Sudie George
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Ancestor of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Married Henry T. George. In 1898, the Georges moved from Kentucky to Jennings, La. where Mr. George died and later she moved to Houston, Texas in 1908 then to Dallas in 1916. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas and a lovely wedding chapel was built in her memory adjacent to the Church. She is entombed at the most prominent place in the Sparkman Hillcrest mausoleum.

The Dallas Morning News - May 28, 1942
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 


OBITUARY

Mrs. George Burial Rites Set Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Sudie George, 84, prominent Dallas church and clubwoman, who died in a local hospital Wednesday, will be conduced at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Hillcrest Mausoleum by Dr. Frank C. Brown, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member. Entombment will be in the mausoleum. The cortege will leave the residence at Glad Acres at 1:30 p.m.
Mrs. George was the mother of R. B. George, local machinery dealer, sportsman and civic worker, and Miss Cleo George.
American flags over the numerous agencies of the Community Chest of Greater Dallas still fly at half-mast Friday in honor of Mrs. George. Fred M. Lange, executive secretary of the chest, said Mrs. George was an ardent supporter of many enterprises of the chest.
Pallbearers at the funeral will be employees of the Glad Acres Farm. Honorary pallbearers will be Hayden Hudson, P. B. (Jack) Garrett, Jack Garrett Jr., Bill Trace, Dr. William T. White, Dr. Lee Hudson, James M. Moroney, George E. Scott, O. E. Fountain, J. Lee Jackson, Hugh W. Schoellkopf and Dr. Hugh McLaurin.

The Dallas Morning News - May 29, 1942
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 

 

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
 

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