Death Takes C. M. Furneaux

C. M. Furneaux, member of one of Texas' oldest families and vice-president of the First National Bank of Sudan, Lamb County, died Tuesday in a Lubbock hospital after an operation.
Furneaux' ancestor, John Jackson of Devonshire, England, decided to move to Texas more than a century ago when he heard it described as "a country with a delightful climate, no chilling winds nor driving snows, but one continuous spring and summer. All manner of fruits and wild game are abundance. The clear and beautiful streams are stocked with plenty of fish."
The Jacksons settled on 320 acres of land in Peters Colony, called Stewardsville, the present site of Dallas.  Among their descendants were John L. Furneaux, uncle of C. M. Furneaux, who lived in or near Dallas all his life and pioneered scientific farming in this area.

The Dallas Morning News - July 21, 1954
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Vice President Of Bank At Sudan Dies

SUDAN, July 20 (Special) - C. M. Furneaux, 61, a resident of Sudan 38 years, died at 9:55 a.m. today at Taylor Hospital in Lubbock. He was admitted to the hospital a week ago and had undergone surgery.
Furneaux, who had lived at Sudan since 1916, was vice president of the First National Bank here.
The body will be taken to the family home in Sudan at 5 p.m. Wednesday by McDoanld ambulance of Lubbock. Funeral services are scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. H. F. Dunn, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Sudan Cemetery.
Furneaux is survived by his widow; one son, C. M. Furneaux, Jr. of Hobbs, N.M.; two brothers, William Furneaux of New Orleans, La., and Joe Furneaux of Waco; two sisters, Mrs. Sidney F. Greene of Dallas and Mrs. Lee M. Duggan of Houston; and his father, W. C. Furneaux of Carlton [Carrollton].
Pallbearers will be Ray D. McNeill of Hobbs, Lt. Col. H. E. Grupe of Fort Smith, Ark., Harold Close, Glen Gatewood, Jay Miller and Noel Lumpkin, all of Sudan.

The Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, TX) - July 20, 1954
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

FURNEAUX
FRANCES PRYOR - AUGUST 24, 1895 - Feb 9, 1981
CHRISTOPHER M. SR. - Oct 19, 1892 - Jul 20, 1954

Sudan Cemetery, Sudan, Lamb County, Texas, USA