MARSDEN, T. T., Beeville Picayune, Thursday, 10 Apr 1941:

Funeral Rites for T. T. Marsden
Pioneer Beeville Resident Died in Hospital Monday, April 7, 1941.
Funeral rites for T. T. MARSDEN, 68 were held Tuesday afternoon, April 8, at 4 o'clock at the family residence, 1001 North 
Tyler Street. Rev. Sam B. HILL, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, delivered the eulogy after Rev. S. B. BEALL, 
assistant pastor of First Methodist church, had read the scripture. Rev. R G. STOCKER, pastor of St. Joseph's 
Catholic Church, offered tire prayer. Special songs included "How Firm a Foundation" and "The Old Rugged Cross" 
were sung by Harold CULPEPPER. And William H. WHEELES. Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery under the 
direction of Walker Funeral Home.

Active pallbearers were 1. J. MILLER, J. R SCOTT, R J. BEASLEY, B. W. ADAMS, I. N. BOOTH, J. D. HERMES, 
Allee NUT, and E. BAGLEY.

Mr. Marsden died at 5 P. M. Monday, following an illness, which had its inception in June 1940, when he suffered a 
Heart attack. He was able to return to his duties at the courthouse as relief administrator for short periods of time, 
but his continued illness later made it necessary for him to give up the work. Recently he suffered a stroke and 
had been a patient in a local hospital since that time.

A native of Beeville and a member of a prominent pioneer family, Thomas Turner Marsden, third son of T. H. and 
Fannie (Jones) Marsden spent his entire life in Beeville. He was born February 12,1873, and was happily united in 
marriage to Miss Clara NATIONS (Sep. 25, 1889  Sep.30, 1970) of Beeville in 1908. The marriage rites were 
performed in San Antonio. Following their marriage they returned to Beeville and have made their home here 
continuously.

Surviving, besides his sorrowing wife, are two brothers, Duke of Galveston and Dick of Brady, three sisters, 
Mrs. Katie JONES of Brady, Mrs. Lillie JONES of Austin, Mrs. Clara MARSDEN of Brady, three nieces and a nephew, 
children of his deceased brother, A. C. Marsden. Also surviving are other relatives, they are Mrs. E. S. ADAIR, of 
Beeville and Mesdames E. A. CLARKSON and Maston MURPHY of Refugio.

Mr. Marsden was a member of the W. O. W. He owned and operated the Marsden Drug Store for several years, had 
been county relief administrator.

Few men have held the respect of the citizens to a higher degree that Tom Marsden held the respect of his life long friends. 
In a city where he was born and had spent his entire life he was best loved by those who had known him longest and by 
those who were closely associated with him. He was of a quiet disposition, yet he never hesitated to speak out and take 
a stand on any question and would fearlessly defend it so long as he was convinced he was in the right. Tom Marsden 
was ruggedly honest, and his square dealing, honest life stands as a tribute to the type of men who helped carve civilization 
out of the wilderness in the days before and immediately following the Civil War.

The following honorary pallbearers were named: Rocky REAGAN, O. KENNEDY, Jim BALLARD, Louis SCHMIDT, 
Sid HALL, Claude HUGHES, Frank ELLIS, Dick JONES, Jim DOUGHERTY, Stafford REES, Fred MALONE, Dub ADAIR, 
Guy NATIONS, Walter NATIONS, Maston MURPHY, E. A. CLARKSON, Frank McKINNEY, Jess McKINNEY, John BURKE,
Walter TIMON, E. S. ADAIR, John Dial Bryan ADAIR, J. T. HALL, Turner WILSON, W. A. GEFFERT, J. C. BURROWS, Joe WILSON, 
J. E. FORSTER, Eugene McCOLLOM, A. YAHR, Bob BECKCOM, Dr. S. E. McNEILL, Dr. E. E. MILLER, Dr. H. E. LANCASTER, 
G. C. GILLETTE, Fred WEBER, Burke WILSON, Joe BURKE, John BEASLEY, Sam MITCHELL, and Clark WOOD.