James G. Wren, Obit

Hopkins Co. Tx

Submitted by Brandon Darrow

James Wren (Sulphur Springs News Telegram, November 12, 1981)

            James G. Wren, 73, of Route 1, Cumby, died at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Hospital.  Mr. Wren was born Oct. 11, 1903 in Hopkins County to Charlie and Anna Wright Wren.  He married Rosie Millsap on Nov. 5, 1930 in Brashear.

            Mr. Wren was a retired farmer and a member of the Center Point Baptist Church.

            Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Tapp Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Luther Allen and the Rev. W.T. Hensley officiating.  Burial will be in the Greenview Cemetery.

            Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Faye Tipps of Miller Grove; a brother, Orval Wren of Miller Grove; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gallagher and Mrs. Faye Dowdy, both of Dallas and Mrs. Elvie Woodard of Delhi, Calif.; three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

            Serving as pallbearers will be Dwayne Wren, Jerald Wren, Lewis Russell, Charles Millsap, Donnie Millsap, and David Allen.

            The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Tapp Funeral Home.