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Thelma Pearl Rawson

Female Abt 1914 - 2000  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Thelma Pearl Rawson  [1
    Born Abt 1914  Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Apr 2000  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • San Augustine Tribune 4 May 2000

      Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Rawson Harkrider of Nacogdoches were held at 2 pm Monday, May 1, 2000 in the Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel. Officiating was James W. Adams, Randy Harshbarger, Dean Bullock, George Jones and Mark White, Church of Christ ministers.

      Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park in Nacogdoches under direction of Cason-Monk Metcalf. Mrs. Harkrider died Saturday, April 29 at Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches after an extended illness. Mrs. Harkrider was a teacher, bookkeeper and homemaker. She lived in San Augustine for a number of years in the 1930s; and taught in the San Augustine County schools. She was born in Denning in San Augustine County, a daughter of James Fisher Rawson and Madeline Ruth Moss.

      She attended Baylor Teachers College and taught for a number of years. She was married to J.D. Harkrider in Beaumont May 26, 1934. She had been a resident of Nacogdoches since 1944. She was a member of the Mound and Starr Church of Christ, and was a Bible Class teacher and worked with her husband in their family business. She was a talented artist.

      Survivors include her husband, J. D. Harkrider of Nacogdoches; two sons David Harkrider of Englewood, Colorado and Robert Harkrider of Orlando, Florida; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by four sisters, Florence (Mrs. Kirby) Smith, Mildred (Mrs. Pete) Mathews, Iris (Mrs. Woodrow) Mathews all of San Augustine and Bill (Mrs. Richard) Krause of Freeport.
    Person ID I13246  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2022 

    Father James Fisher Rawson,   b. 23 Jun 1886, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1917, Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Ruth Madeline Moss,   b. Abt 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1924  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married Abt 1908 
    Family ID F4482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James David "J. D." Harkrider,   b. 24 Oct 1911, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 2017  (Age 105 years) 
    Married 26 May 1934  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. David Rawson Harkrider,   b. 11 Aug 1935, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 2009, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F5358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1914 - Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 May 1934 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Apr 2000 - Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    San Augustine County Teachers for 1933-1934
    San Augustine County Teachers for 1933-1934
    Miss Thelma Rawson was listed as a teacher at Burleson

  • Sources 
    1. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.).