McLennan County, Texas
December 1974
WACO TRIBUNE HERALD
DECEMBER 12, 1974
HARDIN, MRS. HENRIETTA
Mrs. Henrietta Hardin, 83, of 4209 North Twenty-seventh died at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday at her home. Graveside services 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery, Rev. Roy T. Sherrod officiating. Survivors: one daughter, Mrs. John L. Stone of Raleigh, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Ollie Culver of Odessa; two brothers, Julien Hardin of 3005 Live Oak, Neal Hardin of Oklahoma City, Okla.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. The family request no flowers. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church.
Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral Home. 1124 Washington Avenue, phone 753.3691.
Waco Times-Herald: 12/23/74-5D:10
Samuel Monroe Ritchey, 90, of 1202 Sommerset, died Saturday [21st] night in a local hospital. Funeral was held at 2 pm today in Memphis, TN. Memorial service was held at 1:30 pm Sundaty at Connally-Compton Downtown Funeral Chapel. Mr. Ritchey was a retired self-employed service station operator. He had lived here for more than 20 years. Survivors: wife Margaret; son Pete (Memphis, TN); dau M. J. H. Young (Methalto, IL); sis Mrs. Ruth DeBoard (Mountain View, MO); six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren".