Martha Delores (White) Seymore (1844 - 1933)

Funeral service for Mrs. Mattie Davis, 88 of Bangs, who died at the home of he daughter, Mrs. J.A McClain, 1412 Waco Street, at 2.00 Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 1933. Services were held at the First Methodist Church in Bangs. Rev J D Smoot Pastor. Interment was made in Mukewater Cemetery with Austin-Morris Funeral home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Davis, a well know resident of Brown County for 50 years, had been at the home of her daughter in Brownwood for the last three months while receiving medical treatment. She had been ill of health for sometime. she was born in Pine Bluff Ark October 13, 1944. She moved to Brown county about 50 years ago and made her home in the Bangs community. She was well known through out the section and loved by all that knew her. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Methodist church for many years and was a devoted, faithful Christian. Surviving are four children, Harvey Seymore of Hamlin, Mrs. Lou Tweedle of Bangs, D. Seymore of Bangs and Mrs. J.A. McClain of Brownwood and 21 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren

I never heard Grandma Smiths( Opal Early) mothers first name, but I had heard that she was crippled and mostly blind. She told people that she was going to fake her death, to see how fast that they bury her. Grandma Smith, swore to people that she saw Dolores wink at her, during the funeral. She was so upset, that 3 days later, they dug Dolores up and discovered that she had turned over in her casket. My mother was skeptical when she related the story to me, she thinks that is was all just grandma Smiths Imagination

She was milking a cow-the cow jumped, knocking her down and breaking her hip .She was in a wheelchair the last 16 years of her life.

Delores was originally in love with a man named Frank, but he was killed in the Civil War, so she married David Pickle Seymore.