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- Past Matron of Bardwell Chapter #560, Order of the Eastern Star
Came to back to Texas in 1914 with parents and resided in the Howard-Bardwell area for remainder of life
Medical: Carcinoma of the cervix
Frankie starting writing for the Bardwell News around 1940. When shestarting wiring the new of the Bardwell-Howard area for the Ennis Dailyshe was just substituting for Mrs. Charles E. Cash who later moved to theDallas area. Frankie agreed to write the news for just a few months andwas still at it in 1967 at the time of celebration of her 50th weddinganniversay to Pendell Wheatley. Her phone number at that time was646-2251 in Howard, Ellis County, Texas.
One of the articles from the "Bardwell News" column was regarding aSunday dinner at their home. Guests were Mrs. Frank Howard and Mr. andMrs. Charles E. Cash of Waxahachie., Mr. and Mrs. R. L. (LeaMond) Tuneand daughters of Grand Prairie, Texas, Harvey Clark of Corpus Christi,Texas, Mr. and Mrs Rob Tune of Ovilla and Mrs Dick (Nora) Wheatley ofHoward-Bardwell area. This article is not dated, but would have beencirca 1949-1950.
Articles in possession of family 2006.
Frankie
English: (m.) Pet form of Frank. (f.) Pet form of Frances, Francesca, orFrancine. As a female name, it is perhaps most familiar as the name ofthe heroine of The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny, who ended up in theelectric chair, “with the sweat running through her hair”.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Francis
English (and Old French) form of Italian Francesco, introduced intoEngland in the early 16th century, when there was a surge of admirationfor, and imitation of, Italian Renaissance culture. Short forms: Frank,Fran, France.
Feminine form: Frances.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Mae
English: variant spelling of May, possibly influenced by Maeve.
Maeve
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Meadhbh, an ancient Celtic name meaning“intoxicating, she who makes drunk”. It is borne by the Queen of Connachtin the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailgne, “the Cattle Raid of Cooley”. In this,Meadhbh leads a raid on Ulster in order to seize the Brown Bull ofCooley, but she is repulsed single-handed by the hero Cuchulain. Thehistorical events underlying the epic probably took place in about the1st century AD. Shakespeare's Queen Mab, “the fairy”s midwife' (Romeo andJuliet I. iv. 53), may owe her name, if nothing else, to the legendaryQueen of Connacht. Variants: Mave (also an informal short form of Mavis),Meave.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Howard surname meaning
English: from the Norman personal name Huard, Heward, composed of theGermanic elements hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’,‘strong’.
English: from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward, composed ofthe Old Norse elements há ‘high’ + varðr ‘guardian’, ‘warden’.
English: variant of Ewart 2.
Irish: see Fogarty.
Irish (County Clare) surname adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic ÓhÍomhair, which was formerly Anglicized as O’Hure.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19-508137-4
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Frankie Wheatley
Name: Frankie Wheatley
Death Date: 13 Apr 1973
Death County: Ellis
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single(Incorrect....married at time of death)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Departmentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDepartment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
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1899 - 1973 (74 years)
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