H. (Tod) Windham died at his home at Tecumseh last Sunday at 4 p. m., after illness of over a year, and was buried in the Tecumseh Cemetery Monday, December 5, 1927 by the Tecumseh Lodge A. F. & A. M. of which he was a charter member.

The religious services were conducted by Rev. T. H. Davis, old pioneer Methodist Minister, assisted by Rev. Pearson. A large number of old pioneers and their descendents were present at the funeral.

H. Windham was a son of the late Dr. J. D. Windham, who with his wife, is buried at Tecumseh, near where he rests.

H. Windham was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, April 17, 1851; moved to Brown County with his parents in 1865; came to Callahan County, in charge of his father's cattle in the fall of 1875. Some years later he married Miss Lee Connell, sister of Mrs. J. F. Barton, of Tecumseh. He is survived by his wife, and the following children: sons, Eli and Tom, of California; Willis, Lawn; Forrest, Grover and Hilery, of Tecumseh. Daughters: Mrs. Ada Thompson of Silver Valley; Mrs. Eula Pressler, Eastland and Mrs. Myrtle McIntyre, of Lawn. Also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Jones and Mrs. W. E. Gilliland, Baird, and one brother, Tom Windham, of Oplin.

I have known Tod Windham since he was a boy, nearly 60 years. He was a good boy and a good man; honest conscientious and no hypocracy about him. He was a Master Mason and if I am not mistaken, he was a charter member of the Belle Plaine Lodge, now Baird Lodge, and later a charter member of the Tecumseh Lodge A. F. & A. M. Tod Windham was honored and respected by his neighbors while living, who honored him in death, by attending his funeral on one of the coldest days up to Monday we have had this fall. Relatives and friends were there from Brown County, Taylor, Callahan, Eastland, and Culberson Counties. Tom Windham, a nephew and family from Brown County and a niece, Frs. Fanny Price, of Culberson County; Leve Windham, nephew, of Lawn; Sam Gilliland, of Coleman, friend, that clerked in the Windham store 43 years ago. Following is a list of the old neighbors: G. O. Creswill, Tom Clark and son, Dan Clark, Newt Ferguson and Jake Rathmell, of Abilene, formerly lived near Tecumseh, except Mr. Rathomell, who lived at Coleman. All children, except two in California were at the funeral.

H. Windham served as County Commissioner of the Tecumseh-Belle Plain Precinct for six years, and served as Justice of the Peace for several years before this death.

I wish I could name all the old friends that attended the funeral, but that is impossible. Among those from Baird, were: Dr. R. G. Powell, T. E. Powell, Judge Clyde White, W. J. Evans, W. S. Melton, J. F. Dyer and son, Col. Dyer, Judge B. L. Russell, Judge Otis Bowyer, Dr. V. E. Hill, Mesdames: M. J. Gilliland, Cliff Hill, Jasper McCoy, Brown Seay, Mr. and Mrs. John Asbury, Judge Victor B. Gilbert, J. C. Barringer, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McWhorter, Wylie Lambert, Robert Estes, Lem Lambert, Miss Jeffe Lambert, W. E. Gilliland, Richard and Archie Price, Mrs. Larmer Henry and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Harding.

Mrs. J. W. Jones and Mrs. W. E. Gilliland of Baird, only sisters of the deceased living, were not able to attend the funeral, owing to illness. I may have missed some names from Baird, and other places, but if so it is unintentional. I wish I could mention the names of all my old friends of forty years ago, that lived at Tecumseh, but my forty years of experience as a newspaper man has not reached the point where I can name so many from memory, and I will not attempt it for fear I may leave out some of them.

Card of Thanks

We wish to extend sincere thanks to the many friends and relatives, who so kindly assisted us during the extended illness and death of our husband and father.

To the faithful young men and neighbors who so willingly took their turn of nightly watch�never failing us as months lengthened into a year and on, we wish to say we hold you nearer than the word friends will express, and as years go by we will watch our time of expressing materially our sincere appreciation.

      Mrs. H. (Tod) Windham and children.