Individual Details
Terrell Alonzo Jasper
(25 Nov 1879 - 12 Jan 1944)
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Thursday, January 13, 1944, Page 9: Businessman, Ex-Officer, Killed by Car. Funeral services for T. A. Jasper, 64, of 418 North Lancaster, former Dallas County deputy sheriff, civic worker and businessman, who was killed Wednesday when an automobile truck him as he was crossing Fish Creek Road, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Lamar & Smith funeral chapel, 800 West Jefferson. The Rev. Hugo McCord will officiate. Burial will be at Laurel Land Cemetery.
The first traffic fatality to be recorded in the county outside the city in the new years, Mr. Jasper was on his way to work on a construction job at the North American Aviation plant, when a car, being driven by Ray Marshall Shehane, Grand Prairie, stuck him as he was crossing the road from east to west, the Sheriff's office announced.
Chief Deputy Bill Decker said Mr. Jasper had just alighted from a car of friends when struck and burled fort feet. Shehane was accompanied by his wife at the time. Taken to Methodist Hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival, with a fractured skull. Shehane and his wife will be summoned to appear before the grand jury, Decker said.
A native of Grayson County, Mr. Jasper had resided in Dallas thirty years. After spending his boyhood in Denton County, he moved to this city, establishing the Banner China Store at 1001 Elm, and later the T. A. Jasper Furniture Store and the Hub Furniture Company, which he operated for twenty years. He also helped start the Oak Cliff State Bank.
Later he moved to Irving, where he was engaged in the real estate business and twice stood for election as County Commissioner. He was employed as a deputy sheriff here in 1936 serving till 1941. During that time he was assigned to the Fourteenth District Court as bailiff.
He had been a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. He belonged to the Edgefield Church here.
Surviving him are his wife, two sons, Lawrence T. Jasper, Dallas and Lieut. Chester F. Jasper, Stephenville; two brothers, R. S. Jasper, La Junta, Colo., and Jack Jasper, Oklahoma City, and four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Chambers, Lewisville; Mrs. J. W. Neece, Waco; Mrs. D. P. Notterville, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Annie Jasper, Shawnee, Okla.
Pallbearers will be O. B. Buford, L. T. McIntyre, Ambrose Taliaferro, Ed Caster, Bill Decker and J. Lee Zumwalt.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Thursday, January 13, 1944, Page 9: Jasper--Terrell A. Age 64, residence 418 N. Lancaster, passed away at Grand Prairie, Texas, Wednesday. Survived by wife, two sons, Lawrence T. Jasper, Callas; Liet. Chester F. Jasper, Stephenville, Texas; two brothers, R. S. Jasper, La Junta, Colo.; Jack Jasper, Oklahoma City; four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Chambers, Lewisville, Texas; Mrs. J. W. Neece, Waco; Mrs. Dave Notterville, Fort Worth; Mrs. Annie Jasper, Shawnee, Okla. Services conducted Thursday 3 p.m. chapel of Lamar & Smith. Rev. Hugh McCord officiating. Interment Laural Land Memorial Park. Pallbearers: L. T. McIntyre, Bill Decker, Ed Caster, J. Lee Zumwalt, Ambrose Tallaferro, O. D. Buford.
The first traffic fatality to be recorded in the county outside the city in the new years, Mr. Jasper was on his way to work on a construction job at the North American Aviation plant, when a car, being driven by Ray Marshall Shehane, Grand Prairie, stuck him as he was crossing the road from east to west, the Sheriff's office announced.
Chief Deputy Bill Decker said Mr. Jasper had just alighted from a car of friends when struck and burled fort feet. Shehane was accompanied by his wife at the time. Taken to Methodist Hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival, with a fractured skull. Shehane and his wife will be summoned to appear before the grand jury, Decker said.
A native of Grayson County, Mr. Jasper had resided in Dallas thirty years. After spending his boyhood in Denton County, he moved to this city, establishing the Banner China Store at 1001 Elm, and later the T. A. Jasper Furniture Store and the Hub Furniture Company, which he operated for twenty years. He also helped start the Oak Cliff State Bank.
Later he moved to Irving, where he was engaged in the real estate business and twice stood for election as County Commissioner. He was employed as a deputy sheriff here in 1936 serving till 1941. During that time he was assigned to the Fourteenth District Court as bailiff.
He had been a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. He belonged to the Edgefield Church here.
Surviving him are his wife, two sons, Lawrence T. Jasper, Dallas and Lieut. Chester F. Jasper, Stephenville; two brothers, R. S. Jasper, La Junta, Colo., and Jack Jasper, Oklahoma City, and four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Chambers, Lewisville; Mrs. J. W. Neece, Waco; Mrs. D. P. Notterville, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Annie Jasper, Shawnee, Okla.
Pallbearers will be O. B. Buford, L. T. McIntyre, Ambrose Taliaferro, Ed Caster, Bill Decker and J. Lee Zumwalt.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Thursday, January 13, 1944, Page 9: Jasper--Terrell A. Age 64, residence 418 N. Lancaster, passed away at Grand Prairie, Texas, Wednesday. Survived by wife, two sons, Lawrence T. Jasper, Callas; Liet. Chester F. Jasper, Stephenville, Texas; two brothers, R. S. Jasper, La Junta, Colo.; Jack Jasper, Oklahoma City; four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Chambers, Lewisville, Texas; Mrs. J. W. Neece, Waco; Mrs. Dave Notterville, Fort Worth; Mrs. Annie Jasper, Shawnee, Okla. Services conducted Thursday 3 p.m. chapel of Lamar & Smith. Rev. Hugh McCord officiating. Interment Laural Land Memorial Park. Pallbearers: L. T. McIntyre, Bill Decker, Ed Caster, J. Lee Zumwalt, Ambrose Tallaferro, O. D. Buford.
Events
| Birth | 25 Nov 1879 | Grayson Co.Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Dec 1900 | Denton Co., Texas - Marie E. Kirkpatrick | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1910 | Lula "Alyce" Jackson | |||
| Death | 12 Jan 1944 | Dallas Co., Texas | | ||
| Burial | Laurel Land Memorial Park Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Marie E. Kirkpatrick (1875 - 1907) |
| Child | Tom Troy Jasper (1902 - 1904) |
| Child | Claud Dee Jasper (1905 - 1909) |
| Spouse | Lula "Alyce" Jackson (1888 - 1984) |
| Child | Lawrence T Jasper (1912 - 1984) |
| Child | Chester Frank Jasper (1917 - 1979) |
Endnotes
1. U. S. Gen Web Archives.
2. Texas Marriages 1851-1900.
3. Find A Grave.
4. Find A Grave.