Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:  Cavaness, W. H., 1949
Monday, July 31, 2000

Submitted by:  burtwyat@ctesc.net  (Frederica Wyatt)
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    Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction, Texas
                                  (Name of paper not given)

                          W. H. CAVANESS FUNERAL RITES HELD SUNDAY

  Funeral services for William Henry Cavaness, 85, who died in his home here Friday
following a long illness, were held Sunday afternoon from the Hodges Funeral Home
Chapel with Walter W. Leamons, Church of Christ minister, officiating.  Burial was
made in the Junction Cemetery.
  A resident of Kimble for 26 years, Mr. Cavaness had lived in town since 1940.  
Actively engaged in ranching for 55 years, he operated his own ranch on the Watson
Divide 14 years before moving to town.  At the age of 18 he starated ranch work for
Charles Schreiner on the James River Ranch in Mason county.  Employed there for 13
years, he became foreman at the age of 21.  He later managed ranches for a number of
other land owners.
  On May 6, 1885, he was married in Fort McKavett to Miss Sophia Ann Brown with the
bride's father reading the ceremony.  They lived in Mason County until 1915 when they
moved to Edwards Co. for about two years.  After living again in Mason and Zavala 
counties they moved back to Edwards in 1919.  Between 1923 and 1926 they lived in
Junction.
  A native of Mason, Mr. Cavaness was born May 1, 1864.  For the past several years 
he has been confined to his home a great deal of the time with a heart ailment.  In
the intervening years he devoted his unusal strength of mind and body to the main
industry in the development of the Hill Country, ranching, and to his family.
  Survivors include the widow, 3 sons, L. K. of California and J. A. and Geo. W. of
of Junction; a half-brother Dan Byrd of Mason; two half-sisters, Mrs. George Leslie
and Mrs. Lola McWilliams, both of Mason; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
  Pall bearers were Nolan Gilliam, Earl Hill, Joe Felps, Vann Martin, J. C. Graham and 
Ed Barfield.
  Among those from out-of-town attending the services were Miss Birdie Walker, Miss
Marjorie Ann Cavaness and Messrs. and Mmes. George Leslie, Charles Hightower, Mason;
and Caddo Wrigaht of Brenham; Dan Byrd, Nath Walker, Mrs. L. B. McWilliams, Mrs. Lola
McWilliams, all of Mason; S. M. Skinner of Eden; and E. A. Taylor of Melvin.
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