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Challis, James E. (Ike)
Challis, Marie Beard
Fuller, Barbara Alyne
Grigg, Horace
Johnson, Joe M.
King, Jane H. F.
McAllister, Genevieve Langham
McKnight, Felix R.
Pharr, Mildred Walker
Powell, Johnnie L.
Rogers, Joe Hudnall
Sizemore, Georgia
Strickland, Marjorie
Threlkeld, Delle Cass
Tolley, Donna Shoemaker
Watson, Joseph P. Jr. |
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Felix R. McKnight |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram February 9, 2004
Dallas journalist, co-publisher
of Times Herald
Felix R. McKnight, who covered
the horrific New London school
explosion as a young Associated
Press reporter and went on to
become co-publisher and editor
of the Dallas Times Herald, has
died. He was 93.
Mr. McKnight, synonymous with
Dallas journalism for six
decades, died Saturday at his
University Park home, The Dallas
Morning News reported in its
Sunday editions.
Mr. McKnight was 26 and working
in the AP's Dallas bureau when
he got an urgent call from a
correspondent about a "terrible
explosion" at a school in East
Texas near Overton. He sent a
bulletin across the wire about
the gas blast, which killed at
least 294.
Mr. McKnight was among the first
reporters on the scene along
with his competitor from United
Press, Walter Cronkite.
That night McKnight visited a
roller rink that served as the
morgue.
"The force of that explosion was
so great that hardly a child was
identifiable except for
clothing," he said. While there,
he was drafted to help sponge
down remains with formaldehyde
to help preserve them, and the
horror kept him awake for five
straight days.
Mr. McKnight was born in Dallas,
but his family moved to San
Antonio when he was a child. An
illness forced him out of Texas
A&M University during his junior
year, but he maintained an
interest in journalism that
began as a high school newspaper
sports editor.
He worked summers for the San
Antonio Light and covered games
at college as a Southwest
Conference correspondent for the
Light, the Star-Telegram, the
Houston Chronicle and The
Morning News.
Mr. McKnight is survived by his
wife since 1934, Elizabeth, a
daughter and son-in-law, and
three grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by a daughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Highland Park United
Methodist Church. Burial will
follow at Restland Memorial Park
in Dallas. |
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Mildred Walker Pharr |
Houston
Chronicle October 24, 2005
MILDRED WALKER PHARR April 25,
1923 - October 22, 2005
Born in Snow Hill, Arkansas to
Charles E. and Belle Hayes
Walker and went to Heaven in
Houston, Texas, her home of 40
years. Mildred had many fond
memories of her childhood
playing with her cousins around
her grandparent's home in Cass
County Texas.She was schooled
in New London, Texas and
survived the March 18, 1937, New
London School explosion, where
her sister, Inez was killed.
Mildred was a 1947 graduate of
TSCW (now TWU). She joined
Gethsemane United Methodist
Church in 1966 and was a member
of the Beacon/Friendship Sunday
School class. Mildred is
survived by her husband of 52
years, Kenneth A. Pharr, Sr.;
children, Ken Jr. and wife Lynn,
Mark and wife Norma, and Carolyn
Salyer and husband, Michael;
grandchildren, Karin Marie and
Samuel Kenneth Pharr; and her
sister, Marion Walker Steen and
husband Lee.
Visitation will be 6:30
P.M.-8:30 P.M., Monday, October
24, at Miller Funeral Home, 7723
Beechnut. Funeral services will
be at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday,
October 25 at Gethsemane United
Methodist Church, 6856 Bellaire
Blvd. A reception will follow in
the church parlor. Burial at
Forest Park Westheimer.
Mildred has many beloved friends
and family who will miss her
greatly. No finer wife, mother,
sister or friend can be found. |
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Johnnie L. Powell
March 1, 1912
- January 24, 2007 |
Email from
Terry Collins
Denton Church of Christ, Denton
TX
Today we will bury Johnnie L.
Powell, who died Jan. 24th at
the age of 94. Johnnie was a
devout member of our church for
many years. He was a young
insurance salesman who had just
walked out of the school and
across the street to have a Coke
when the explosion happened. He
said he saw chunks of the
building the size of cars come
crashing down. Hearing his
first-hand account was chilling.
He remained there for many
hours, digging bodies out and
consoling those who came looking
for loved ones. Not many hours
before the explosion he had sold
simple burial policies to
families who would soon be
spared from further ruin.
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Denton Record-Chronicle
January 25, 2007
Johnnie L. Powell, 94, of
Collinsville, longtime Denton
resident, died Wednesday, Jan.
24, 2007 in Collinsville. He was
born on March 1, 1912 in Van
Zandt County, TX to John Henry
Powell and Ora Bell Mosley
Powell. He married Anna Mae Lee
on Jan. 1, 1935 in Marietta, OK.
She preceded him in death on
Feb. 27, 2006. He served in the
U.S. Army during WW II. For many
years, he and his wife ran the
Texas Neon Sign Company until
they sold it and retired. He was
a longtime member of Denton
Church of Christ where he also
served as an Elder, former
member of the Denton Chamber of
Commerce, Denton VFW, and Denton
Kiwanis Club.
Visitation will be Thursday,
Jan. 25, 2007 from 6:30 - 8:00
p.m., at DeBerry Funeral
Directors. Service will be
Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 at 11
a.m., at Denton Church of
Christ, 403 Welch St. with Terry
Collins officiating.
He is survived by daughters,
Carolyn and husband, Archie Hale
of Collinsville; Barbara Ann
McKnight of Marion; nine
grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; and two
great-great grandchildren. He is
preceded in death by his
parents; wife; sisters, Loyette
Matthews; Gladys Powell; and
brother, Buddy Powell.
DeBerry Funeral Directors is in
charge of arrangements. |
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