Cora Warren

Cora Warren

• Cora Warren was born in 1873 in Texas.
• She married Eugene B. Wood, son of Eason Blue Wood and Sarah Ann Barrett, in 1897.
• She officially witnessed the death of Eugene B. Wood on 2 April 1951 at 318 Butternut Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas; at his residence.
• Cora Warren became a widow at the 2 April 1951 death of her husband Eugene B. Wood.
• The following appeared on 3 April 1951 in the Abilene Reporter-News: Funeral services for Eugene B. Wood, 79, a resident of Abilene 47 years, will be conducted at 3 p. m. Tuesday in Laughter-North Memorial Chapel.
       Mr. Wood, a retired real estate man, died at 8:15 a. m. Monday at his residence, 318 Butternut St., after a short illness.
       Born Sept. 15, 1871, at Goshen, in Henderson County, he had his first schooling at Bowman Grove, where his mother taught. His father was a pioneer Texas doctor.
       In 1884 the family moved to Waco, where Mr. Wood entered Waco University, now Baylor University, when he was 13. He was named the first registrar of Baylor University in 1893 and in 1895 he was graduated. He married the former Cora Warren of Abilene, a classmate at Baylor, in 1897.
       Mr. Wood was the first person to establish a scholarship at Baylor University, the Eason B. Wood scholarship, in memory of his father. Later he endowed a loan fund there in memory of his mother.
       An active member of the First Baptist Church, he continued active in the real estate business until his retirement about two years ago.
       Survivors include his widow; two sons, E. Warren Wood, sound technician for Paramount News at New York City; Carroll Wood, agency director for Great American Life Insurance Co. at San Antonio; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Czichos of Wimberly, Tex; one sister, Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Hubbard, and six grandchildren.
       Dr. E. B. Atwood, retired Hardin-Simmons University professor, and the Rev. W. C. Ashford, will conduct final rites. Burial will be in the Oddfellow Cemetery.
       Active pallbearers will be Emmette Chandler, Harvey Brown, T. N. carsnell, Ennis Hollingshead, E. T. Walling, and Burl King. Members of Mr. Wood's Bible class at the First Baptist Church and old friends have been named honorary pallbearers.
• Cora Warren died on 20 April 1959.
• She was interred at the IOOF Cemetery (later Abilene Municipal Cemetery), Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 16 Sep 2014

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