From the Paris News, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1959, p. 2 (including a picture):
L. A. Nance, 94, of 172fi Bonham St., longtime Paris businessman and a pioneer Texas Oklahoma bus line operator, died Saturday at 7:25 a. m. at the Sanitarium of Paris. He had been ill several weeks. The funeral, Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be conducted at Gene Roden & Sons chapel by the Rev. John McLean of Garrett Memorial Methodist Church, where Mr. Nance was a member. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Nance leaves a son, R. C. Nance, and a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Newman, both of Paris. 16 other descendants, and a brother, C. L. Nance, Oklahoma City, Okla. His wife, the former Miss Mollie F. Shaw, died January 24, 1943. Born in Red River County, April 10, 1865, he was a son of the late Hudson J. and Caroline Nance. He lived in Paris at intervals over a period of years, returning here permanently in 1937. He lived in Hugo, Okla., from 1907 to 1913, when he came back to Paris to operate a grocery near the Frisco Railroad station, and from 1919 to 1923. was in the real estate business. Then he went to Ada, Okla., to operate the first bus line transportation for that section. During World War II, he and his son and son-in-law operated bus transportation to and from Camp Maxey and Hugo, Okla. Mr. Nance was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Woodmen of the World. Some years ago, he wrote a number of articles for the late Judge A. W. Neville's column. "Backward Glances," in The Paris News.
L. A. Nance, 94, of 172fi Bonham St., longtime Paris businessman and a pioneer Texas Oklahoma bus line operator, died Saturday at 7:25 a. m. at the Sanitarium of Paris. He had been ill several weeks. The funeral, Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be conducted at Gene Roden & Sons chapel by the Rev. John McLean of Garrett Memorial Methodist Church, where Mr. Nance was a member. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Nance leaves a son, R. C. Nance, and a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Newman, both of Paris. 16 other descendants, and a brother, C. L. Nance, Oklahoma City, Okla. His wife, the former Miss Mollie F. Shaw, died January 24, 1943. Born in Red River County, April 10, 1865, he was a son of the late Hudson J. and Caroline Nance. He lived in Paris at intervals over a period of years, returning here permanently in 1937. He lived in Hugo, Okla., from 1907 to 1913, when he came back to Paris to operate a grocery near the Frisco Railroad station, and from 1919 to 1923. was in the real estate business. Then he went to Ada, Okla., to operate the first bus line transportation for that section. During World War II, he and his son and son-in-law operated bus transportation to and from Camp Maxey and Hugo, Okla. Mr. Nance was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Woodmen of the World. Some years ago, he wrote a number of articles for the late Judge A. W. Neville's column. "Backward Glances," in The Paris News.
From the Paris News, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1959, p. 2 (including a picture):
L. A. Nance, 94, of 172fi Bonham St., longtime Paris businessman and a pioneer Texas Oklahoma bus line operator, died Saturday at 7:25 a. m. at the Sanitarium of Paris. He had been ill several weeks. The funeral, Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be conducted at Gene Roden & Sons chapel by the Rev. John McLean of Garrett Memorial Methodist Church, where Mr. Nance was a member. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Nance leaves a son, R. C. Nance, and a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Newman, both of Paris. 16 other descendants, and a brother, C. L. Nance, Oklahoma City, Okla. His wife, the former Miss Mollie F. Shaw, died January 24, 1943. Born in Red River County, April 10, 1865, he was a son of the late Hudson J. and Caroline Nance. He lived in Paris at intervals over a period of years, returning here permanently in 1937. He lived in Hugo, Okla., from 1907 to 1913, when he came back to Paris to operate a grocery near the Frisco Railroad station, and from 1919 to 1923. was in the real estate business. Then he went to Ada, Okla., to operate the first bus line transportation for that section. During World War II, he and his son and son-in-law operated bus transportation to and from Camp Maxey and Hugo, Okla. Mr. Nance was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Woodmen of the World. Some years ago, he wrote a number of articles for the late Judge A. W. Neville's column. "Backward Glances," in The Paris News.
L. A. Nance, 94, of 172fi Bonham St., longtime Paris businessman and a pioneer Texas Oklahoma bus line operator, died Saturday at 7:25 a. m. at the Sanitarium of Paris. He had been ill several weeks. The funeral, Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be conducted at Gene Roden & Sons chapel by the Rev. John McLean of Garrett Memorial Methodist Church, where Mr. Nance was a member. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Nance leaves a son, R. C. Nance, and a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Newman, both of Paris. 16 other descendants, and a brother, C. L. Nance, Oklahoma City, Okla. His wife, the former Miss Mollie F. Shaw, died January 24, 1943. Born in Red River County, April 10, 1865, he was a son of the late Hudson J. and Caroline Nance. He lived in Paris at intervals over a period of years, returning here permanently in 1937. He lived in Hugo, Okla., from 1907 to 1913, when he came back to Paris to operate a grocery near the Frisco Railroad station, and from 1919 to 1923. was in the real estate business. Then he went to Ada, Okla., to operate the first bus line transportation for that section. During World War II, he and his son and son-in-law operated bus transportation to and from Camp Maxey and Hugo, Okla. Mr. Nance was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Woodmen of the World. Some years ago, he wrote a number of articles for the late Judge A. W. Neville's column. "Backward Glances," in The Paris News.
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