L. H. Hudgins Passes Away

Death claimed L. H. Hudgins Monday evening at 5 o'clock at his home three miles north of town after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. Lawther Smith of Dallas. Burial was made in the Farmers Branch cemetery, beside his wife who proceeded him to the great beyond several years ago.
Mr. Hudgins was born in Tennessee, but has loved near Carrollton for the past twenty-five years and has made many friends.  he is the father of five children, all who live in or near Carrollton and were at his bedside when death came.  They are Mrs. J. T. Vandergriff, Mrs. Jim Hast5ings, Jim, lee and bill Hudgins.
 

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, August 10, 1923
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
 

OBITUARY

Another of Dallas County's old settlers and farmers gone to rest.  L. H. Hudigns, loved and respected by everyone who knew him, departed this life Tuesday evening August 6, 1923, after a lingering illness of many months.
The end came not unexpected, the children had been called to his bedside. In him they lost a good father and the community a good citizen.
Mr. Hudgins was born on November 27, 1845; he was in his 98th year when he died. He was an old Confederate Veteran and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh.  He married Caroline Geetgood.  In 1885 he moved to Dallas County, where he engaged in farming while rearing a large family.
Twenty one years go, in 1902, Mrs. Hudgins, the faithful wife and mother was torn from his side in death, praying to the last for her husband and children.
That same year Mr. Hudgins was converted under the preaching of Dr. Truitt in a revival at Farmers Branch. He did not till recently join a church and while he was the kindliest, mildest man and always made you feel that he was your friend, yet he was so reserved and disinclined to talk about himself that few people knew much about his private and his spiritual life.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. P. Smith, well known here, the man  who 21 years ago laid away the life companion of the deceased. Interment took place the Farmers Branch Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. August 7, 1923.
Surviving Mr. Hudgins are three sons and two daughters, William, James and Lee Hudgins, Mrs. Mollie Vandergriff and Mrs. Callie Hastings.
A Friend.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to our many kind friends and neighbors who assisted us in the illness and death of our dear father and for their many words of sympathy. May God's richest blessings rest upon them.
Mrs. J. T. Vandergriff,
Mrs. Jim Hastings,
Jim, lee and Bill Hudgins.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, August 10, 1923
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

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LORANZA HUDGGINS
NOV. 27, 1845
AUG 6, 1929

Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas