Individual Details
Robert F. Bales
(27 Jul 1892 - 13 Oct 1970)
Mexia Daily News, Mexia, Texas, Thursday, October 15, 1970, Page 6, Col. 8: Services in Mexia Cemetery Thursday For Robert Bales. Graveside services will be held at the Mexia city cemetery Thursday afternoon at 1:30 for Robert F. Bales, 78, a resident of Houston, who died in a Houston hospital Tuesday. Minister Willis Jernigan of the Ross Avenue Church of Christ will officiate and burial will be in Mexia city cemetery with Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. A former resident of Mexia, Mr. Bales was born on July 27,1892 in Milam County. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Bales, who had lived in Houston since 1941, is survived by a sister, Mrs. C. C. Box of New Braunfels, and four brothers, Jim Bales of Buckholts; J. R. Bales of Stockton, California, and A. and R. E. Bales, both of Houston.
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1892 | Milam Co., Texas |  | ||
| Death | 13 Oct 1970 | Houston, Harris Co., Texas | | ||
| Burial | Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone Co., Texas | |
Families
| Father | William Jasper Bales (1857 - 1943) |
| Mother | Margaret "Maggie" Franklin Engle (1865 - 1954) |
| Sibling | William Stephen Bales (1885 - 1956) |
| Sibling | John Rollie Bales (1889 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Lee Bales (1895 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Thomas E. Watson Bales (1897 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Roscoe Engle Bales (1906 - 1992) |
Endnotes
1. 1900 Census Bell Co., Texas.
2. Texas Death Index.
3. Texas Death Index.
4. Find A Grave.
5. Find A Grave.