Julia Bay Cooper

Notes:

On her Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, she is shown as a daughter of Ernest Cooper and Anna Pounds. The informant is her son, Bennie Fullen.

Name: Julia Bay Fullen
Death Date: 18 Oct 1976
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 85 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1891
Birthplace: Arkansas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ernest Cooper
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Anna Pounds
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243980
Digital Film Number: 4005494
Image Number: 01235
Reference Number: 74096
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Julia married James Marion Fullen on 5 Sep 1907 in Ashdown, Little River County, Arkansas. James (son of James C. Fullen and Catherine Elizabeth Parker) was born on 22 Sep 1881 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Sep 1951 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Shooks Chapel Cemetery, Sulphur Spring, Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date of Death provided by Tiffany Layman based on DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS DEATHS 1966

Family/Spouse: Elva Ray Millsap. Elva was born on 1 May 1900 in Texas; died on 22 Feb 1964 in Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Texas Death Records:
Fullen Clifton J 05-14-1971 DALLAS M SINGLE

His actual Texas Death certificate, viewable online at Family Search.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that he was a driver for Sears-Roebuck.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Helen Phillips Mayo. Helen was born on 9 Jun 1907 in Texas; died on 20 Oct 1993; was buried in Shooks Chapel Cemetery, Sulphur Spring, Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded in the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Bessie 1913

Tiffany Layman supplied her exact date of birth, along with the date of her marriage to William Luther Green, and the date of her death, based on the following sources:

Source 1: Mary Ellen Ledford (Bessie Fullen m. into her family)
Source 2: HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS - BIRTHS 1935 ... for their child.....

Might she have been married later to a B.C. Colwell, and had another son, based on the following entry also from the Texas Birth Index?

28 Mar 1941 Male Hopkins B C Colwell Bessie Fullen

Bessie married William Luther Green on 3 Mar 1930. William was born before 1913; died on 28 Nov 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bessie married Wylie Jackson Browning on 22 Apr 1944 in Como, Hopkins County, Texas. Wylie was born on 23 Apr 1891 in Hopkins County, Texas; died on 20 Feb 1964 in Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded of the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Odell 1917

His grandson, Jesse Lee Fullen, reported that Odell and Adell were twins, and were born on February 25, 1917. Odell himself was the father of twins who were born on February 25, 1942, two sets of twins born on the twenty-fifth day of the second month, exactly 25 years apart.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Wood County, Mineloa City, JP 2
Enumerated April 10, 1940
SD 3 ED 250-5 Sheet 12A
Stone
111-259-R-5-No
Fullen, Odell Head m W 23 M No H4 Tx Same Place Mechanic Auto Garage
Fullen, Hazel Wf F W 18 M No 6 Tx Same Place
Fullen, Robert Lee Son M W 1 Tx Same Place

Family/Spouse: Hazel Marie McBride. Hazel was born on 16 Dec 1921 in Wichita County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded in the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Adell 1917

Tiffany Layman provided more complete information about her birth and death, based on the following sources:

Adell Blanche Fullen
b 2/15/1917 Sulpher Springs, Hopkins Co., TX
d 7/29/1999 De Soto, Dallas Co., TX
m William STARNES
Source 1: Texas Vital Statistics Birth Records
Source 2: My mother

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded in the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Otto 1919

Sunday, September 21, 1997
Grand Prarie News
Otto W. Fullen

Otto W. Fullen, 77, of Hutchins died Tuesday, Sept. 16, in a Dallas hospital following a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his son, Otto W. Fullen, Jr. in 1985, and grandson, David Fullen in 1992.

Born in Como, Mr. Fullen had been a Hutchins resident for the past two and one half years and a longtime resident of Dallas County. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Fullen retired in 1972, from Texas Pacific Motor Freight Company in Dallas as a truck driver. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Canton.

Mr. Fullen is survived by his wife of 60 years, Effie Fullen of Hutchins; daughter and son-in-law Jerry and Mary Fullen of Balch Springs; sisters Adell Starnes of Lancaster and Dorothy Durbin of Dallas; brother Travis Fullen of Aurora, Col.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services took place Friday, Sept. 19, at Bean-Massey-Burge Chapel in Grand Prarie. Burial followed in Grand Prarie's Southland Cemetery.

Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

(Courtesy of Veronica Fullen Limsky)

Otto married Effie Mae Starnes on 9 Apr 1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Effie was born on 18 Mar 1917 in Irving, Dallas County, Texas; died on 10 Mar 2002 in Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Southland Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded in the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Elizabeth 1920

Family/Spouse: Horace Elvin Hood. Horace was born about 1920; died on 1 Dec 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wyoming Tribune Obituary (Courtesy of Tiffany Layman)

Travis B. Fullen, 75, of Cheyenne died April 3 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was born Oct. 29, 1925, in Hopkins County, Texas, and had lived here since October 1995 with prior residence of 20 years in Denver. Mr. Fullen was a salesman. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Denver, Eagles Lodge, American Legion and Moose Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Katherine Fullen of Cheyenne, whom he married March 23, 1958; son, Glenn Fullen of Arizona; stepdaughter, Sandra K. Leighton of Cheyenne; sister, Dorothy Durbin of Dallas; two grandchildren; and one great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Julia Fullen; five brothers; and four sisters. Cremation has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes.

FULLEN, Travis B; 75; Hopkins County TX-Cheyenne WY; 9 Apr 2001 Name: Travis Fullen SSN: 460-22-7803 Last Residence: 82007 Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America Born: 29 Oct 1925 Died: 3 Apr 2001 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)

Travis married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Travis married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Travis married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth information, as shown in the scan of BIRTHS recorded in the Fullen bible, was as follows:

Troy 1929

Don and Amy Fullen had a copy of his "Delayed Birth Registration" on their website. On this delayed birth registration, filed by affidavit by his sister Elsie Pearl Millsap, Troy's location of birth was given as Como, Hopkins County, Texas.

His headstone, pictured in Ameth's book, simply reads Troy Lee Fullen 1929-1968.

Tiffany Layman writes on website that: "Troy died January 20, 1968 six months after a tragic car accident that occurred on his way home from Colorado to visit his sick wife Virginia in the hospital. He is buried in Restland Memorial, Mesquite Texas next to his wife, and not far from his wife's mother Frances Bradley Bending and her second husband Joe Carruthers."

Source:

http://75167.tripod.com/id9.html

On his Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, his usual occupation was listed as Supervisor, Cafeteria. He was in the Villa Marie Nursing Home, presumably being cared for after the car accident that left him in a coma. The informant on the certificate was his wife, Mrs. Virginia Fullen.

Troy married Marguerite Virginia Post before 1948. Marguerite was born on 25 Mar 1922 in Washington Courthouse, Fayette County, Ohio; died on 14 Jul 1977 in Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Restland Memorial Cemetery, Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 lists a unnamed female born on October 20, 1931 of Julia COOPER and Marvin FULTON (sic) in Van Zandt County. It is ASSUMED this is the birth information for Dorothy.

She was married several times:

(1) John OLDNER, and they were the parents of:
Julia LaVearn OLDNER b. 1948
Linda J. OLDNER b. 1950
Carl M. OLDNER b. 1953
(2) Jack Hunnicutt, and they were the parents of
Jackie HUNNICUTT b. 1957
(3) Curtis L. MORRIS (m. 1969 Div. 1970)
(4) Paul DURBIN (m. 1 Nov 1972)


DURBIN, Dorothy (FULLEN); 72; Kaufman TX; Dallas M-N; 2005-8-26

Family/Spouse: Paul Kenneth Durbin. Paul was born on 25 May 1926; died on 30 Aug 1998; was buried in Shooks Chapel Cemetery, Sulphur Spring, Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bobbie Jean Gulledge. Bobbie was born on 8 May 1934; died on 1 Dec 1983; was buried in Shooks Chapel Cemetery, Sulphur Spring, Hopkins County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth Murray Millsap 7 Dec 1930 Male Hopkins Elva Ray Millsap Pearl Elsie Fullen

Tiffany Layman shows that he married Ernestine GARCIA.

Based on the birth record below, might be have been married twice?

Sharon Kaye Millsap 30 Apr 1954 Female Bexar Kenneth Murray Millsap Kathryn Cora Hauk

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

-------- 10 Nov 1939 Male Dallas William Smith Starnes Adell Blanche Fullen

This birth record, with the name of the child not listed, appears to be for William Smith Starnes, Jr., based on Tiffany Layman's website. She shows that William Smith Starnes Jr. was born on November 10, but with no year listed.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Otto W. Fullen Jr.

Services for Otto W. Fullen Jr., 44, of Dallas will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Southland Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at the Southland Cemetery.

Mr. Fullen died Monday at work in Dallas after a short illness.

A lifetime resident of Dallas, Mr. Fullen worked for Highland Construction Co. of Dallas. He served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army and was a member of the Baptist Church.

He is suvived by his wife, Carol McClure Fullen of Dallas; two sons, David G. and Scott A. Fullen of Dallas; one daughter, Veronica (Roni) Baker of Balch Springs; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto W. Fullen; sone brother, Rev. Jerry Fullen of Balch Springs; and one sister, Katherine Elaine Cooper of Grand Praire.

(Courtesy of Veronica Fullen Limsky)

Otto married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Slaying ends a religious mission
Arlington man charged in death of 'street minister'
By Kristen N. Sullivan
Arlington-David Fullen's mission for the past few weeks had been to draw 2,000 banners for this weekend's March for Jesus in downtown Fort Worth, his mother said.

The last banner, depicting a crown of thorns on a 4-foot-high cross, hangs unfinished on his bedroom wall in Carol Fullen's west Arlignton apartment. Police said Fullen's mission was cut short about 4:30 a.m. Saturday when he was run over three time by a pickup in the parking lot of a neighborhood bar.

Cliff M. Livingston, 42, of the 1300 block of Ashbury Drive, was charged with murder yesterday in the killing outside Tanstaafl Pub, 409 N. Bowen Road. Livingston was arrested Saturday...

"David's a real good talker, and I think he began ministering to this guy and sent the man into a tizzy," said Danny Smith, Fullen's associate pastor at Arlington Christian Center, 801 Bardin Road. "I think David was matyred for his faitn."

Fullen, 23, became what friends called a "street minister" about three years ago after joining the southwest Arlington church. Most evenings, he dressed in his black motorcycle jacket and black boots, collected his Bible and the pamplets he wrote describing his religious experiences and headed for Dallas' West End Marketplace or Deep Ellum, said Carol Fullen, his mother.

About 1:30 Saturday moning, Fullen joined a neighbor, Jesus Estrada, at Tanstaafl Pub next door to his Bowen Road apartment complex. At Tanstaafl, the two friends began talking to Livingston, witnesses said.

"I was sitting at the bar between the man and David," said Estrada, 25. "When the bar was about to close, the guy said, "Let's go to his house and have a couple of beer."

The three men left the bar in Livingston's 1987 gray Chevrolet S10 pickup....Livingston (later) drove them back to the pub.

Back at the bar, Estrada and Fullen climbed out of the pickup, police said. Fullen walked toward the tailgate, and the truck backed into Fullen, then ran over him three times, Estrada said.

"I ran to David and tried to pick him up," Estrada said, "He couldn't get up."

"He was just laying there," Estrad said. "I said: 'Don't give up. Don't give up, man."...Fullen ws pronounced dead at the scene.

Fullen, who portrayed Jesus this spring in Arlington Christian Center's Easter pagent, had completed several religious drawings for this weekend's interdominational march. Smith said children at the church are drawing and photocopying other banners to finish Fullen's work.

(Courtesy of Veronica Fullen Limsky)

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]