EDMUNDSON, Rufus Burwell

1912 - 1999  (86 years)

• Name	EDMUNDSON, Rufus Burwell
  Birth	18 Mar 1912	Navarro County, Texas, United States   [1]
  	Name spelled "Edmondson"
  Gender	Male
  Residence	19 Feb 1920	Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Attended School
  Residence	2 Apr 1930	Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Attended School
  Death	6 Jan 1999	Denton County, Texas   [4]
  	DENTON -- Rufus Burwell Edmundson, 86, formerly of Abilene, died Wednesday in a local hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Bell Avenue Church with the Rev. Buddy Owens officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Crossroads, directed by Mulkey-Mason/Jack Schmitz and Son Funeral Home. Mr. Edmundson was born in Rice, Texas, and married Mary Nancy Swafford in 1936 in Corsicana. He worked as an assistant substation engineer for West Texas Utilities for 40 years and was a member of Bell Avenue Church. Survivors include his wife, of Denton; one son, Gerald Ernest Edmundson of Denton; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. -------------- Source: Obituaries from Navarro County, Texas Online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etxnavarr/obituaries/pg90004.htm#Rufus%20Burwell%20Edmundson
  Burial	Aft 6 Jan 1999	Lincoln Park, Denton, Texas, United States   [5]
  	Address: Oak Grove Cemetery
  Person ID	I3845	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	EDMUNDSON, William Ernest,   b. 2 Jun 1882, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 15 Dec 1950, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 68 years)
  Mother	LANGHAM, Nerie Agnes,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States d. 25 Jan 1958, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1905	Navarro County, Texas, United States   [6, 7]
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States   [6]
  	Farmer
  	Name misspelled "Edmundson"
  Residence	19 Feb 1920	Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Farmer
  	Name listed as " W Earnest Edmondson". Her first name spelled "Nerie."
  Residence	2 Apr 1930	Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as William E. and Nerie Edmundson
  Residence	3 Apr 1940	Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States   [8]
  	Listed as W.E. and Nerie Edmundson
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SWAFFORD, Mary Nancy,   b. 19 Aug 1913, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States d. 15 Oct 2007, Denton, Denton, Texas, United States (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1936	Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States   [9]
  Residence	8 Apr 1940	Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States   [10]
  	Foreman, substation crew
  Children	1. EDMUNDSON, Gerald Ernest
  Family ID	F1396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Headstones		Rufus Burwell Edmundson 1912 - 1999
  		Mary Nancy Swafford Edmundson and Rufus Burwell Edmondson Mary Nan (1913 - 2007) Rufus (1912 - 1999)

  
  

• Notes

  He was born about one and a half miles west of Rice, Texas and attended Rice public schools. After studying radio and electricity at a vocational school, he worked as an assistant substation engineer for West Texas Utilities Company in Abilene from 1936 until retirement in 1977. He was living in Denton, Texas when he diedAbeline Reporter - Jan 9, 1999 -------------------- Source: Bartlett Database Online at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bartlett1944&id=I4122

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Texas Birth Index 1903 - 1997, Certificate 10852. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro County, TX ED 151 Page 21B Dwelling 415. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, ED 175-20, Page 1B, Dwelling 18. [S80] Social Security Death Index, Number: 452-10-2014. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 25340258. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct #2, Navarro, TX ED 87 Page 3A Dwelling 46. [S102] Cer, Edmonson Family Tree. [S427] 1940 Federal Census, Rice, Navarro, Texas, ED 175-23, Page 2B, Dwelling 28, 1940 United States Census. [S114] Miscellaneous, Email from Lisa Edmundson Hacker dated 2/16/2008. [S427] 1940 Federal Census, Abilene, Taylor, Texas, ED 221-15, Page 9A, Dwelling 194, 1940 United States Census.