Livingston, bold springs Area, Polk County, Texas Grave Survey & Genealogy Research

Florence Ella Meece Wainwright

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise – April 23, 1987 Edition

LIVINGSTON – Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Ella Meece Wainwright, 88, were held Saturday, April 18, 1987 from the Bethel Baptist Church in Bold Springs, with the Rev. Ricky Ricks and the Rev. Frank Hood officiating. Interment followed in Bold Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Wainwright died Thursday, April 16 in Nacogdoches after a lengthy illness. She was born July 28, 1898 in the Bold Springs community to Monroe Dawson Meece and Daniel Albania (Allie) Baggett Meece. Mrs. Wainwright attended school through the eighth grade in the Bold Springs School. She worked in her early years as a druggist’s helper in Onalaska and as a cashier in New Willard for the Texas Long Leaf Lumber Co. Mrs. Wainwright joined Bethel Baptist Church in Bold Springs at an early age. On March 25, 1922 she married the late Clyde S. Wainwright Sr. and to this marriage two children were born. After their marriage, she and her husband joined the Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church in New Willard. Mrs. Wainwright served her church faithfully, assuming leadership responsibilities in the Women’s Auxillary, Christian Endeavor and as the Sunday school secretary for many years. She visited the sick and spent time with the families of those who died sometimes helping with the burial preparations. In her early years of marriage, she helped her husband by rounding up cattle on cattle drives. She was responsible for making the sausage and smoking the bacon from the hogs her husband butchered, as well as raising the main part of their garden which furnished most of their food in the 30’s and 40’s. Mrs. Wainwright was also an active member of her community, participating in organizations such as the Parent-Teacher Association and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Wainwright traveled many miles in the 1930’s over the rural dirt roads of Polk County, with her two children in the back seat of her car, recruiting persons to sign up for rural electricity with the REA. After all of her hard work, her husband was appointed to the Board of Directors, serving in that capacity for the next 40 years. Mrs. Wainwright was recognized for her “far-sighted pioneering” in 1965 by the Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. for all of her hard work. Everyone loved this caring woman and looked forward to the New Willard homecoming each year when they could eat her chicken and dressing and her dumplings. Mr. Wainwright preceded her in death in 1982. She is survived by her two children, Clyde S. Wainwright Jr. of Houston and Patsy Ruth Parrish of New Willard; her sister, Ruby Rasberry of Houston; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and by many other relatives and dear friends. Pallbearers were Charles Truett Parrish Jr., Michael Shaw Parrish, Clyde Shelby Wainwright III, Dawson Courtney, James Courtney, Wiley Eugene Eckols, Stephen Randall Whitbeck and Cliff Mosher.

Pace Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


Wainwright, Gladys L. - b: {Nov. 2,} 1902   d: {Sept. 2,} 1996; DS w/ Roscoe

*Gladys Lavinia Marsh-Martin-Wainwright
{1^st married Harry Smith Martin on Dec. 16, 1922,

2^nd married Roscoe J. Wainwright on June 10, 1928}

{Daughter of Robert E. Lee “Bob” & Aurelia Buller Marsh}

Gladys Wainwright

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise – September 5, 1996 Edition

LIVINGSTON – Funeral services for Gladys Livinia Wainwright, 93, of Bold Springs will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 1996, from Bethel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Frank Hood officiating. Interment will follow in Bold Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Wainwright was born Nov. 12, 1902 in Colita, the daughter of Robert L. and Aurelia Marsh, and died Sept. 2, {1996} in Timberwood Nursing Home, Livingston. Survivors include son-in-law, France Jean Petty of Santo; grandson and wife, Robert and Fonda Petty of Madison, Ala.; granddaughter and husband, Gladys and David Wilks of Amarillo; granddaughter and husband, Peggy and Paul Reynoso of San Antonio; grandson and wife, Terry and Troy Petty

of Clayton, Ind.; and great-grandchildren and spouses, Michelle and Alan Blackmon, Jonathan Wilks, Jeremy and Deana Wilks, Judith Wilks, Samuel Wilks, Peggy and Paul Reynoso, Paula Reynoso, Robert Anthony Petty. Local relatives include Gloria Jean Holstead and Bobbye Lea Wade. Pallbearers will be her great-grandsons.

Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Wainwright, Roscoe J. - b: 1899   d: 1986; DS w/Gladys

*Roscoe Jason Wainwright
        {Married Gladys Lavinia Marsh-Martin on June 10, 1928}

{Son of Wiley & Lizzie Wainwright, brother of Clyde Shaw Wainwright}

Roscoe Jason Wainwright

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise – January 9, 1986 Edition

LIVINGSTON – Funeral services for Roscoe Jason Wainwright, 86, of Livingston were held Saturday, Jan. 4, 1986 from the Bethel Baptist Church in Bold Springs. The Rev. C. L. Moore officiated and interment followed in Bold Springs Cemetery. Mr. Wainwright died Jan. 2 in Livingston Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1899 in Folkston, Ga., the son of Wiley and Lizzie Wainwright. He was reared and attended school in Georgia. On June 6, 1928

he married the former Gladys Marsh in Livingston. He had been a resident of Polk County for the past 63 years. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and had served as a deacon for over 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Gladys of Livingston; two grandsons, Robert Petty and Terry Petty, both of Pearland, TX; two granddaughters, Gladys Wilks of Amarillo and Peggy Reynose of Guadalajara, Mex.; one sister, Crystal Kent of Meacon, Ga.; niece, Patsy Parris of Nacogdoches; and nine great-grandchildren, Michelle Petty, Jonathan Wilks, Jeremy Wilks, Judith Ann Wilks, Samuel Wilks, Daniel Reynoso, Nathanael Reynoso, David

Reynoso and Robert Anthony Walt. Pallbearers were Lawrence Richards, Cloyce Chalker, Roland Wilder, Louis Burnett, Tubb Rogers and Charles Clark

Cochran Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Walding, Albert Roscoe - b: Apr. 20, 1894   d: Feb. 6, 1974; DS w/Cora

*Albert Roscoe Walding
        {Married Cora McIlvain on Jan. 9, 1921)

{Son of John Alexander & Susan Jane Oates Walding}