photo collection of carrie wilcox farset
Carrie gathered some family pictures together of the large and gregarious family of Addie & Ernest Wilcox, and shared them. In no particular order, here they are:
Grandma Addie Wiar Wilcox, Photo 3081
Lawrence Wilcox, 1949. He was killed in Korea in 1950. Photo 3089.
Table Rock Argus, July 5, 1951.
Military Funeral Set For Friday
COMMUNITY TO PAY LAST RESPECTS FOR MARINE
DIED IN ACTION, KOREA
A full Military Funeral will be held Friday of this week for Pfc. Lawrence A. Wilcox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wilcox of the Steinauer community, who was killed in action in August, 1950, while fighting with the Marines in Korea. He was 18 years old.
Services will be held in the Methodist Church in Table Rock Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Oden of Hickman, Nebraska, Reserve Marine Chaplain, conducting the services, assisted by Rev. E. P. Booher of Elk Creek.
Marine pallbearers, a Marine Color Guard, and a local Legion Post firing squad will be included in the final rites. Local Legion Post members met the body at the train Wednesday afternoon and escorted it to the Kovanda-Beethe Funeral Home. Burial will be made in the Table Rock cemetery.
Lawrence Wilcox joined the Marines in October, 1949, and after basic training was sent to Korea, where he was listed as missing in action on August 13, 1950. On September 1, 1950, the War Department reported him as having been killed.
Wilcox attended grade school in Table Rock and had attended high school here before enlisting with the Marines.
Table Rock business places will close from 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. during the funeral services.
Military Funeral Set For Friday
COMMUNITY TO PAY LAST RESPECTS FOR MARINE
DIED IN ACTION, KOREA
A full Military Funeral will be held Friday of this week for Pfc. Lawrence A. Wilcox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wilcox of the Steinauer community, who was killed in action in August, 1950, while fighting with the Marines in Korea. He was 18 years old.
Services will be held in the Methodist Church in Table Rock Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Oden of Hickman, Nebraska, Reserve Marine Chaplain, conducting the services, assisted by Rev. E. P. Booher of Elk Creek.
Marine pallbearers, a Marine Color Guard, and a local Legion Post firing squad will be included in the final rites. Local Legion Post members met the body at the train Wednesday afternoon and escorted it to the Kovanda-Beethe Funeral Home. Burial will be made in the Table Rock cemetery.
Lawrence Wilcox joined the Marines in October, 1949, and after basic training was sent to Korea, where he was listed as missing in action on August 13, 1950. On September 1, 1950, the War Department reported him as having been killed.
Wilcox attended grade school in Table Rock and had attended high school here before enlisting with the Marines.
Table Rock business places will close from 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. during the funeral services.
Photo 3085, Rich, Lyle, ______, and Chauncey Wilcox
Photo 3081, names to be secured.
Photo 3088,
Doris, Lyle, Lawrence & Bob Wilcox
Carrie's dad, Lyle Wilcox, at Ft. Bennington, where he met Carrie's mom. Carrie says, "My dad was a wonderful man, husband, and father. He loved Table Rock and followed what was going on there." Photo 3579.
Addie & Ernest Wilcox, Photo 3084
addie & her grown up kids
Names as given but not by row, unsure who is who: Herold, grandma Addie Wilcox, Dorothy, Doris, Rich, Ruth, Chauncey, Lyle, Jean, and Bob. Photo 3083.
wilcox kids in 1999
Carrie says, "This is a picture from 1999 of 5 of the Wilcox kids: Dorothy Hanna, Herald Wilcox, Richard Wilcox, Bob Wilcox and Lyle Wilcox. We miss them daily."
a few more wilcox photos from the historical society's collection
Photo 2213. Byron was 98 years old and M. H. was 99.
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Photo 648, Byron Wilcox, first rural mail carrier in Table Rock
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"The By Wilcox and Parish families," Photo 239.
Addie Wiar Wilcox high school graduation picture, excerpted from class photo. Photo 46.
Earl Wilcox at his grandparents' grave in 2015
Ethan Wilcox leading the parade for the 2016 Table Rock Fair. He was asked to take on this responsibility as the descendant of a Civil War veteran, Byron Wilcox. Ethan's dad is Mike Wilcox, son of Earl Wilcox.