Forney Woman’s Funeral Rites Set

Dallas Morning News
28 December 1948

Funeral services for Miss Frances Venner, 83, of Forney, whose sister, Mrs. I.L. Wilmarth lives at 1218 North Haskell, will be held in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Forney.

Miss Venner died at her home there Monday.

She was born in Devenshire, England, and came to Kaufman County at the age of six.

Surviving are Mrs. Wilmarth and several nieces and nephew. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Forney.

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Dallas Morning News
28 December 1948

VINNER

Miss Frances Back, daughter of the late William C. and Elizabeth Vinner [sic]. A native of Devonshire, England, and a resident of Forney, Texas past sixty-nine years, passed away there Monday. The services will be held in the Episcopal Church, Forney, 2 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Frederick Chamberlain officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. From a family of ten children, Miss Vinner leaves only one surviver, her sister, Mrs. I.L. Wilmarth, Dallas, and a number of nieces and nephews. Arrangements with Anderson-Clayton Brothers Funeral Home, Forney, Texas

Note: Frances Back Venner is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery.