Thomas Alfred HOWARD Born - 1 October 1877 Ladonia, TX Fannin Co.
Married - Sarah Flossie CARVER - 6 November 1898 Somerville Co. TX
Died - 26 August 1966 Fort Worth,TX
Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, TX
His Father - Leander Benson HOWARD His Mother - Mary Elizabeth RENNER
Wife - Sarah Flossie CARVER Born - 5 September 1878 Chalk Mountain, TX Erath Co.
Died - 28 September 1958 Fort Worth, TX Tarrant Co
Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, TX
Her Father - William Franklin CARVER Her Mother - Lovey Jane HATCHETT
CHILDREN:
1. Verna Lee Blanche Born - 28 July 1899 Chalk Mountain, TX Erath Co.
Married -Allen PETTIGREW 1 August 1928 Divorced around 1933
Died - 16 July 1986 Fort Worth,Tx Tarrant Co.
Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, TX
Verna took her maiden name back after the divorce and never remarried.
2. Finis Albert Born - 8 October 1900 Chalk Mountain, TX Erath Co.
Married - Helen GOODKNIGHT 28 October 1924 Cleburne, TX Johnson Co.
Died - 7 January 1973 Fort Worth, TX Tarrant Co.
Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, TX
3. Florence Adalyn Born - 13 August 1903 Chalk Mountain, TX Erath Co.
Married - John Earl CHERRY 29 August 1923 Fort Worth, TX
Died - 23 November 1995 Fort Worth, TX
Buried - Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth, TX
4. Ray - Born - 7 October 1906 Chalk Mountain, TX Erath Co.
Died - 20 March 1907 Chalk Mountain, TX Buried - Chalk Mountain Cemetery
Notes:
Thomas Alfred Howard was a life long educator. He taught school in Granbury, Glen Rose, TX and Mansfield, TX as well as Fort Worth, TX. He was Superintendent of Schools for Glen Rose, Texas, Somerville County from 1916 - 1917. He was Superintendent of Schools for Granbury, Texas, Hood County 1918 - 1921. From Granbury, Thomas A. Howard moved to Fort Worth, Texas and taught school for a year or so. His career then took him to Mansfield, TX as Superintendent of Schools from about 1923 to the early 1940s when he retired. He then moved to Fort Worth, TX again and operated a grocery store for a number of years next to his home on Vaughn Ave in Fort Worth, TX. In 1994 a new school in Mansfield, TX was named for him---Thomas A. Howard Middle School.
Submitted by Nancy Howard
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