicated to her late husband at Cherokee Home for Children in May
of 1991. Both she and Woodward wer long-time supporters of Cherokee
Home and Fosters Home. She donated the land for the Brummett Youth
Ranch near Fairy to Fosters Home and the first cottage was dedicated in
1996. Mrs. Brummett was a member of the Hico Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 24, 1999
at the Hico Church of Christ. Burial took place at the Oakwood Cemetery
in Hamilton.
Mrs. Brummett was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years,
Woodward P. Brummett, and brothers J. G. "Buck" Anderson, M. C. "Andy"
Anderson and sister Ruby Anderson Brummett.
Memorials can be made to the Brummett Youth Ranch.
Survivors include: her sister, Irene Thompson of LaPorte; nieces,
Mary Lou Green of Dallas, Tx., Annett Limmer of Deer Park, Tx., Nancy
Stallone of Encino,Ca., Betty Barclay of Brownwood, Tx., and Jane King
of George, Tx., nephews, Joe Mack Anderson of Garland, Tx, Michael
Anderson of Kirby, T., David Anderson of Hico, Mark Anderson of Watauga,
Tx., and Grant Brummett of Mesa, AZ; and 14 great-nieces and nephews.
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PECAN SCHOOL, NO. 18
1880-aft. 1936
The Pecan School and community five miles northeast of Hamilton derived its name from its location on Pecan Creek near Hamilton. The first Pecan School was built in 1880 near Dave Snell’s place. This school was located in the same community school district as had been the private Leon River School in which Miss Ann Whitney died in 1867. There were seven grades in Pecan School in 1911. Before 1933 the school had been moved to a location near Durham’s bridge. In 1924-25 Miss Virginia Kern was the teacher for this school. M. C. Anderson, J. L. Johnson, and Clarence Clark were on the school board. In 1936 Miss Lucille Anderson was principal and Miss Lillian Cates was a teacher.
Other teachers have included: Lucille Eloise (Anderson) Brummett
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/p/pecan/pecan_sc.htm 12-06-2003
Marriage Notes
Married: 11/25/1936; Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 88
Administrator: McCaleb, G. E., MG
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/marriage/3marriag/a.htm
Hamilton Co. Marriages prior to 1900
Footnotes
- Obituary for Lucille Eloise (Anderson) Brummett [42] (Hico New Review).
Middle name from obit of wife Lucille. Death date figured from same. Says "preceeded in death by her husband of 52 years and lists a marriage date of 1936."
- Texas Death Records [55].
Brummett, Woodward Petty, d. 10-27-1988, TARRANT Co., M.
- Obituary for Lucille Eloise (Anderson) Brummett [42] (Hico New Review).
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
"She married
Woodward Petty Brummett on November 24, 1936."
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