Mary Ray (Hargrove) Hood (1892 - 1929)

Born 23 Jun 1892 in Comanche County, Texas

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Died 14 Feb 1929 at age 36 in Mitchell, Texas, USA

Biography

When Mary Ray Hargrove was born on June 23, 1892, in Comanche, Texas, her father, Rufus, was 23 and her mother, Addie, was 19. She married James Mortimer Hood on June 17, 1908. They had six children in 15 years. She died on February 14, 1929, from peritonitis from a burst appendix, in Colorado City, Texas, at the age of 36, and was buried in Mitchell, Texas.

In 1900, Ray M. Hargrove was 7 years old and lived in Mitchell, Texas with their father, mother, brother, and sister.

In 1910, Ray M. Hood was 17 years old and lived in Mitchell, Texas with her husband, Mortimer, and son.

In 1920, Ray Hood was 27 years old and lived in Colorado City, Texas with her husband, James, 2 sons, and 3 daughters.

Buried in Spade Cemetery, Spade, Mitchell County, Texas, USA

Obituary: Death Claimed Mrs. J. M. Hood Last Thursday

Resident of this county for 30 years succumbs

Mrs. J. M. Hood, 36, for the greater part of her life was a resident of Mitchell County, died in an Abilene sanitarium last Thursday night after an illness of several weeks' duration. Burial was in Sapde Friday afternnon, the services being conducted by Rev. F. H. Ford and Rev. W. C. Hinds.

Mrs. Hood, who was Mary Ray Hargrove before her marriage in June 1908, came to Mitchell County with her parents some 30 years ago, and since that time has made her home in the Spade Community, where she went to school.

Besides her husband, five children survived her, there were James, Jr., Evelyn, Addie Lou, Ruth, and Russell. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. R. F. Hargrove of Colorado [City]; Miss Pauline Hargrove, teacher at Spade, and Miss Ruth Hargrove; four brothers, Garrard W., with the Navy in Hampton Roads, VA; R. P. Hargrove of Cholk; Ross Hargrove of Spade, Paul Hargrove of Colorado [City]; and Mrs. Nellie Grace Eudy of Colorado, Texas.

Sources

• Death Certificate
• 1900 United States Federal Census
• 1910 United States Federal Census
• 1920 United States Federal Census
• Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
• Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
• Text supplied to Evelyn Vesta Hood by her Aunt, Nellie Grace Hargrove Eudy.