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His wife, Mary Smith Jones, the first lady of the Republic of Texas, died on December 31, 1907, and is buried at Glenwood Cemetery. [20] Two reconstruction mayors are interred at Glenwood: Joseph Robert Morris [21] and Thomas Howe Scanlan. [22] John T. Browne was mayor of Houston from 1897 to 1899 and member of Texas House of Representatives. [23]
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1940 and 1949. During this period 78 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Anson Jones, congressman, doctor, last president of the Republic of Texas. Harmony Lodge #52, Philadelphia. [196] First Grand Master of Texas. [1] Buck Jones (12 December 1891 – 30 November 1942), American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, known for his work starring in many popular westerns.
1978 - The headquarters of Continental Airlines moves to Houston after buying out Texas International. 1978-1980 - Traffic signals at major intersections were improved. Houston is the first in the nation to modernize their signage, which is still done to this present day.
Official organ of the Texas Negro Business and Laboring Men's Association. [95] Houston: Houston Newspages: 1986 [96]? Weekly [96] OCLC 25559036; Published by Francis Page Sr. Edited by Diana Fallis. [96] Houston: The Odd Fellow Budget: 1920? [97]? [97] Monthly newspaper [97] Houston: Old Ironsides' Monthly: 1947 [99]? [98] Monthly newspaper ...
Houston National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in Harris County, Texas, near Houston. [1] [2] It encompasses 419.2 acres (169.6 ha) only about half of which is developed. The cemetery had more than 111,000 interments as of 2021. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Neighborhood Centers Association of Houston and Harris County established the Clayton Homes Neighborhood Development Program in 1959 and began inquiring about getting grants for it in 1961. [6] It was renovated in 2007. [5] By 2010 Lola Santos-Cantu had organized a reunion for people who resided in Clayton Homes as children during the 1950s and ...