RAILSBACK, MABEL GRAVES

Surnames:  RAILSBACK, JENKINS, GRAVES, IRWIN, PARROTT.

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
October 1997
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MABEL GRAVES RAILSBACK
Oct. 21, 1907-Oct. 14, 1997

       Mabel Graves Railsback died Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Waco.  She was 89.
       Services were held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at First United Methodist Church in Marlin, with Rev. Richard Jenkins officiating.  Burial was aat (sic) Hillcrest Cemetery.  Mrs. Railsback was born on October 21, 1907 in the Eureka Community of Limestone County to parents, Joseph and Cora Duncan Graves.  She was a graduate of Southwest State Teachers College and received her Masters Degree from T.C.U. 
She was a retired first grade teacher for over 35 years and taught for many years in the Fort Worth area, including Richland Hills, White Settlement, and Birdville.  She was a member of the Marlin Chapter #286 Order of the Eastern Star, Retired Teachers Association, First United Methodist Church and the Maggie Rogers Circle at the First United Methodist Church.  She was preceded in death by her husband Homer Railsback.
       Survivors include sisters, Ruth Taylor Irwin, and Zelma June Parrott, both of Marlin; one niece and nephews and many other loved ones and friends.

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