Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameRebel Eugene Bothwell
Birth23 Nov 1880, TX, USA111
Death6 Dec 1948, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA2 Age: 68
Burial7 Dec 1948, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
EducationGraduate Rusk High School 1900
FatherJackson Hamilton Bothwell (1854-1933)
MotherMary Elizabeth Parks (1861-1939)
Marriage25 Aug 1902, Cherokee Co., TX, USA73
SpouseNola Maude Sherman1456
Birth25 Sep 1881, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Census USA1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: 28
Death18 Oct 1964, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA2,4, Shreveport (LA) Times 10/20/1964 Age: 83
Burial19 Oct 1964, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Children
Birth25 Aug 1903, TX, USA
Death28 Dec 2002, Channelview, Harris Co., TX, USA Age: 99
SpouseEverette Gale George (1903-1995)
Marriage16 Aug 1921, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
ChildrenMorris Avery (1929-1995)
 Bobbie Jean (1931-)
 Bernice Ruth (1933-)
 Mary Lois (1939-)
 Dewey Martin (1943-2002)
Birth28 Jul 1905, TX, USA806
Census USA1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: 4
Deathbef 2007 Age: 101
Marriage18 Aug 1932, TX, USA
Birth29 Jul 1907, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA806
Census USA1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: 2
Census USA1940, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: 32
Death14 Mar 1994, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA704 Age: 86
BurialLynches Chapel Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
SpouseAnnie Laura Wallace (1918-1990)
ChildrenDonna Ann (1942-)
 Sherrell Karen (1944-)
Birth17 Jul 1909, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Census USA1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: <1
Death12 Jan 2007, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA4, Jacksonville (TX) Daily Progress 4/14/2011,4 Age: 97
Burial15 Jan 2007, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
SpouseDallas D. Hardy (-1961)
Marriage28 Sep 1936, TX, USA
ChildrenMaudelia Beth (1937-)
SpouseRichmond C. Tucker (1907-)
Marriage18 Jul 1977, Kaufman Co., TX, USA
5 FMarcie L. Bothwell (Stillborn)
Birth30 Aug 1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Death30 Aug 1910, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: <1
BurialSalem Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Birth10 Aug 1912, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA806
Death28 Aug 2007, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA Age: 95
SpouseDewey Jake Watson (-1960)
Marriage26 Jun 1932
ChildrenWilliam Eugean (1933-)
 Dewey Jeramile (1935-)
 Mary Maude (1941-)
 James Alvin (1943-)
 Eldon Earl (1946-)
Birth27 Aug 1914, Dialville, Cherokee Co., TX, USA1
DeathMay 2015, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA4, Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph 5/15/2015 Age: 100
SpouseHerman Bradford Burke (1913-2002)
Marriage4 Jun 1938, TX, USA
ChildrenJerry Jean (1947-)
Birth18 Dec 1916, TX, USA
Death9 Feb 1917, TX, USA Age: <1
BurialPleasant Grove Cemetery, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Birth20 Jul 1920, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Marriage31 Jul 1943
ChildrenRita Kay (1945-)
Birth24 Sep 1922, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
Death15 Feb 2013, Rusk, Cherokee Co., TX, USA4, Jacksonville (TX) Daily Progress 2/15/2013,4 Age: 90
Burial16 Feb 2013, Maydelle, Cherokee Co., TX, USA
MemoPleasant Grove Cemetery
Marriage31 Aug 1942
ChildrenRichard Bothwell (1946-)
Marriage3 Jun 1984, Cherokee Co., TX, USA73
SpouseLealon N. Johnston (~1922-)
Marriage22 Jun 1975, Liberty Co., TX, USA73
Notes for Rebel Eugene Bothwell
1918 draft registration card lists occupation as farmer in Maybelle, Cherokee Co., TX. Description was medium height and build with blue eyes and gray hair.
Notes for Mildred Estelle (Child 4)
Funeral services for Mildred Bothwell Hardy, 97, of Rusk, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Blaylock officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Maydelle under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk.

Mrs. Hardy died Friday at Lexington Place Nursing Home in Rusk.

She was born July 17, 1909 in Rusk to the late R.E. and Maude Sherman Bothwell. She was the fourth of ten children. The family moved to Maydelle when she was four. She graduated from Maydelle School in 1925, attended Rusk College, received a Teachers Certificate and began her teaching career in Bowie County at age 18, later attending Sam Houston State Teachers College, she received her Bachelors and Masters Degrees and did advanced studies at University of Houston. She also taught at schools in Anderson, Cherokee, Harris, and Houston Counties. She taught at all levels, acting as principal and supervisor of schools in the east and Mount Houston District. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Rusk. She was involved in church and civic activities. She was an avid history buff and took great pride in her Bible studies. She read the entire Bible many times and read the 23 Psalm daily. She taught Sunday school and continued to teach Bible study while a resident at Oak Park/Lexington Place Care Center.

She is preceded in death by her parents; grandchildren, Kathy and David Mann; two sisters, Nola George and Imogene Lusk; and three brothers, Eldon Bothwell, Sherril Bothwell and baby brother.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Beth and Kenneth Mann of Rusk; four sisters, Bessie Burke of College Station, Marcelite Watson of Rusk, Marguerite Johnston of Jacksonville and Pauline Perry of Rusk; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will include Dicky Bowman, Eldon Earl Watson, Jimmy Watson, Don Parsons, Adan Meza, and JoEd Anderson.

Honorary pallbearers will be John Bowman, Billy Watson, Marshall Ray George, Billy James Hardy, Dr. Everett Martin, and Reverends Lee Welch, Chuck Johnston, Charles Haley, and W.F. Sides.

Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

(Palestine Herald-Press Jan 14, 2007)
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