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     Jessie Amanda Richardson was also known as Jesse Mae.² She was born on 1 July 1885 at Freestone County, Texas.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Whitney Richardson and Mary Louise Cobbs.¹ She married Homer S. Henry in 1906. She died on 20 September 1975 at Teague, Freestone County, Texas, at age 90.² Funeral Services were held for Mrs. Jesse Mae Henry at Capp Chapel, September 23, 1975 at 10 a.m. with Bro. H.L. McKissack and Bro. Donald Pruitt officiating. Interment was in Antioch Cemetery, Fairfield.
Mrs. Henry was born July 1, 1885 in Freestone County and died September 20, 1975 in Teague, Texas.
Survivors include two sons: Herbert Henry, Cathederal City, California and Howard Henry; one brother Mr. Fred Richardson of Fairfield; and one sister; Mrs. W.C. Milliken of Fort Worth, Texas.
Pallbearers were Clifton Anderson, Rankin Gilpin, William Goolsby, Van Day, Thomas Doyle Cannon and Peyton Awalt. Capps Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.²

     John Arthur Richardson was born on 17 January 1879 at Freestone County, Texas.¹ He was the son of John Whitney Richardson and Mary Louise Cobbs.¹ He married Mattie Alice Taylor, daughter of Sebron Marion Taylor and Melinda Jane Black, on 24 October 1906 at Covington, Hill County, Texas.¹ He lived circa 1925 at Dawson County, Texas.² He died on 22 October 1966 at Morton, Cochran County, Texas, at age 87. He was buried on 24 October 1966 at Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas.

     John Claud Richardson was born on 15 December 1904 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Thadeus Claudius Richardson and Una Palestine Dorn. John attended Colorado City High School at Colorado City, Texas between 1919 and 1923; (listed as John Claude.)² He died on 4 November 1995 at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 90.¹

     John Newburn Richardson was born on 8 October 1918 at Freestone County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Fred Barnett Richardson and Autie Viola Stroud.¹ He died on 8 February 2000 at Tyler, Smith County, Texas, at age 81.³ Funeral services were held Thursday in Fairfield for john Newburn Richardson, 81, of Fairfield who died Tuesday, February 8 at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler.
Mr. Richardson was born October 8, 1918 in Freestone county. He was retired from the road maintenance department of Freestone County Precinct 1. He was a former president of the Lions Club, and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher.
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, with Rev. Terry Skinner and Rev. Donald Pruitt officiating.
Burial was at Antioch Cemetery. Pallbearers were H.J. Cannon III, Mark Chavers, Jerry Don McLeod, George Patterson, Elton Moore and Glendale Black:
Mr. Richardson is survived by his wife, Leta Marie Richardson of Fairfield; two daughters, Joan R. Ruth of Longview and husband William, and Johnnie Beth Edwards and husband Ralph of Tyler; two step-grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mildred Burkhart of Fairfield.
Arrangements were made by Capps Memorial Chapel in Fairfield.³

     John Whitney Richardson was born on 27 August 1849 at Itawamba County, Mississippi, Mary Berta indicated that Tishmingo County was her father's place of birth. Census records indicate otherwise.^1,2 He was the son of Hiram Richardson and Elizabeth J. Bryant.¹ He married Mary Louise Cobbs, daughter of Charles Cobbs and Amanda Unknown, on 14 February 1872 at Beenetown, Freestone County, Texas.¹ He married Mary Louise Cobbs, daughter of Charles Cobbs and Amanda Unknown, on 21 February 1872 at Freestone County, Texas; This is an alternate date listing.^3,4,2 He was ordained in 1894 at Butler, Freestone County, Texas; Baptist Minister.^5,6 He was minister in 1897 at Freestone County, Texas.⁷ He was minister between 1908 and 1909 at Antioch, Freestone County, Texas.⁷ He died on 8 October 1924 at Antioch, Freestone County, Texas, at age 75.^1,2 IN MEMORY OF REV. J.W. RICHARDSON
Rev. J.W. Richardson was born August 27th, 1849, at Marietta, Mississippi; he came to Texas in 1870. On February 21, 1871, he and Miss Mary Cobbs were united in marriage. He joined the Missionary Baptist Church at the age of 17, and on June 10, 1894, at Antioch Church, East of Fairfield, he was ordained to preach, the presbytery consisting of Rev. E.J. Brown, Rev. D.A. Gaddy, and Rev. E.H. Willingham.
During his ministry he baptized 906 persons, and during the same period, he performed the ceremony that made 146 couples husband and wife. He died at his home, East of Fairfield, near Antioch, on October 8, 1924, and was buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Rev. M.M. Sheets officiating, assisted by Rev. H.L. McKissack and Rev. A.J. Goodfellow.
Brother Richardson's wife, Mrs. Mary Richardson, the companion of a long life-tim, survives him; there also survive him eight children: N.L. Richardson, Mrs. Delia Solomon, J.A. Richardson, H. Richardson, C.H. Richardson, Mrs. Jessie Henry, Fred Richardson, and Mrs. Berta Milliken.
There was a great crowd at the funeral, relatives and friends from different portions of the county, to pay the last tribute of respect and love at the passing of this faithful minister of God. Practically everybody in Freestone County knew Bro. Richardson. For thirty years he had been going to and fro in the County, preaching the religion of Jesus Christ; working for a higher and better life, for happier homes, for the upbuilding of our County and State, and for the happiness which lives above and beyond the misfortunes and sorrows of this world. Truly, as the lengthening shadows gathered about this worthy brother, he might have looked back over the record of long life, and have said, as did that wise and most worthy teacher of some two thousand years ago: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
The vagaries, the vain theories and foolish ideas that have sprung up in some portions of our country of late years, under the patronage of some who call themselves Christians, never touched the faith or tarnished the hope of this faithful child of God. His was the old faith; the doctrine of Jesus Christ; his was the 'thus sayeth the Lord of Hosts." Another patriarch sleeps with his fathers; this veteran in the service of the Lord, sleeps well. His work goes on; the labors and the result of the labors of such as he, wever sleeps in the graves where slumbers the dust of the dead. There is a rest for the children of God. Brother Richardson rests.
A FRIEND.²

     Johnnie Richardson is the son of John Arthur Richardson and Mattie Alice Taylor.¹

     Larry Dwight Richardson was born circa 1945 at USA.¹ He married Karen Cecelia Chandler, daughter of William David Chandler and Lois Corinne Massey, on 24 February 1968 at Midland County, Texas.¹ He and Karen Cecelia Chandler were divorced on 9 November 1984 at Brewster County, Texas.² He married Pamela Unknown after 1985.³ He died on 10 April 2011 at Alabama.³

     Laura Edna Richardson was born on 5 March 1897 at Freestone County, Texas.¹ She was the daughter of Newell Luther Richardson Sr. and Ann Lee Wells.² She appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Freestone County, Texas.² She appeared on the census of 4 May 1910 in the household of Luther Richardson and Nannie Lula Richardson at Freestone County, Texas.³ She married Russell Franklin Milliken Sr., son of Robert Harris Milliken and Francis Isabelle Ham, circa 1919.^4,5 She and Russell Franklin Milliken Sr. lived in 1935 at Westbrook, Mitchell County, Texas.⁶ She died on 24 April 1936 at Westbrook, Mitchell County, Texas, at age 39.¹

Mrs. R. F. Milliken, Westbrook, Buried

Colorado, April 25 - Funeral services for Mrs. R. F. Milliken, 39, who died Friday in Westbrook, were held at her former home in Lamesa Saturday afternoon. The Rev. John Cundiff officiated.

The Millikens had lived in Westbrook since February. Mrs. Milliken had been ill for more than a year. Before her marriage 17 years ago she was Laura edna Richardson. She was born in Freestone county.

Seven children, the oldest 15 and the youngest 4, are among her survivors in addition to her husband and these brothers and sisters, all of Fairfield: Misses Mae and Ada Richardson, Mrs. Velma Mitchell, Mrs. Floy Christian, Mrs. Exa Day, Mrs. Ina Ruthe DeBorde, W. E. Richardson and Luther Richardson.⁵ She was buried on 26 April 1936 at Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas.¹

     Louisa Richardson was born in March 1864 at Mississippi.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hiram Richardson and Elizabeth J. Bryant.¹ She lived with her brother Frank and his family on 21 June 1900 at Itawamba County, Mississippi.²

     Lucius A. Richardson was born in May 1883 at Itawamba County, Mississippi.¹ He was the son of Franklin D. Richardson and F. Pheraba Rand.¹