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Services for George Edwin Erath, 80, of Spur, were at the Highway 70 Church of Christ at 2:30 p.m. Ernie Bishop, church minister, officiated. Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Erath died Sunday, September 11, 1994 at Methodist Hospital, Lubbock, following a brief illness. He was born in Dickens County October 7, 1913 and had lived here most of his life. He married Gracie Patterson in Spur on March 9, 1938 and she survives him.

Mr. Erath was a farmer and a member of the Steel Hill Church of Christ. He was a Mason. He is preceded in death by a daughter, Jessie "Bitsy" Erath on July 23, 1994.

Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Jackson, Lubbock; two grandchildren, Shari and Pat Murchison, Lubbock and Denise and Lee Schilling, Dimmitt; two great grandchildren, Jesica Murchison and Magen Murchison, both of Lubbock.

Pallbearers included Jackie Young, Clomer Randall, Dwight Dillashaw, Robert Hahn, Mutt Hagins and Danny Randall.

(Published in The Texas Spur in September 1994)

George married Gracy Beatrice Patterson 9 Mar 1938, Spur, Dickens County, Texas, USA. Gracy (daughter of Henry Abraham Patterson and Nora Beatrice Harrison) was born 11 Dec 1917, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA; died 3 Apr 2002, Spur, Dickens County, Texas, USA; was buried 6 Apr 2002, Spur Cemetery - Spur, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Linda Erath Jackson of Lubbock passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 at the age of 73. She was born December 28, 1938 in Spur, TX to George and Gracie Erath. Linda graduated from Spur High School in 1957 and worked as a secretary until retiring in 1988. She was affiliated with Steel Hill Church of Christ.

Those left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Shari Murchison of Lubbock and Denise Schilling and husband Lee of Panhandle; four grandchildren, Jesica and Magen Murchison and Shelby and Amy Schilling; and one great-grandchild, Davin Thorpe.

Linda was preceded in death by her father, George, in 1994; mother, Gracie in 2002; and sister, Bitsy Erath in 1994.

No services are scheduled at this time.

(Published by Combest Family Funeral Home of Lubbock, TX)

Linda — Elvin Kennith Jackson. Elvin was born 18 Apr 1937, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA; died 9 Mar 1994, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA; was buried , Idalou Cemetery - Idalou, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

S.D. married R.P. Murchison [Group Sheet]

L.D. married L.A. Schilling [Group Sheet]

J.N. married G.L. Collins [Group Sheet]