Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Taylor “Uncle Billy” Compton 
, 1C3R
, 1C3RBirth10 Mar 1871, Somerset, Pulaski Co KY
Death30 Nov 1949, Taylor, Williamson Co TX941 Age: 78
BurialTaylor City Cemetery, Taylor, Williamson Co TX
FatherErasmus Dorvin “Raz” Compton (1841-1924)
MotherMartha Jane Duck (1841-1912)
Spouses
Birth1872
Death1938 Age: 66
BurialTaylor City Cemetery, Taylor, Williamson Co TX
Marriage27 Jun 1893
Notes for William Taylor “Uncle Billy” Compton
Taylor Mourns Compton Death942
TAYLOR, Dec. 1.–(Spl)–W. T. (Uncle Billy) Compton died Wednesday and this entire city mourns the loss of an unusual citizen.
Compton, 78, had been ill several weeks. He died in a Taylor hospital late Wednesday afternoon.
This is the kind of person he was:
A retired rurla mail carrier, he had a habit of visiting the Taylor hospital to talk with and try to cheer the sick. And he often sat up with the sick in their homes.
He never missed a funeral in Taylor. It's believed he attended the First Baptist Church more than any other person in Taylor.
He moved to Taylor at the age of seven from his birthplace in Somerset, Ky. He worked as a rural mail carrier from 1909 until his retirement in 1936.
Two sons survive him, Peyton and Clare Compton of Houston. Also a brother, C. V. Compton of Dallas.
Final rites were held Thursday at 4 p. m. at the Condra Funeral Home. The Rev. W. A. Irvin will officiate. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnap, O. J. Wolters, L. D. Bammack, W. L. Gillaspy, E. L. Lauck and James Byrom.
TAYLOR, Dec. 1.–(Spl)–W. T. (Uncle Billy) Compton died Wednesday and this entire city mourns the loss of an unusual citizen.
Compton, 78, had been ill several weeks. He died in a Taylor hospital late Wednesday afternoon.
This is the kind of person he was:
A retired rurla mail carrier, he had a habit of visiting the Taylor hospital to talk with and try to cheer the sick. And he often sat up with the sick in their homes.
He never missed a funeral in Taylor. It's believed he attended the First Baptist Church more than any other person in Taylor.
He moved to Taylor at the age of seven from his birthplace in Somerset, Ky. He worked as a rural mail carrier from 1909 until his retirement in 1936.
Two sons survive him, Peyton and Clare Compton of Houston. Also a brother, C. V. Compton of Dallas.
Final rites were held Thursday at 4 p. m. at the Condra Funeral Home. The Rev. W. A. Irvin will officiate. Pallbearers will be Sam Burnap, O. J. Wolters, L. D. Bammack, W. L. Gillaspy, E. L. Lauck and James Byrom.