Etta Randolph^[1]

1873 - 1907  (33 years)

• Name	Etta Randolph
  Born	Oct 03, 1873	Sherman, Grayson county, Texas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	Jun 02, 1907	Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Buried	Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  	Gravestone (hard to read): Etta R.; Beloved wife of; E.C. Wiess; Oct 2, 1873; June 2, 1907.
  Notes	Obituary: The Galveston County Daily News, p. 2, July 3, 1907 MRS. E. C. WIESS DEAD. ==== Was Prominent in Social, Literary and Religious Circles. Special to the News. Beaumont, Tex., July 2. -- Mrs. E. C. Wiess, aged 34 years, died at noon today, after a lingering illness covering a period of six months.  The end has been expected, and the visit of the death angel was look for all of last night by the anxious relatives and friends and the patient herself.  Every preparation was made by the patient for the leave-taking.  She had selected her pall bearers and indicated her wishes in respect to every detail of the obsequies.  The scene at the bedside diring the last few days, when the end was expected at any moment, was the most pathetic and beautiful ever witnessed.  The mother, sister, husband and little daughter, as well as a host of other relatives and friends, have gathered at the bedside from day to day, and gave the patient sufferef every consolation within their power.  She was perfectly conscious to the last and knew that the end was approaching, and she died caomly resigned with a sublime hope in the future, and only regretting the parting from dear ones.  The funeral will occur tomorrow morning, the services being held at the residence of Capt. and Mrs. William Wiess, on Calder avenue, at 10 o'clock, to be followed by interment in Magnolia Cemetery.  Rev. V. A. Godbey, presiding elder of Beaumont district, will officiate. The active pall bearers are Ed Stedman, E. A. Fletcher, M. K. Fletcher, Lip Norbell, Joe Carroll, H. D. Keith, John L. Keith and W. F. Keith.  The honorary pall bearers are B. R. Norbell, James L. Keith, George Fecel and R. W. Carrol. Deceased was born in Sherman, Otc. 3, 1873, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Randolph.  The mother, Mrs. Young, survives, and was at the bedside.  She leaves a sister, Miss Mary Randolph of this city and another sister, Mrs. Roy Potter of Gainesville, and a brother, Horace Randolph of Sherman, her husband and a little daughter 8 years old.  She was married to Mr. Wiess Nov. 8, 1894, in Sherman, and has since resided in Beaumont.  She was prominent in social, literary and religious circles, and her relations extend throughout all the older families of the county.
  Person ID	I1509	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jan 27, 2008

  
  

  Father	Thomas Whittington Randolph,   b. circa 1834, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Y
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Thompson,   b. circa 1847, Texas, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F44677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eugene Cushman Wiess,   b. Jul 19, 1869, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Mar 09, 1945, Marlin, Falls county, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Nov 08, 1894	Sherman, Grayson county, Texas, USA
  Notes	1910 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 70, 9-B, (T624-1568, p.70) April 23, 1910, 957 Calder, HH 135/145 Wiess, Cush E, head, M, W, 41, widowed, TX, US, US, president, oil co "  , Fay E, dau, 10, TX, TX, TX Fleming, Rhonda(?), roomer, F, W, 23, single, TX, MS, AL, schoolteacher Elder, Kate, servant, F, W, 46, widowed, 1/1 child, TX, MS, AL, housekeeper Littles(?), B???, servant, M, B, 32, m1 2 yrs, TX, TX, TX, waiter, cafe "  , Victoria, servant, F, B, 34, m2, 2 yrs, 0/0, TX, TX, TX, cook Schmidt, Herbert, roomer, M, W, 30, single, TX, Ger, TX, salesman, dry goods Wiess, Perry, brother, M, W, 39, divorced, TX, US, US, Capitalist(?), Pe????
  Children	1. Fay Wiess,   b. Oct 29, 1899, Texas, USA ,   d. Mar 19, 1963, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Wiess, Etta (Randolph)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2298] The Galveston County Daily News, p. 2, July 3, 1907.