Obituary for John C. DeFee 1878 - 8 May 1936 Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm Submitted by: William A. Sweeney Email: zeitwanderer@earthlink.net JOHN C. DEFEE John C. DeFee, 57, of 418 Spruce Street, died Thursday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Faye DeFee; two sons, Maurice DeFee and Lamar DeFee, all of Texarkana; one daughter, Mrs. Miriam Bean of St. Louis, Mo., two brothers, H.F. DeFee and W.J. DeFee, both of Texarkana, three sisters, Mrs. Maude Farley of Taylor, Texas, Mrs. Samuel H. Hightower and Mrs. G.H. Adams, both of Texarkana. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday from the Paul Reverra Funeral chapel, with the Rev. Walter L. Cannan officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be; A.C. Lee, Joe Barkman, Ennis Bryan, Sid Baxter, M.L. Watson, and J.P. Parker. Honorary pallbearers will include, A.C. Davis, R.T. Shipp, H.E. Rape, J.N. Runnels, P.A. DeMarce, F.J. Sontag, W.T. Cook, R.C. Creekmore, Grover Barkman, James Buck, R.Q. Harmon, Steve Raffaelli, A.C. Allen and W.T. James. Note: Posted by William A. Sweeney, Grandson of William J. DeFee. zeitwanderer@earthlink.net