Wednesday, May 31, 2023

James Willie Dawson

James W. Dawson 1942

Name	James Dawson
Estimated Age	Abt 21
Birth Year	1921
Yearbook Date	1942
School	Stephen F Austin State University
School Location	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Yearbook Title	Stone Fort Yearbook

Name	James Willie Dawson
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	20
Relationship to Draftee	Self (Head)
Birth Date	19 Sep 1921
Birth Place	Trawick, Texas, USA
Residence Place	Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Registration Date	16 Feb 1942
Registration Place	Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Employer	Student
Height	5 9
Weight	150
Complexion	Ruddy
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Gray
Next of Kin	W O Dawson

Funeral services for James W. Dawson, 89, of Cushing will be at 3 p.m. Saturday August 6, 2011, at the Dickie Allen Funeral Home Chapel in Cushing with the Rev. Chester Haynes officiating. Interment will follow at Cushing City Cemetery. James Willie Dawson Sr. went to be with the Lord Thursday August 4, 2011. He was born September 19, 1921, to Willie Otto and Jessie Heath Dawson in Trawick. He attended Cushing area schools, graduating in 1939. He attended Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture in 1942. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and traveled all over the world. After his military service, James taught agriculture to veterans for two years. He and Edith bought a dry goods store in Cushing and operated it for 10 years. For the next 36 years he worked as an ag-chemical salesman for Smith-Douglas/Borden. James also ran a timber and cattle business until he was 80 years old. James was actively involved in the Texas Farm Bureau as well as in his church. He served as a deacon in the Landmark Baptist Church for many years. He is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Hazel Liles; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Dawson.

Survivors include his wife, Edith Dawson of Cushing, Texas; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Kathleen Dawson of Cushing, Texas, and Jed and Debbie Dawson of Dallas, Texas; brother, Joe H. Dawson of Cushing, Texas; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Keifer Richards of Tyler, Texas; grandchildren, Laurie Dawson Roeseler, David Dawson, B.J. Dawson and James Texas Dawson; great-grandchildren, Katy Moses, Jay Moses and Amanda Moses; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be B.J. Dawson, Tex Dawson, David Dawson, Jay Moses, Fred McCormack and Bob Wade. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of Landmark Baptist Church. Dickie Allen Funeral Home, Cushing, Texas.

James Willie Dawson Sr.

BIRTH: 19 Sep 1921
Trawick, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 4 Aug 2011 (aged 89)
Texas, USA
BURIAL: Cushing Cemetery
Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Joseph Heath Dawson

Name	Joseph Heath Dawson
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	18
Relationship to Draftee	Self (Head)
Birth Date	16 Jan 1927
Birth Place	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Residence Place	Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Registration Date	16 Jan 1945
Registration Place	Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Employer	Student
Height	5 9
Weight	160
Complexion	Ruddy
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Blue
Next of Kin	W O Dawson

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name	Joseph H Dawson
Race	White
Marital Status	Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank	Private
Birth Year	1927
Nativity State or Country	Texas
Citizenship	Citizen
Residence	Nacogdoches, Texas
Education	4 years of high school
Enlistment Date	6 Jun 1945
Enlistment Place	Houston, Texas
Service Number	38750438
Branch	No branch assignment
Component	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source	Civil Life
Height	00
Weight	000

Funeral service for Joe H. Dawson, 87, of Cushing, formerly of Port Arthur, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in the Dickie Allen Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be held in the Cushing City Cemetery. Mr. Dawson passed away Friday, Sept. 5, in Nacogdoches. He was born Jan. 16, 1927, in Nacogdoches to Willie Otto and Jessie Heath Dawson. Mr. Dawson lived most of his life in Cushing and was a member of the First Methodist Church. He lived in Port Arthur for 38 years until his retirement from Texaco where he had worked as a maintenance supervisor. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II Mr. Dawson was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mae Evelyn Dawson; sister, Hazel Liles; and brother, James Dawson. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Jolyn and Bert DuRard of Jasper; son and daughter-in-law, Kyle and Darlene Dawson of Trawick; five grandchildren, Samuel DuRard, Jason Martin, Brian Dawson, Michael Dawson and Katherine Dawson; and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Samuel DuRard, Jason Martin, Brian Dawson, Michael Dawson, Jim Dawson and Dennis Sanders. Dickie Allen Funeral Home.
Published in The Daily Sentinel on Sept. 6, 2014

Joe H. Dawson

BIRTH: 16 Jan 1927
Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 5 Sep 2014 (aged 87)
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
BURIAL: Cushing Cemetery
Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Dewel Ben Dawson (Purple Heart)

Name	Dewel Ben Dawson
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	18
Relationship to Draftee	Self (Head)
Birth Date	9 Dec 1923
Birth Place	Trawick, Texas, USA
Residence Place	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Registration Date	30 Jun 1942
Registration Place	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Employer	Houston Electric
Height	5 7
Weight	145
Complexion	Light
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Blue
Next of Kin	James T Dawson

Dewel B. (Jim) Dawson went to his heavenly home to be with his parents T.H. (Dink) Dawson and Ida Collier Dawson and his four brothers and 6 sisters. He is survived by his wife of 64 years Sarah Jeannine Neill Dawson; son Tony Dawson and wife Sidney; daughter Cheryl Phillips and husband Dwight; daughter Donna Russell and husband Mike. He is also survived by those who called him â€œPe Pawâ€� or â€œBuddyâ€�; grandsons, Joshua Phillips and wife Amy, Luke Russell and wife Erin, and Danny Russell and wife Sarah; granddaughters, Jessica Robison and husband Randy, and Lindsey Dawson. He is survived by great-grandchildren, Dawson Robison, Parker Phillips, Lyla Jane Robison, and Grady Russell; and many nieces and nephews. He was born in Oak Flat, Texas on December 9, 1923. He joined the Bethany Baptist Church at an early age. After attending Cushing High School, he served his country during World War II. He was a Private First Class in the infantry and a member of the Rainbow Division that fought in the Battle of the Bulge. During his time in France and Germany he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with an oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Unit Emblem, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and a Purple Heart. After the war, he returned to Trawick. He began his own dairy business which he operated for 30 years. After retiring from the dairy business he had stocker cattle until his health began to fail. He enjoyed taking care of his cattle and checking on them each day. He was a beloved, devoted husband, father, and grandfather. The way he lived his life was a testament to the love he had for his family. For 36 years he enjoyed the annual family vacation which began when his first grandchild was born. His children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were a source of great joy to him. He was a fierce competitor in basketball, volleyball, croquet and forty-two. When he was no longer able to play, he would sit on the sidelines and be a very involved coach. As his health deteriorated, his great-grandchildren were one thing that could still bring a smile to his face. Through his difficult health issues he didnâ€™t complain and he kept his sense of humor. By his wife, children and grandchildren he will be remembered as a man who devoted his life to them and who lived a Christ-like life. He will be dearly missed. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors in Nacogdoches. Military rites will be performed. Interment will follow at Linn Flat Cemetery near Trawick. Pallbearers will be Dwight Phillips, Joshua Phillips, Randy Robison, Mike Russell, Luke Russell, and Danny Russell. Honorary pallbearers will be L.B. Ayers, Joe Dawson, Charles Neill, and Harold Neill. The family would like to extend â€œspecial thanksâ€� to the compassionate staff which supported them at Willowbrook Nursing Home during their time of need. Memorial donations may be made to Trawick Presbyterian Church c/o Mrs. Melba Corley, 2068 CR 836, Nacogdoches, Texas 75964. Online condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors.

Dewel Ben “Jim” Dawson

BIRTH: 9 Dec 1923
Oak Flat, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 23 Feb 2012 (aged 88)
Texas, USA
BURIAL: Linn Flat Cemetery
Trawick, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Raymond H. Dennis (Purple Heart Recipient)

Name	Raymond Howard Dennis
Race	White
Age	22
Birth Date	22 Sep 1918
Birth Place	Nacogdoches, Texas
Residence Place	Bunkie, Avoyelles, Louisiana
Registration Date	16 Oct 1940
Registration Place	Iowa, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Employer	J. Ray Mc Dermitt and Co.
Complexion	Ruddy
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Brown
Next of Kin	Mr Lewis Edwin Dennis

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name	Raymond H Dennis
Race	White
Marital Status	Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank	Private
Birth Year	1918
Nativity State or Country	Texas
Citizenship	Citizen
Education	4 years of high school
Civil Occupation	Occupations in production of petroleum
Enlistment Date	22 Mar 1941
Enlistment Place	Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida
Service Number	34029547
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Component	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source	Civil Life
Height	70
Weight	168

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954

Name	Raymond H Dennis
Gender	Male
Race	White (includes Mexican) (White)
Rank	Enlisted Man (includes Aviation Cadet or Student)
Admission Age	29
Birth Date	abt 1916
Admission Date	Apr 1945
Discharge Date	May 1945
Discharge Place	General Hospital
Military Branch	Infantry, Armored Units (includes Mech Inf Units)
Military Unit	0
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Thigh; CausativeAgent: Bullet, Rifle
Type of Injury	InjuryType: Battle casualty; InjuryType2: All battle casualties, and all battle injuries not intentionally inflicted by self or another person
Medical Treatment	Closure of wound, delayed, or Suture secondary of wound (delayed closure)
Type of Discharge	Duty (includes AWOL)
Length of Service	2-3 yr.
Service Number	34029547
Notes	None

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

Name	Raymond H Dennis
Gender	Male
Birth Date	22 Sep 1918
Death Date	12 Oct 1980
SSN	434167035
Enlistment Branch	ARMY
Enlistment Date	22 Mar 1941
Discharge Date	23 Jul 1945
Page number	1

Raymond Howard Dennis

BIRTH: 22 Sep 1917
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 12 Oct 1980 (aged 63)
BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA

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The Flag of the Kingdom of Spain 1519 to 1821

The Spanish Flag of Castile and Leon flew over Texas for three hundred years. Spanish involvement in Texas began with Alonzo Alverez de Pineda's mapping of the Texas coast in 1519. Then, in 1542 Luis de Moscoso came to Nacogdoches and East Texas with the remnants of the Hernando de Soto expedition that had begun four years earlier in Florida. Spain's claim to Texas went back to the DeSoto-Moscoso Expedition, which claimed all of southeastern United States as Spanish Florida. Spain's occupation of Texas began in 1690 with the founding of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas on the Neches River. It continued in 1716 with the founding of six missions from the Neches River to Los Adaes in Western Louisiana, and 1721 with the founding of Presidio Nuestra Señora de Pilar de los Adaes----near present day Robeline, Louisiana. Los Adaes was the first capital of the Province of Texas. Texas was under the Spanish flag until Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. Interestingly, the first flag used by the Spanish to claim Texas was not the familiar flag of Castile and Leon; it was a banner that had the Virgin of Guadalupe on one side and the crucified Christ on the other.

The Flag of the Kingdom of France 1685 to 1689

France's claim to a part of Texas went back to 1682, when Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explored the Mississippi and claimed all the land in its drainage for France. For some mapmakers and politicians, this included Texas. He named this land Louisiana. La Salle came to Texas in 1685, after he accidentally sailed past his destination at the mouth of the Mississippi. He established Fort St. Louis and a French settlement on Garcitas Creek off Matagorda Bay. The settlement was ill fated from its beginning. LaSalle was murdered by his own men near Navasota in 1687, and the settlers and soldiers who remained at Fort St. Louis were killed or captured by the Indians in 1689. The Spanish found Fort St. Louis and burned it to the ground in 1690. This French intrusion into Spanish territory caused the Spanish to begin the occupation and settlement of East Texas to prevent further French invasions.

The Flag of the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition 1812 to 1813

Bernardo Gutiérrez and Lieutenant Augustus Magee flew their green flag of the new Republic of Texas over the Stone Fort in Nacogdoches in August of 1812. The Republican Army of the North, as these filibusters called themselves, had come from Natchitoches to Nacogdoches to recruit and train troops with the help of Samuel Davenport. They stayed for two months, drilled an army of over five hundred men, and then marched on to capture Goliad and San Antonio. Magee died at Goliad, and his place was taken by Samuel Kemper. Kemper and Gutiérrez captured San Antonio and issued a Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas on April 6, 1813. This brief time of Texas Independence was over when the Spanish general Joaquín de Arredondo destroyed the remains of the Republican army at the Battle of Medina on August 18, 1813. Augustus Magee and Samuel Davenport, who were in charge of the militia in Nacogdoches, were both Irishmen. That might have governed their choice of the Emerald Green flag as the Republican army's standard.

The Flag of the Dr. James Long Expedition 1819 and 1821

Some Americans believed that Texas was part of Louisiana as claimed by LaSalle in 1682 and should have been included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. One of those was Dr. James Long of Natchez, Mississippi, who came to Nacogdoches in June of 1819. Dr. Long proclaimed himself the president of his newly declared Republic of Texas. Dr. Long's red-striped Lone Star flag flew but briefly over the Stone Fort and his Republic of Texas. The Spanish caught Long when he went to Galveston, where he was seeking the assistance of pirate Jean Lafitte. There they defeated him and his meager army and chased him back to Louisiana. Dr. Long returned to Texas with a small army in 1821 and quickly captured the poorly manned garrison at Goliad. However, he was soon under siege by Spanish troops from San Antonio, who recaptured Goliad and took him captive. Dr. James Long was taken to Mexico City, jailed, then freed, and then murdered under mysterious circumstances by a Mexican soldier.

The Flag of the Mexican Federal Republic 1821 to 1836

Spanish Nacogdoches came under the Mexican flag in 1821, when Mexico finally won its independence from Spain. Mexico, in order to prove its ownership of Texas, began settling its eastern parts with the Anglos as early as December 1821. In that year Stephen F. Austin was allowed to bring the first of his Old Three Hundred Settlers into his grant on the Brazos. Thereafter, Americans poured through Nacogdoches, the Gateway to Texas, in search of cheap land. By the time of the Texas revolution in 1836, Anglos greatly outnumbered the Spanish-Mexican population. The Mexican flag that flew over Nacogdoches and still flies over Mexico was adopted in 1825. It has three vertical green, white, and red fields of equal width. In the center of the white field is the Mexican eagle sitting on a nopal cactus holding a snake in its beak. In Mexican legend, this was a sign to the Aztecs that they had reached the land that was to be their home.

The Flag of the Fredonia Rebellion 1826 to 1827

For a brief while, the flag that flew over Nacogdoches was the red-and-white banner of Haden Edward's thirty-seven-day Fredonia Rebellion. Edwards had obtained a grant from Mexico to settle eight hundred families in East Texas in the Nacogdoches area. Unfortunately for him, most of the land had already been settled---legally and illegally---by the early Spanish, by Indians, and by Anglo squatters. His intrusion caused such a disturbance that the Mexican government revoked his grant. Disappointed over the loss of his grant, on December 16, 1826, Haden and his brother Benjamin rode into Nacogdoches, planted their flag in front of the Stone Fort, and proclaimed the Republic of Fredonia. They had formed an uncertain alliance with the Cherokees, thus the reason for the red and white colors of the flag. The flag carried the words "Independence Freedom and Justice" and the Signatures of sixteen of the original Fredonians. The Fredonian army consisted of no more than thirty men, the Cherokees never joined them, and Stephen F. Austin raised a militia to put down the East Texas rebellion. The Fredonians gave up their cause on January 22, 1827, and retreated eastward across the Sabine.

The Flag of the Republic of Texas 1836 to 1846

Mexican Texas became the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna on the plains of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. The first official flag was a white upside-down star on a blue background with T-E-X-A-S written between the points of the star. This flag never flew. The second flag of the Republic was adopted by the first Texas congress in December 1836. It bore a single, large gold star on a blue field. This flag was the same design as the "Bonnie blue flag that bears a single star" that was so popular among the Southern troops during the Civil War. The Lone Star flag that we now use was designed by Texas Senator William H. Wharton and was officially adopted by the Senate under President Mirabeau B. Lamar in 1839. The new flag kept the white star on the blue field, but now the blue field was a vertical stripe which occupied one-third of the flag, and it was balanced by horizontal white and red stripes, on the other two-thirds. This Texas flag has been prominently displayed for over 150 years.

The Flag of the Confederate States of America 1861 to 1865

For four years, the Stars and Bars flew over Nacogdoches and Texas. After years of conflicts of interest between the North and the South over states rights, slavery, and the right of secession, the Civil War began in March of 1861. Texas seceded and joined the Confederate States of America. It sent its Texas brigades into battle, and suffered for four years with the rest of the Confederacy before General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. The most enduring of the Confederate flags during the War was the Stars and Bars with the square of blue holding a circle of the seven original seceding states. Texas was the seventh star. Because the Confederate Stars and Bars and the Union Stars and Stripes were easily confused in the heat of battle, General P. G. T. Beauregard introduced a Confederate battle flag. This was a square red flag with a white-bordered blue cross running diagonally from corners to corners. The cross contained thirteen stars representing the eleven Confederate states plus Kentucky and Missouri. This battle flag became the flag most closely identified with the Southern cause. The Confederate Stars and Bars came down in Texas after April 1863 and Appomattox, and the United States Stars and Stripes have been flying over this State ever since.

The Flag of the United States of America since 1846

On February 19, 1846, the Lone Star flag was lowered over the Texas state capitol in Austin, and the Stars and Stripes was raised. The Republic of Texas had become the State of Texas. From the beginning of the Republic in 1836, the majority of the Texians, most of whom had come directly from the States, had wanted Texas to join the Union. But many in the Union did not want Texas in the United States. Some did not want one more Southern slave-holding state, and some were afraid of causing a war with Mexico. Nevertheless, on July 4, 1845, the Texas congress voted to accept the articles of annexation offered by United States President James K. Polk, and on December 29, 1845, the congressional resolution proclaiming Texas as a state in the Union was signed by President Polk. The Old Glory that was raised above the Texas state capitol on the following February 19, 1846, had twenty-eight stars in four rows of seven stars each. Except for the four years of the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, these Stars and Stripes have since 1846 flown over the State of Texas.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023