William Golden VOSS

Birth:
29 May 1876
Henryville, Lawrence, Tennessee
Death:
8 Feb 1949
San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Burial:
Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Marriage:
26 Jun 1907
Paint Rock, Concho, Texas
Sources:
1910 US Federal Census Justice Precinct 6,Runnels,Texas
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 (Ancestry.com)
1920 US Federal Census Justice Precinct 6,Runnels,Texas
1930 US Federal Census San Angelo,Tom Green,Texas
1940 US Federal Census San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Ancestry Member Trees
FindAGrave.com, Pannie
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Norman Family Bible, in posession of Dorothy Lee Davidson Houston. Paint Rock, TX
Brownwood Daily Bulletin (West Texas Digital Archives http://wtda.alc.org), 15 Jun 1907, marriage announcement
Brownwood Daily Bulletin (West Texas Digital Archives http://wtda.alc.org), 27 Jun 1907, passing through
Notes:
                   1876 - Born in Henryville, Lawrence, TN

Attended two years of college.
1904 - Manager of the Day Ranch, which comprised many thousands of acres, which stretched from Grape Creek to the north, Elm Creek to the east, and the Colorado River on the south and west.
1910 - Worked at a hardware store in Miles, TX. Two kids, owned their home.
1911 - Worked in Hardware, (Bill's birth cert)
1917 - Insurance agent. (Pannie's birth cert)
Sep 1918 - City Solicitor, Nash Hardware Company, Fort Worth, TX. Lived at 300 Hemphia St. Birthdate is wrong.
1920 - Remarried to Lillie, working as a Cotton Buyer, on own account, living on a farm. Only oldest son at school. His children and Echols children living there.
1927 - Moved to San Angelo, TX.
1930 - Living at 212 Bird, San Angelo, TX. Real Estate Agent. Owned home valued at 3500. Son William and wife's son Harlan living with them.
1940 - Living at 212 Bird, San Angelo. Reas Estate Agent. Home now valued at 2700. Worked 48 hours the past week.
1949 - Died of Coronary Occlusion.


Obituary:
Will G. Voss.
Funeral services for William G. Voss, San Angelo real estate dealer who died about 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Cox Funeral Home.
The Rev. B.O. Wood will officiate and burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ed Logan, L.Q. Sparks, J.H. Russel, Abner Perry, Ernest Farmer, Bill McManus, F.H. Mills and Jimmy Brock.
Mr. Voss would have been 73 years old May 29. He was born at Columbia, Tenn., and had moved with his mother to Waxahachie, Tex., shortly after his father's death at the old home. He attended Polytechnic College at Midlothian.
When he was 20 years old he came to Coleman County and engaged in ranching there. The town of Voss took its name from him.
He moved to Miles and was married there to Miss Pannye Norman of Paint Rock in 1907. There were five children born to them, the oldest, John Norman Voss, dying in France in 1944 while a member of the armed services. Other children include Clyde Voss and Bill Voss of this city, Helen Voss of Paint Rock and Pannye Voss of Dallas. Mrs. Voss died in 1917.
Mr Voss was subsequently married in 1920 to Mrs. Lilian Harlan Echols, and she survives at the home at 212 Bird St. here. She has two children, George Echols of Dallas and Harlan Echols of Carthage.
Mr. and Mrs. Voss moved here in 1927 and he had engaged in the real estate business. He had been a member of the Methodist Church since he was 15 years old and was a member of the Business Men's Bible Class. He was active in the affairs of the San Angelo Real Estate Board.

Notes:
Family records show marriage date at 15 Jan 1920, but the newspaper in Miles reported that the marriage occurred on Jan 7 1920 in Fort Worth.  This concurrs with the census on 14/15 of Jan in Miles which showed them living together as husband and wife at that time.
"FRIDAY  JANUARY 16, 1920 VOSS  ECHOLS  News of the marriage of Will Voss and Mrs. Lillie Echols, which occurred in Fort Worth January 7, was received with pleasure by Mr. Voss many friends here.  The ceremony was solemnized by Rev. Forrest Smith, pastor of the Broadway Baptist Church of Fort Worth. Mr. & Mrs. Voss arrived in Miles last week and will make their home in north Miles. The Messenger joins their friends in wishing them a long and happy married life.
Margaret Panthia NORMAN
Birth:
28 Aug 1884
Paint Rock, Concho, Texas
Death:
27 Aug 1917
Miles, Runnels, Texas
Burial:
29 Aug 1917
Paint Rock Cemetery, Paint Rock, Concho, Texas
Notes:
                   Death date is 4 Oct 1917, not 27 Aug 1917, as supposed in family records.  Probate and newspaper records show 4 Oct 1917.

Probate record is located filed Oct 4 1917, case number 514. Runnells County, TX. (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txrunnel/probate/prob-uv.htm)

- From the Miles Messenger, transcribed by Steve Voss.
THURSDAY  AUGUST 30, 1917 - Mrs. W. G. Voss Dead
At ten thirty Monday night Mrs. Pannie Norman Voss passed away at the family home after the skill, remedies of the local physician and Dr. Love of Ballinger had been exhausted in an effort to save her life. Her going was preceded by the coming of a baby girl, making 5 children besides the husband & numerous relatives & friends to mourn her going. Talented & energetic woman in the very best of woman & motherhood, her death was indeed a sad blow. She was not only devoted & attentive to her home, husband & children, but found ample time to assist in the work of the school & church & all progressive moves in the community. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Tuesday at noon after which the body was taken to Paint Rock & interred Wednesday. The Pallbearers were P. M. McKinley, W. R. Hunton, S. D. Childress, Tom Duke, F. G. Lewin, & J. C. McDonale.
Children
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                   Birth in family bible - Birthdate is sometimes given as 1907, just two months after his parents' marriage, or in 1908.
1930, working as a waiter at a country club, living outside Fort Worth, TX. Single, attending college.
1940, working in land and livestock on commission, living in Concho County, TX, with aunt Ada Norman Waide. Single
Enlisted 16 Jan 1942
Died in France in WWII, Died Non-Battle. 406th Fighter Squadron 371st Fighter Group
http://406thfightergroup.org/summary.php
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                   Birth from family bible
1930, working as an Insurance and Bond Broker in Fort Worth, TX. Renting room. Single
1940, working as a Life Insurance Salesman in Fort Worth, TX.  Renting room from elderly couple. Single.
3
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Notes:
                   1911 - Born Billie Bruce Voss, 4pm
1917 - Five years old when mother died.
1920 - Lived with Father and Step Mother, 14th of Jan, with all siblings. Got the age wrong though.
1920 - Lived with Jerome and Ada Waide 12th of Feb, along with sister Helen. 8yo on ranch and farm.
1920 - Attended school that year, could read and write
1925? - Lived in Fort Worth with cousin Mary Lou Miller
1930 - Lived with father and step-mother and one step-brother.
1930 - Graduated from San Angelo High School.
1931? - Entered TCU for a year (Business bio)
1932-36? - Attended UT Austin,  and recieved a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration. (Wedding news)
1935 - Lived in Austin. (1940 Census)
1937? - Moved to Fort Worth to work for Cyclone Fence Co. (Business bio)
1939? - Transferred to Tulsa? (Business bio) 
1939 - Made $2000 that year as a steel salesman.
1940 - April.  Lodging with a family in Tulsa. Steel Salesman, working 60 hours a week. 5 years of college. 
1940 - 23 Aug. Got marriage license
1940 - 24 Aug. Married in 1st Methodist Church, Austin, TX.
1943 - Lives in Austin TX
1945 - Vice Pres, Sec, Treas; Star manufacturing.   (directory)
1945 - Lived at 2801 NW 19th in OKC. Had a telephone, number 2-5105 (directory)
1948 - Star manufacturing involvedin Automotive as well, moving plant (newspaper)
1949 - Vice Pres of Star Manufacturing. (directory)
1949 - Lived at 804 NW 41st, OKC (directory)
1950 - Buys out partner, Bill Hoster, from Star. Becomes President (Business bio)
1952 - President of Star Manufacturing (directory)
1952 - Lived at 804 NW 41st, OKC (directory)
1957 - Still Pres of Star.  Lived at 1601 Bedford Dr., OKC. (directory)
1975? - Article written on him.
1982 - Buys Southwest Electric for $3 million. To offset market cycles
1985 - March, Woods Petroleum aquies Sunshine Mining. Outstanding stock from Voss and Woods families bought back.
1986 - 11 May, died of heart attack.  Residence was 7428 Country Club Dr., OKC. 
1986 - 14 May, buried at Rose Hill Cem.
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                   Attended Texas State College for Women. According to family stories, was in an iron lung later in life.
Lived at 4331 W Dengar Ave 101, Midland, TX
1955- Lived in Austin, TX, listed as a student, husband was a field rep for "Products Co," of Houston.
1959 - Teacher at the Austin Public Evening School.
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                   Pannie Norman Bowles 

BOWLES, PANNIE NORMAN LAND August 27, 1917 - February 16, 2005 A native Texan, Pannie Norman Land Bowles was born in Miles, Texas in 1917; graduated from SMU, 1937, where she was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority. She worked for Mutual of Omahas South West division and retired as an executive after 42 years of service. 

After retiring in 1983, Mrs. Bowles first voluntary activity was service as an Advisory Board Member for the Foster Grandparents project, a part of the federal governments ACTION program. Pannie Bowles believed that citizen advocacy and community presence had an impact on the quality of nursing home life. Thus, for over a decade, she served as Ombudsman for the residents at the Traymore Nursing Home in Dallas. As an AARP Health Advocacy Services Coordinator, she received a national award in 1992 for her exemplary work in coordinating the AARP Nursing Home Advocate Training Program in the Dallas area. Her efforts to revise and develop new training methods for nursing home advocacy have been used for years as a model throughout the state of Texas.

Mrs. Bowles was a member of the Highland Park United Methodist Church, where she was a faithful member of the Mr. & Mrs. Class; member of local P.E.O. Chapter BM Philanthropic Educational Organization; member, local Michael Stoner Chapter of D.A.R. Daughters of the American Revolution; and member of the Society of the Mayflower Colony. 

Mrs. Bowles was predeceased in 1973 by her husband of 33 years Harry T. Land, and her husband of 20 years, E. James Bowles, who died in 2003. She is survived by Beverly Land Mueller, niece and Tomi Tucker, niece; Janie Means, stepdaughter; Brad Bowles, stepson; grand children, Melinda Means, Robin Skinner, Richard Means, Amy Bales, Catherine Campillo, and Michael Bowles; 9 great grandchildren; and Linda Brock Nelson, Arizona; Donna Harrison, Oklahoma; Helen Brown, Texas; Libby McCullogh, Texas; Dot Houston, cousin, Texas. Services will be held at 10:00 a. m. Saturady, February 19th, in the Sanctuary of Highland Park United Methodist Church. The Family expresses its thanks and appreciation to the staff of the Traymore Nursing home for its devoted care and attention to Mrs. Bowles during the past years of her illness. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the "We Care Ministry" of Highland Park United Methodist Church, 3300 Mockingbird, Dallas 75205; or Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, 1215 Skiles, Dallas 75204.
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William Golden Voss - Margaret Panthia Norman

William Golden Voss was born at Henryville, Lawrence, Tennessee 29 May 1876. His parents were Wesley E. Voss and Martha Elizabeth a Samford.

He married Margaret Panthia Norman 26 Jun 1907 at Paint Rock, Concho, Texas . Margaret Panthia Norman was born at Paint Rock, Concho, Texas 28 Aug 1884 daughter of John Waterman Norman and Margaret "Maggie" Caldonia Watt .

They were the parents of 5 children:
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William Golden Voss died 8 Feb 1949 at San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas .

Margaret Panthia Norman died 27 Aug 1917 at Miles, Runnels, Texas .