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The Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas . [ 2 ] Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District .
Lawrence A. Alexander (born 1943 in Fort Worth), law professor; Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983) H.S. Broiles (1845–1913), 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas [1] Joel Burns (born 1969), politician; Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
As a result of a civil suit brought by the infant's family, Waterman's was ordered to pay the parents US$325,000 (equivalent to US$459,923 in 2023), with a pending legal claim that the mortuary violated the state's consumer protection law that could triple the damages, The Boston Globe reported. The family's lawyer, Gordon T. Walker, said SCI ...
Ephraim Merrill "Eph" Daggett (1810–1883) – The "Father of Fort Worth" and participant in the Regulator-Moderator War; Lemuel James Edwards (1805–1869) – Early Peters Colony settler and landowner in present-day southwest Fort Worth and Benbrook; James Franklin Ellis (1838–1899) – Early Fort Worth settler and luxury hotel owner
A 911 caller reported that her son called her after finding her husband had been shot to death. ... Weather. 24/7 Help. ... Hicks’ death marked the 37th homicide this year in Fort Worth. In 2022 ...
She was the first president of the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo, [4] [5] a women's service organization and was an early leader and member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Children: Alvin Smith June 15, 1828 Harmony, Pennsylvania: June 15, 1828 Harmony, Pennsylvania: Died the same day as birth. Thaddeus Smith ...
The Fort Worth Auxiliary was formed in 1964 and held its first fundraiser, the Blossoms in the Dust Luncheon, in 1965. The 47th Luncheon was held in 2011. [ 17 ] Over time, the Auxiliaries evolved to provide volunteers, fundraising and support to Gladney adoptive families and were later renamed Gladney Family Associations.
The first building was named "Fort Worth Hall" in honor of the seminary's new location. In 1925, the Baptist General Convention of Texas passed control of the seminary to the Southern Baptist Convention. The Department of Religious Education and the Department of Gospel Music were established within the seminary in 1915.