OBITUARY

MRS. MARY L. NIX DIES
Had lived in Dallas County for Seventy-One Years - Burial This Afternoon

Mrs. Mary L. Nix, widow of the late David H. Nix, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Homer R. Fisher, 2717 Laclede avenue. Mrs. Nix was born in Jersey County, Illinois, May 4, 1841. She was a daughter of the Rev. David Myers, a Baptist minister who came to Dallas county with his family in 1845. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Harriet Brant of Jacksboro, Texas and one brother, Cleve Myers of Farmers Branch, and by the following children; Mrs. Julia Nix Bryant of Nevada, Texas; Harrison A. Nix, Mrs F. M. Good and Mrs. T. M. Moore of Carrollton, Texas; Mrs. Peter Handley of Garland; Mrs. J. E. Southerland of Wynnewood, Ok.; Mrs. Homer B. Fisher of Dallas, and by eighteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held at the home of Mrs. Homer B. Fisher at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. J. H. Moore officiating. The burial will be in the Farmers Branch Cemetery.

The Dallas Morning News - July 25, 1916
Submitted by Jan Jones