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

Betty Mae Railsback

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise - July 8, 1993 Edition

Livingston – Funeral services for Betty Mae Railsback, 67, of Onalaska will be held at

10 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 1993, from the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Don Wilkey officiating. Interment will follow in Bold Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Railsback died July 6 in Lovelady. She was born June 13, 1926 in Hutchinson, Kan., the daughter of Lott Stewart and Zelpha Stewart. She married Richard Scott Railsback in 1940 in Hutchinson,

Kan. He preceded her in death on July 10, 1991. Mrs. Railsback was a member of Onalaska First Baptist Church. Survivors include her sons, Jerry Railsback of Lovelady and Richard Railsback of Cut ‘N’ Shoot; and grandsons, Jerry Railsback Jr. and John Railsback, both

of Los Angeles, Calif. Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


Railsback, Richard Scott – b: Nov. 5, 1921   d: July 10, 1991; DS w/ Betty Mae

*Richard Scott Railsback
         SF2-US Navy-WW II   FS-“Wed 50 years”

{Married Betty Mae Stewart in 1942 in Hutchinson, Kansas}

{Son of Ernest & Mabel Bickett Railsback}

Richard S. Railsback

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise – July 14, 1991 Edition

Livingston – Funeral services for Richard Scott Railsback, 69, of Onalaska were held Saturday, July 13, 1991 from the chapel of Cochran Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Wilkey officiating. Interment followed in Bold Springs Cemetery. Mr. Railsback died Wednesday, June 10, in M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. He was born Nov. 5, 1921 in Cass City, Iowa, the son of Ernest and Mabel Bickett Railsback. He married the former Betty Stewart in Hutchinson, Kan. in 1940. Mr. Railsback was a Houston firefighter for 21 years. Survivors include his wife, Betty, of Onalaska; son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and

Kae Railsback of Onalaska; son and daughter-in-law, Richard Arthur and Betty

Railsback of Cut ‘N’ Shoot; two brothers, Leonard Railsback of Hutchinson, Kan. and Larry Railsback of Leavenworth, Kan.; two sisters, Marjorie Ward of Attica, Kan. and Helen Beebe of Cheney, Kan.; five grandson, John Scott Railsback of San Lorenzo, Calif., Jerry Railsback Jr. of Castro Valley, Calif., Adam Scott Huffman of Houston, Willie Taylor of Houston and John Taylor of Houston and two grand-daughters, Michele Railsback of Onalaska and Tammie Huffman of Houston. Pallbearers were Gene Ward, Leonard Railsback, Larry Railsback, Buddy Capps, Bill Emerson and Jody Lima. Honorary pallbearers were Leon Cobb, Ron Mericle, Billy Pollett and Darrell Schiele.

Cochran Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.



Rasberry, Emma Alice - b: {Apr. 11,} 1939   d: {July 31,} 2003

*Emma Alice Rasberry
        {Daughter of Lawrence Ray & Ruby Mae Meece Rasberry.

granddaughter of Monroe Dawson & Allie Baggett-McCrory Meece,

great-granddaughter of Allie Moody-Baggett-Rogers}

Pace FHM only

Emma Alice Rasberry

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise – August 3, 2003 Edition

LIVINGSTON – Emma Alice Rasberry, 64, of Houston died Thursday, July 31, 2003 in a Houston hospital. Graveside services were held Saturday, Aug. 2, at Bold Springs Cemetery,

with the Rev. Frank Hood officiating. Miss Rasberry was born on April 11, 1939 in Livingston to parents Lawrence and Ruby Meece Rasberry. She had been a Houston resident for over 40 years and had been employed in retail clothing sales. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Houston. Survivors include several cousins.

Pace Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.



Rasberry, Ina Lanell - b: Sept. 15, 1936   d: Nov. 15, 1936

*Ina Lanell Rasberry
        {Daughter of William Green & Limmie Mae Tidwell Rasberry}



Rasberry, Lawrence R. – b: Aug. 8, 1903   d: Mar. 5, 1999; DS w/ Ruby

*Lawrence Ray Rasberry
        {Married Ruby Mae Meece on Nov. 21, 1925} 

{Son of Lawrence Ray & Emma Elizabeth Helmer Rasberry,

father of Emma Alice Rasberry}

Lawrence Ray Rasberry

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise - March 7, 1999 Edition

LIVINGSTON – Funeral services for Lawrence Rasberry were pending Saturday from the Pace Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Rasberry died Friday, March 5, in Spring Branch.

Obituary published in the Polk County Enterprise - March 11, 1999

LIVINGSTON – Graveside services for Lawrence Ray Rasberry, 95, of Spring Branch were held Monday, March 8, 1999 from Bold Springs Cemetery, with the Rev. Frank E. Hood officiating. Mr. Rasberry died Friday, March 5, in Spring Branch. He was born Aug. 8, 1903 in St. Evangeline Parrish, La., the son of Lawrence Ray Rasberry and Ema Elizabeth Helmer Rasberry. Mr. Lawrence retired from Humble Oil, presently known as Exxon, after 20 years of service. He was a past deacon at First Baptist Church in Livingston, in addition to Long

Point Baptist, First Baptist Spring Branch and Second Baptist, all in Houston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Rasberry; sisters, Helen Latelle and Norma Woodrow; and brothers, Allen Rasberry, Mahlon Rasberry, Raoul Rasberry, Rupert Rasberry and Will Rasberry. Survivors include his daughter, Alice Rasberry; sister, Hilda Pattie; brother, Max Rasberry and a host of nieces and nephews. Pace Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.



Rasberry, Limmie Mae - b: Aug. 10, 1911   d: Feb. 3, 1976; DS w/ William Green

*Limmie Mae Tidwell Rasberry
        {Married William Rasberry on Oct. 6, 1929} 

{Daughter of Joe F. Tidwell, mother of Ina Lanell Rasberry,

Jo Ann Rasberry-Helmer, Truman Lamar Rasberry}