WALTER A. MARSH, SR.
DIES IN DALLAS

Walter A. Marsh, Sr., who died Monday at his home in Dallas was buried Wednesday at Marsh cemetery in Farmers Branch following services at the Sacred Heart Cathedral at 9:30 AM. Rosary was said Tuesday night at 8 PM.
Mr. Marsh is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Marsh of Dallas, one daughter, Mrs. Charles F. Hemphill, Dallas; two sons, John D. Marsh, US army, and Walter A. Marsh, Jr., also in the US army, and one grandchild. He was an uncle of Mrs. Roy Pierce of Carrollton.
Pallbearers were J. J. Foley, Edward H O'Keefe, Lynn V. Lawther, Charles R. Moore, James McCaffrey and Will Dwyer.
Among those attending the funeral were Mrs F. B. Daggett, Mrs. Raymond Daggett, Mrs. J. A. Hargrove and Mrs. Jimmie Pratt, all of Fort Worth. They returned to Carrollton with Mrs. Pierce for a short visit Wednesday.

The Carrollton Chronicle - February 4. 1944
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Walter Marsh, Lifelong Dallas Resident, Dead

Walter A. Marsh, 69, who lived in Dallas County all his life and whose grandparents were member of the original Peters Colony, near Farmers Branch, died Monday at his home, 5436 Goodwin, after a brief illness.
Rosary will be said at the Ed C. Smith & Bro. Chapel Tuesday at 8 p.m. and funeral services will be held at the Sacred Heart Cathedral with a solemn high requim mass at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow at the Marsh family cemetery near Farmers Branch.
He was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Dallas County. Harrison C. Marsh and Mary Raymond Marsh, his grandparents, came to Dallas County from Kentucky in 1943.
Marsh was born at Farmers Branch, attended school there and worked on his father's farm and his cotton gin. Later he was employed by the Austin Bridge Company as bridge supervisor. In 1932 he was employed by Dallas County in Commissioner's District No. 1, and continued as a bridge builder until his late illness.
He was a member of the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish and belonged to the Holy Name Society.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian Harmanson Marsh; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hemphill, Dallas; two sons, Cpl. John D. Marsh and Cpl Walter A. Marsh, Jr.; a grand daughter; two sisters, Miss Susie Marsh and Mrs. Bess Longmire, Dallas, and a brother, C. D. Marsh, Atlanta, Ga.
Pallbearers will be J. J. Foley, ,Edward H. O'Keefe, Lynn V. Lawther, Charles R. Moore, James McCaffrey and Will Dwyer.

Dallas Morning News - Feb 1. 1944
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 
WALTER A. MARSH
DEC. 28, 1875
JAN. 31, 1944

Marsh Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas