LAURA FRANCES (HORNE) CAMBRON

The Hamilton Herald-News
September 4, 1980

Laura Frances Cambron,  85, of 521 East Main in Hamilton died about 2 p. m. Thursday, August 28 following a lengthy illness.  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Riley Funeral Chapel with Rev. Wesley Jones officiating, and burial was in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery.

She was born March 20, 1895, in McLennan County.  She was the daughter of the late W. E. and Julia Horne.  On November 2, 1916, she was married to Robert L. Cambron, and to this union one son was born but died at birth.   

Mrs. Cambron had resided in Hamilton since 1974.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church.  

Surviving are four nieces, Mrs. Truman Grisham of Hamilton, Mrs. Ray Arnold of Rosenberg, Mrs. Boone Jackson of Wilcox, Ariz., and Mrs. Josephine Strothers of Houston; four nephews, Ernest Grimm of Aruiaca, Ariz., Loyd Grimm of Fort Worth, Randall Hill of Hamilton, and Allen Sanders of Fort Worth; also a number of grandnieces and grandnephews and great grandnieces and great grandnephews.

Pallbearers were Hogue Williams, A. H. Bullard, Bomer Harris, L. W. Gardner, Bert Karkalits, and L. T. Crain.

Laura Frances (Horne) Cambron was a daughter of William Emmerson "Will" Horne and Julia Montgomery (Black) Horne.

Julia Montgomery (Black) Horne was the daughter of James Johnson Black and Patience A. (Crain) Black.

Patience A. (Crain) Black was a daughter of Maj. Joel Burditt Crain and Sarah Elvina (Smith) Crain.

Maj. Joel Burditt Crain was a son of Ambrose Hulon Crain, Sr. and Mildred Mary "Polly" (Burditt) Crain.  Sarah Elvina (Smith) Crain was a daughter of Gen. James Smith and Hannah (Parker) Smith.

Ambrose Hulon Crain, Sr. was a son of Joel and Rachel Crain.