Person:Ira Bownds (1)

His daughter, Myrtle's obit said her father was Ira Jack Bownds. Checking the Texas Birth Records I found his name Ira Jackson Bownds.

Obituary found at BOWNDS, Ira J. of Thorndale & Rockdale. Age 84. Died 7/26/1953 (Sunday) in St. Edwards Hospital, Cameron. He had been in ill health for some years and was critically ill for a week before his passing. Services held (Monday) 7/27/1953 in Phillips & Luckey Chapel, Rockdale. Burial in the old Mesquite cemetery. Rev. O.J. Morgan, pastor of Tanglewood Baptist Church and Elmer Irby, Church of Christ minister at Rockdale, officiated. He was BORN in Hays County, TX. His parents were M/M William Bownds. He had lived his life in territory adjacent to Thorndale, many years of which were spent at Watson Branch and had lived in Rockdale since 1941. Married to Miss Isabelle Waters on 1/1/1905. SURVIVORS: His wife, Isabelle Bownds; children, Olan Edgar Bownds, Jackson Bownds of Rockdale, William Moda Bownds of Paradise, LA., Mrs. Roy Jackson of Galena Park, TX., Mrs. Monora Jackson and Mrs. A.C. Cranes both of Rockdale and Mrs. Hubert Jackson of Thorndale; 17 grandchildren and sister, Mrs. Alfred Morrison of Thorndale.

1. ↑ United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).
2.   Obituary
   Myrtis (Myrtle) Bownds Jackson 1970 see her Notes.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave.

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