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Published in the Athens Review April 23, 1942
Funeral services for E.O. (Elie) Dodson, 71, pioneer Malakoff citizen were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church of Malakoff. The Rev. Truman Bailey, pastor and the Rev. W.P. Bond, pastor of the Methodist Church at Malakoff conducted the last rites.
Following the church services, interment was held at the Malakoff cemetery.
The deceased succumbed at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. He had been in poor health for several years, and had been confined to his bed for the last several weeks.
Surviving are his wife and ten children; seven sons, J.B. Dodson of Corsicana; Fonzo, Dallas; F.E., Gladewater; Arvey, San Antonio; Larkin, Fort Worth; Dewey, Route 1, Malakoff; C.O. and Joe of Malakoff; and three daughters, Mrs. Mitt Clay, Route 1, Malakoff; Mrs. Johnny Reeves, Fort Worth and Mrs. Ira Kinsey, Athens.
Elie Dodson was widely known throughout this section and was well liked by everyone. In the early days, he conducted the town's livery stable and when the machine age arrived to deprive him of that business, he turned to the transfer business, which he operated with mule teams until he was enabled to motorize his own units of transportation . He remained in this business until his advancing age forced his retirement a few years ago.
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1870 - 1942 (71 years)
