Hugh J. Dismukes - Palacios Fire Department, Palacios, TX, USA
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A small monument on at the Palacios VFD, honoring a 50 year firefighter.
Waymark Code: WMVXDE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2017
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Monument Text:
In Memory
HUGH J.
DISMUKES
1926 - 1976
50 Years of Service Palacios Fire Department
The Palacios Beacon - Palacios, TX - Oct. 7, 1976
Former Beacon Publisher Dismukes Rites Held
Hugh J. Dismukes, former co-owner of the Palacios Beacon, passed away at 3:30 a. m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, in the Veterans Hospital in Houston.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Leslie E. Webb officiating. Interment was in Hawley Cemetery.
Son of the late James William and Rosa Lee Leidorff Dismukes, he was born March 2, 1906, in Salisbury, Missouri. A resident of Palacios since June 1, 1919, he was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U. S. Army.
A member of the Palacios Volunteer Fire Department for more than 50 years, he was the last charter member of the department and was the oldest active fireman in the state of Texas.
He is survived by wife Evelyn of Palacios; daughter, Mrs. Margaret Johnson of Lancaster; son, Hugh C. Dismukes of Corpus Christi; sister, Mary Dismukes; brother, Jesse Dismukes, both of Palacios; seven grandchildren, and one great grandson.
Portal to Texas History - Palacios (Beacon Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1976 P1 - Accessed 6/28/2017