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On the morning of Wednesday, January 16, 1985, Gipson was found unconscious by his uncle, Elmer Gipson, in the 2000 block of Milby in Houston. He had died of a heart attack at 38 years old. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Conroe, Texas and burial at Golden Gate Cemetery.
The Lufkin Daily News was the first daily newspaper in Lufkin, founded in 1906 [2] by Charles L. Schless, who came to the city from Chicago to begin the afternoon publication. In 1909, he organized local stockholders to form a company and bought the Lufkin Tribune, a weekly in operation since 1887. Schless left Lufkin in 1912, and the company ...
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Sportspeople from Lufkin, Texas (34 P) Pages in category "People from Lufkin, Texas" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Lufkin is home to Lufkin Industries and Lufkin Gears LLC, which manufactures and services oil field equipment and power transmission equipment, and supplies of creosote-treated utility poles. It is also home to the Atkinson Candy Company , the creator of the Chick-O-Stick , and Brookshire Brothers , a chain of grocery stores in Texas and Louisiana.
Harry H. Halsell (Harry Hurrinden Halsell) (October 1, 1860 – February 3, 1957) was an American cattle rancher in North Texas and Oklahoma, and also a prolific writer of books about ranching life. He was the son of Texas rancher James Thompson Halsell and Maria Louise (Trimble) Halsell.
Frederick Benjamin Gipson (February 7, 1908 – August 14, 1973) was an American writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film. Gipson was born on a farm near Mason in the Texas Hill Country, the son of Beck Gipson and Emma Deishler
Gipson died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on May 25, 1999. [5] [6] [7] Her funeral was attended by many celebrities and politicians, including Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Representative Maxine Waters, City Attorney James Hahn, Diane Watson, Barbara Boudreaux, actors Sidney Poitier and Marla Gibbs, and singers Nancy Wilson ...