Bruce Bloom Brodnax

b. 8 March 1878, d. 2 February 1959
  • Bruce Bloom Brodnax was born on 8 March 1878 in 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 Bruce Bloom Brodnax, Albert Whitaker 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 Hilda Mattie Lewis.
  • 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.
  • Bruce Bloom Brodnax registered for the draft in 1942 in Limestone County, Texas, while living with his wife Armour on Route 5 in Mexia, and employed there farming.
  • Bruce Bloom Brodnax died on 2 February 1959 at age 80.
  • He was interred at Coolidge Cemetery, Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 14 Feb 2016

Family: Hilda Mattie Lewis b. 10 March 1882, d. 11 September 1930