Albert Whitaker Brodnax
b. 29 January 1883, d. 18 June 1949
- Father: Thomas Whitaker Brodnax Jr. b. 30 August 1852, d. 28 August 1935
- Mother: Missouri Lucinda Perkins b. January 1856, d. 3 March 1913
- Albert Whitaker Brodnax was born on 29 January 1883 in Honest Ridge, Limestone County, Texas.
- Thomas Whitaker Brodnax Jr. and Missouri Lucinda Perkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Limestone County, Texas. Other members of the household included Albert Whitaker Brodnax, Bruce Bloom Brodnax, Cox William Brodnax, Mary Olive Brodnax, Lena Pearl Brodnax and Rosa Ida Brodnax.
- He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
- He married Ruby (?) circa 1908.
- Albert Whitaker Brodnax and Ruby (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
- He was employed as a rural route rider, according to the 1910 census.
- The following appeared on 30 August 1935 in The Dallas Morning News: (Mexia, Aug. 29) P. [sic] Whit Brodnax, 83, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jerry Ward, on a farm near Mexia. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis more than a year ago, and had been in ill health since. Born April [sic] 30, 1852, Mr. Brodnax lived in the vicinity sixty-two years. Surviving are four daughters and three sons. Mrs. M. E. Tucker of Mercedes, Mrs. Earl Sharpe of Watt, Mrs. Jerry Ward of Mexia, Mrs. T. Roy Leavell of Dallas, Bruce Brodnax of Palestine, White [sic] Brodnax Jr. of Mexia and Cox Brodnax of Mexia. Twenty-eight grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren also survive.
- Albert Whitaker Brodnax registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Limestone County, Texas, while living with his wife Ruby in Coolidge, and employed there farming.
- Albert Whitaker Brodnax died on 18 June 1949 at age 66 in Limestone County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 21 June 1949 in The Dallas Morning News: (Mexia, June 20) Funeral services were held Monday at his home near here for Whit Brodnax, 66, prominent farmer and cattleman. He died Saturday night after a heart attack. Burial was in Mexia Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Brodnax; a son, Billy Whit Brodnax of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Nannie Peeples of Dallas and Mrs. Lillian Wallace of Austin; two brothers, Bruce and Cox W. Brodnax, both of Mexia; three sisters, Mrs. Rosa Leavell of Dallas, Mrs. Annie Tucker, Mercedes, and Mrs. Mary Sharp, Axtel. - He was interred at Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 14 Feb 2016