Wise County Texas
Funeral Records
(No information about the cost of funerals was included)
These records were
book pages or form sheets that we scanned into "JPG" picture format.
Below are links to alphabetical lists of the over 19,000 records.
Click the buttons below to go to last names that start with:
The
records came from
Christian-Coker Funeral Home in Decatur, TX , Hawkins Funeral Home in
Bridgeport, TX, and Christian/Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd, TX. (See Addresses
below)
The oldest records are from 1914. Most of the forms
are not completely filled in, but they MAY contain the following
information: - Some have obituaries attached
Name of Deceased |
Color or Race |
Sex |
Married or Never Married |
Widowed |
Address |
Date of Birth |
Age |
Birthplace |
Occupation |
Name of Spouse |
Name of Father - |
Where born |
Name of Mother - |
Where born |
Date of Death |
Date of Funeral |
Services at |
Clergyman |
Religion of Deceased |
Place of Death |
Cause of Death |
Contributory Causes |
Certifying Physician or Coroner - |
City |
Ship Remains To |
Cemetery or Crematory - |
Address |
Funeral Notice |
Notes About Who Paid Bills |
Pall Bearers |
Charge To |
Order Given By |
Children |
Brothers & Sisters |
The names may be listed more than once because records may have been found in books and also in files. If there is an "A" or "B" with the page number it may mean that the name was only a note on a page. Some of the older records may only have a name and date.
“Number in Book Name” is the
year of the first record for that book |
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B |
Books |
Boyd
Funeral Home Records Copied
From Books and Files Loaned by:
|
C |
Books |
Christian
or Coker Funeral Homes in Decatur Copied From Books
Loaned by: |
H |
Books |
Hawkins Funeral Home in
Bridgeport Copied
From Books and Files Loaned by: |
|
|
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F |
Means |
Record
came from a file sheet |
L |
Means |
Record
was a ledger entry |
HCD |
Means |
File records when Hawkins owned Christian FH in Decatur |