Causey, Charles W.

C. W. Causey Is Victim Of Stroke Tuesday Night

Community Grieves His Sudden Death While Attending Public Meeting

Citizens of Eagle Lake were shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Charles W. Causey, 59, Tuesday night while attending a public meeting called by the city council to discuss the installation of dial telephones.

Mr. Causey joined other citizens present at the meeting in presenting facts and asking questions of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company representatives.

At 9:30 he suddenly suffered a stroke. Citizens at the meeting did everything possible to be of assistance and the Eagle Lake Volunteer Fire Department resusiciator under the direction of A. H. Dipple, was brought to use almost immediately; however, all efforts were futile and when Dr. J. C. Laughlin arrived on the scene several minutes later, he pronounced his death, due to a cerebral hemorrhage.

Funeral services had not been set at press time this morning. Considerable delay has been experienced in reaching his sons, both of whom are at present in foreign countries. If a son, Gordon can arrive here, services will be held Friday afternoon; otherwise services will be conducted Saturday. [Interment in Lakeside Cemetery]

Mr. Causey was one of the most respected and loved citizens of our community and took a very active part in civic affairs such as the meeting with the telephone company representatives. He recently assumed the presidency of the Eagle Lake Rotary Club. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Houston Arabia Temple Shrine, and was a life long faithful follower of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Lissie.

Mr. Causey was known to his many friends and fellow Rotarians as “Charlie” and was one of the most successful and prominent producers of rice in this area. He was part owner and served as manager of the Lakeside Elevator and Grain Company and was prominently associated with providing better and larger rice drying and storage facilities for the community.

He was born in San Antonio and in 1908 the Causey family moved to the Lissie community. There he and his family resided until a fire destroyed their home. They recently moved into their new home in Eagle Lake on Highway 200 some two years ago, and have taken an active part in the everyday life of Eagle Lake.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ida Causey, one daughter, Jeanette of Eagle Lake and Southwestern University; Lt. C. W. Causey, Jr., of the United States Navy and Gordon, of Eagle Lake and presently residing in South America. Also one brother, Ed Causey of Lissie; and two sisters, Miss Ruth Causey of Lampasas and Mrs. H. B. Curtis of Pasadena, California.

Sympathy deep and sincere is felt for his wife and children and other sorrowing relatives.

Eagle Lake Headlight, July 17, 1952
Submitted by Joyce Stancik

Causey, Edward Herbert Sr.

Edward Herbert Causey Sr. taken by death

Edward Herbert Causey Sr., 86, of Eagle Lake died Dec. 2, at Memorial Southwest Hospital.

He was born Jan. 12, 1902 in San Antonio, a son of the late Lydia Arnold and the Rev. George Causey. At the age of four he moved with his family to Lissie where his father was assigned as the first minister of the Evangelical Church in that community.

On Jan. 21, 1923, Ed Causey and Opal Hough were united in marriage. He was a prominent rice farmer and until retirement served as a director of the American Rice Growers Asso. for many years. Mr. Ed, as he was affectionately known, was a life-long member of the Lissie Church which is now Lissie United Methodist Church. He participated actively in the programs of the church until failing health limited his attendance. He was active in civic and community affairs.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Charlie, and three sisters, Anna Mae Clipson, Ruthe Causey and Clara Thomas.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Opal Hough Causey; a sister and brother-in-law, Lydia and H. B. Curtis of Pasadena, CA.; a daughter and son-in-law, Nadine and Ralph Halvorsen of Houston; a son and daughter-in-law, George and Ida Causey of Eagle Lake; a son and daughter-in-law, Ed Jr. and Hope Causey of Houston; a daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Ivan Banfield of Dennison, a son Alan of New York City, N.Y.; eight grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Monday in Lissie at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Huey Clements, pastor, and Rev. Charles Runk of the Eagle Lake United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment followed at Lakeside Cemetery in Eagle Lake.

Pallbearers were Mark, Paul and Terry Causey, Steve Halvorsen, Gerald W. Clipson, Dr. Russell Thomas, Wade Laughlin and Bryan Johnson.

If desired, contributions may be made to the Ed Causey memorials at the Lissie United Methodist Church or the Eagle Lake Community Hospital.

Eagle Lake Headlight, December 8, 1988
Submitted by Joyce Stancik

Causey

Edward Herbert Causey, Sr. of Eagle Lake entered into eternal rest on Dec. 2 at Memorial Southwest Hospital.
He was born Jan. 12,1902 in San Antonio to Lydia Arnold and the Rev. George Causey. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Lissie where his father was assigned as the first minister of the Evangelical Church in that community.

He resided in the Lissie and Eagle Lake area his entire life. He was a prominent rice farmer and, until his retirement, served as a director of the American Rice Growers Association for many years. Mr. Ed, as he was
affectionately known, was a life long member of the Lissie Church which is now Lissie United Methodist Church. He participated actively in the programs of the church until failing health limited his attendance. He was active in civic and community affairs.

He married Opal Hough on January 21, 1923 in Lissie.

Mr. Causey was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Charlie; 3 sisters, Anna Mae Clipson, Ruth Causey and Clara Thomas.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Opal Hough Causey, a sister and brother-in-law. Lydia and H. B. Curtis of Pasadena, California; a daughter and son-in-law, Nadine and Ralph Halvorsen of Houston; a son
and daughter-in-law, George and Ida Causey of Eagle Lake; a son and daughter-in-law, Ed Causey, Jr. and Hope of Houston; a daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Ivan Banfield of Dennison; a son Alan of New York City; 8 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held in Lissie at the United Methodist Church at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 5. Rev. Huey Clements and Rev. Charles Runk officiated. Mrs. Alice Schmidt served as organist and Mrs. Gay Anderson was soloist. She sang “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and “How Great Thou Art."

Interment was at Lakeside Cemetery in Eagle Lake. Dulany Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in Ed Causey’s memory be to the Lissie United Methodist Church Memorial Fund or Eagle Lake Community Hospital.

Pallbearers were: Mark Causey, Paul Causey, Terry Causey, Steve Halvorsen, Gerald W. Clipson, Dr. Russell Thomas, Wade Laughlin and Bryan Johnson.

Colorado County Citizen, December 14, 1988, page 2

Causey, George

GEORGE CAUSEY DIED SUDDENLY AT HOME IN LISSIE EARLY TODAY

Daughter Of Loved Citizen Of Lissie Finds Body Of Father Slumped In Lot At His Home At 7 O'clock This Morning

Rev. George Causey, 74 years of age, a loved citizen of Lissie, died suddenly at his home shortly after 7 o'clock this, Friday, morning.

Mr. Causey, apparently in his usual health, left the house to go to the lot to milk, as was his custom. Not having returned to the house in the usual time, his daughter, Miss Anna Mae Causey, a teacher in the Lissie schools, went to the lot and there found the body of her father slumped to the ground. The body was still warm. Dr. L. C. Wozencraft of Eagle Lake was summoned and pronounced death due to heart failure.

George Washington Causey was born in Vandalla, Illinois, July 20, 1857. When eighteen years of age he moved with his parents to Ennis, Texas, from which place he moved to San Antonio where he preached to the soldiers at Government Hill.

He was married on October 29, 1889, to Miss Lydia Arnold of San Antonio, who preceded him in death in 1908.

Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Causey moved from Ennis to Sherman in 1905, where he was pastor of the Evangelical church, and the following year they moved to Lissie where he served as pastor of the Evangelical church for six years. From 1912 to 1918 the family resided at Gobbler Creek and El Campo where he was pastor of the churches of the two places. In 1918, Mr. Causey and family again moved to Lissie where he served as pastor until his resignation three years ago, when he retired from active ministry.

Mr. Causey was loved by all who knew him and his sudden death is a shock to the community.

He is survived by six children, Mrs. Clara Thomas, of Lissie, Miss Ruth Causey, of Livingston, county demonstration agent for Polk county, Miss Anna Mae Causey of Lissie and Miss Lydia Causey of Los Angeles, California, and two sons, Charles and Edward Causey of Lissie, who have the sincere sympathy of all our people in their irreparable loss.

At the time of going to press funeral arrangements had not been completed. [Interment in Lakeside Cemetery]

Eagle Lake Headlight, September 27, 1931

Causey, John E.

Death of Mr. John E. Causey

Mr. John E. Causey died at Dr. Lunn’s infirmary in Houtson[sic] at four o’clock last Friday morning after a short illness. His remains were brought to Eagle Lake on the noon Southern Pacific train and laid to rest in the Masonic cemetery at 4:30 P.M.

John was born and reared in Eagle Lake and was well known and well liked by everyone in the community. He was always a great friend of the HEADLIGHT and his name was the very first that went down on our subscription books.

He leaves a wife, three small children, a mother, two brothers, Messrs. Frank and Thomas, and two sisters, Mrs. A. C. McClanahan and Mrs. Octavia Langston, of Palestine, and a host of warm, personal friends to mourn his loss. The HEADLIGHT extends condolence to the grief-stricken relatives.

Eagle Lake Headlight, February 5, 1904, page 7

Causey, Maria Shireen

Maria Shireen Causey

Maria Shireen Causey was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on January 1, 1956; she left this world on March 18, 1994 in Nairobi, Kenya.

She was the daughter of Gordon D. Causey of Lissie, Texas, and Ruby Temple Causey of Piura, Peru. She is survived by her parents, her brother Temple (married to Donya Knudsen), her sister Penelope, her sister Magdalena (married to Kerry Rickelman), and her maternal grandmother, Magdalena Seminarioi de Temple.

Shireen lived in Karachi, Pakistan; the Canary Islands; Houston, Texas; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Singapore; Piura, Peru; Austin, Texas (where she attended the University of Texas for one semester): Athens, Greece; and Paris, France (where she took a three month course at Le Cordon Bleu). She stayed in Paris for fourteen years working at the boutique Michel Swiss.

In 1992, she made the decision to work in a field where she could use her great skill of assisting others, and joined the United Nations. She was first assigned to Cambodia where she helped the U.N. mission with minesweeps and election preparations. After the U.N. election mission was completed, she was asked to transfer to Kigali, Rwanda, where she served as a secretary liaison official starting in January of 1994.

She contracted cerebral malaria in Marach in Kigalia and was flown to Kenya for medical treatment at the Nairobi Hospital. Before her death, she was anointed by Father Rossi of the Consolata Shrine in Nairobi. She passed away on March 18, at 1:15 p.m.

A mass was held for her at 5:30 p.m. on March 20, 1994, at the Consolata Shrine in Nairobi with the attandance of her parents, friends and friends from the U.N. She was cremated on March 21 after a funeral service by Father Rossi and her ashes have been distributed to her three different homes: France, Texas and Peru. She rests with her paternal ancestors at the Lakeside Cemetery in Eagle Lake, Texas, and also in the mountains at her country home in Cispiere, France. Her remaining ashes will be buried in Piura, Peru, with her maternal ancestors.

Shireen's paternal ancestors include her great grandfather Reverend George Washington Causey, the founder of the Lissie Church. Her grandparents are Charles Causey and Ida Isenhower Causey. Her father, Gordon Donald Causey, grew up in Lissie, graduated from the University of Texas and has spent a lifetime working worldwide as a geophysicist and industrial engineer in electronics. He currently works in Colombia and lives in Lima, Peru, with his wife of forty years, Ruby Temple Causey.

Shireen's maternal ancestors include here great grandfather Robert Sinclair Temple who arrived in Peru from Scotland to work for Duncan Fox as a manager. He was a descendant of "Black Agnes" (Dunbar) and was instrumental in bringing the first bridge to Piura, Peru. Her grandfather Alberto R. Temple, was a merchant, mainly working in the cotton trade. He owned a cotton gin. Her maternal ancestry also includes Miguel Jeronimo Seminario y Jaime who declared the independence of Piura, Peru,on July 28, 1821.

Shireen will be sadly missed by all who had the great fortune to know her. She gave everyone the treasure of her friendship, generosity, compassion and sweetness.

The name "Shireen", means "sweetness" in Persian and Hebrew.

The Eagle Lake Headlight, Thursday April 28, 1994

Causey, Ruth Elizabeth (Wilson)

LAST RITES HELD SAT. FOR MRS. RUTH W. CAUSEY

Relatives and friends were saddened to learn of the death of Mrs. Ruth Wilson Causey, Thursday, December 18 at 10 o'clock in the evening in the Eagle Lake Community Hospital.  She had been in failing health for a number of years with a heart ailment.

Funeral services were held from the Mill-Bauer Funeral Chapel Saturday, December 20 at 2:00 p.m.  Favorite organ hymns were played. Interment was in the Lakeside Cemetery.  The Rev. George Welsch, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, officiated at the services.

Pallbearers were Frank Reese, E. Harrison Walker, F. M. Dromgoole, David Wintermann, Gardner Duncan, Robert Wells, Jr., Joe L. McCreary, and Joe N. Frazar, Jr.

Mrs. Causey was born May 30, 1893 in Plainview, Texas.  Her parents were Fannie Thatcher Wilson and Thomas J. Wilson.  She resided in Eagle Lake most all of her life and was employed at different times as bookkeeper in business houses here.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Elkins and Miss Johnnie Wilson of this city; and one brother, Thomas J. Wilson of Houston; and other relatives and friends. [Ruth Causey is survived by her nieces Frances Hutchings, Dorothy Cox and Marie Wilson Huffines of Houston, Ruth Orr of Bellaire, Willie Maye Tate of El Campo, Josephine Paul of San Antonio.]

She was a member of the Episcopal Church and the American Association for Retired Persons.

Sympathy is extended to the relatives in the loss of this loved one.

Eagle Lake Headlight
Submitted by Dorothy Cox

Causey, Ruth Margaret

Miss Ruth Causey, Retired HD Agent, Passes Away

Miss Ruth Margaret Causey, a retired teacher and County Home Demonstration Agent for many, many years passed away at 12:45 p.m. Monday, December 13th in the Laughlin Hospital following an illness of over six weeks.

Miss Causey retired just recently after serving as Home Demonstration Agent in Hardin County for nine years. Prior to that she taught in Henderson, Lockhart, La Grange, and Gonzales; and was Home Demonstration Agent in Polk, Rusk, Fayette and Gonzales Counties. She dedicated her life to being of service to others and to adding joy to the lives of her friends and relatives.

Miss Causey was born on Oct. 11th, 1900, in San Antonio, the daughter of George and Lydia Causey. The family later moved to the Lissie community.

Surviving are: a brother, Ed Causey of Eagle Lake; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Curtis of Pasadena, California; seventeen nieces and nephews, and thirty-five great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15th, from the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Lissie with the Rev. Thomas Kirby, pastor, officiating. The Lissie Adult choir, accompanied by Mrs. Ike Etheridge, rendered favorite hymns, “Peace Like A River” and “It Is Well With My Soul.”

Burial was in the Lakeside Cemetery in Eagle Lake. Serving as pallbearers were: Raymond Thomas, Ralph Thomas, George Causey, Ralph Johnson, James Clipson, Jr., Gerald Clipson, of this city and Ralph Halvorsen of Houston.

Mill-Bauer Funeral Home was in charge of the services.

She was a member of the Lissie EUB Church.

During her life’s span she made many, many friends and all join in extending deepest sympathy to the family in the loss of their loved one.

Eagle Lake Headlight, December 16, 1965
Submitted by Joyce Stancik

Causey, T. Anderson

Mr. T. A. Causey, one of our best citizens, died Tuesday, after an illness of ten days, and was buried with Masonic honors Wednesday evening. [Interment in Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery] We sympathize greatly with the bereaved family. --Eagle Lake cor. Citizen.

Weimar Mercury, November 14, 1891, page 4