Minnie Gertrude Bost

1888 - 1952  (64 years)

• Name	Minnie Gertrude Bost  [1, 2]
  Born	13 Feb 1888	Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Oct 1952	Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico   [2, 3]
  Buried	Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico   [2]
  Notes	Obituary Probably from the Lovington, N. M. newspaper Nov. 4, 1952 Mrs. Clay Buried in Tatum Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, at the First Methodist Church of Tatum for Minnie Gertrude Clay, 64, of Tatum. Mrs. Clay died October 30, at the Lea General Hospital in Hobbs. She was born Feb. 13, 1888. In Dec. 1909 she married Jerry Clay and they came to Lea County in 1913 and settled on a ranch east of Tatum. Mrs. Clay is survived by her husband, Jerry Clay, of Tatum; four children, Mrs. Lyle Coppersmith of Tatum, Mrs. Doyle Henderson of Lovington, Mrs. Eula Gonya, of Hollydale, California, and Mrs. Thruman Parkinson of Compton, California, three brothers, Homer Bost, El Paso, John Bost, Los Angeles, California and Tom Bost, Haskell, Texas, two sisters, Mrs. George Bocker, Bryson, Texas, and Mrs. Alice Amburn; and twelve grandchildren. Casket bearers were, M. R. Bess, Pete Smith, Ashby Green, Tom James, Gene Watkins, Bertie Whitley, J. B. Selman, and L. B. Townsend. Honorary pallbearers were E. E. Travis, L. L. Derrick, Mr. Selman, Greer West, Lason Bess, Frank Whitley, and Mr. Patton. Burial was in Tatum cemetery. (Courtest of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
  Person ID	I31892	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Alfred Bost,   b. 21 May 1848, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Jul 1927, Texas  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Adams,   b. Dec 1847, Mississippi ,   d. Abt 1941  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Married	24 May 1872	Van Buren County, Arkansas
  	Groom's Name: Alford Bost Groom's Birth Date: 1848 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 24 Bride's Name: Mary J. Adams Bride's Birth Date: 1848 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 24 Marriage Date: 24 May 1872 Marriage Place: Van Buren, Arkansas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75081-5 System Origin: Arkansas-EASy Source Film Number: 1031200 Reference Number: item 2 Pg. 232 Collection: Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944 Lynell Cordell wrote that she looked for all Bost's in Texas on the Find-a-grave website and found the following. Since they're in the same block of the same cemetery she assumes that they are Mary Jane Adams and her husband, Alfred. Another Bost descendant/researcher Lynell had previously talked to said they were divorced, but since Alfred died so early that may not be so. Mary Jane Bost Birth: 1841 Death: 1941 Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Plot: Block 24 Alfred Bost Birth: May 21, 1848 Death: Jul. 2, 1927 Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Plot: Block 24
  Family ID	F5203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jerry Cadell Clay,   b. 18 Mar 1886, Jack County, Texas ,   d. 26 Nov 1957, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Dec 1909	Texas   [3]
  Children	1. Mary L. Clay,   b. 31 Aug 1912, Texas ,   d. 16 Dec 2000, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico  (Age 88 years)   2. Fannie B. Clay,   b. 29 Oct 1915, Texas ,   d. Dec 1997, Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona  (Age 82 years)   3. Living   4. Jerry Clyde Clay,   b. 11 Sep 1919, Lea County, New Mexico ,   d. 12 Oct 1945, Lost At Sea  (Age 26 years)   5. Homer Beryl Clay,   b. 14 Feb 1923, Lea County, New Mexico ,   d. 11 Oct 1933, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas  (Age 10 years)   6. Living
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F10235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Feb 1888 - Texas Married - Dec 1909 - Texas Died - 30 Oct 1952 - Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico Buried - - Tatum Cemetery, Tatum, Lea County, New Mexico  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Jack County, JP 8 Enumerated 1 June 1900 SD 3 ED 39 Sheet 1B 14-14 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.). [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email.