Dallas Morning News Historical Archives
May 8, 1943, Page 2

Dallas County Pioneer Passes at Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 7. -- Funeral services were held here Thursday for Mrs. Nannie Dennis, 78, wife of the late Willie Denis, pioneer Methodist minister of West Texas, whose grandfather, I. B. Webb, came to Peters Colony before Dallas County was organized.

Mrs. Dennis died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Timmons, with whom she had resided.

Burial was in the Webb's Chapel Cemetery at Farmers Branch.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis were married at Farmers Branch before moving to West Texas, where Mr. Dennis held pastorates at Sweetwater and other points.

Survivors include her daughter and three grandsons, Ralph Timmmons of Gladewater, Joe T. Timmons in the Army in North Africa, and Charles Timmmons in the Army at Jackson, Miss.