Thelma Pearl Rawson

Abt 1914 - 2000  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Thelma Pearl Rawson  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1914	Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Apr 2000	Nacogdoches County, Texas   [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 d. 11 Jun 1917, Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Ruth Madeline Moss,   b. Abt 1893, Texas d. 10 Mar 1924 (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1908
  Family ID	F4482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1914 - Denning Community, San Augustine County, Texas Marriage - 26 May 1934 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Death - 29 Apr 2000 - Nacogdoches County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  San Augustine County Teachers for 1933-1934 Miss Thelma Rawson was listed as a teacher at Burleson

  
  

• Sources

  [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.).