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Waco News-Tribune
Waco, Texas
Tuesday, November 30, 1965

Mrs. Talley’s Brother Dies; Services Today

MEXIA  (SPL)  --  George A. Broxton, 80, long-time Limestone County farmer, died Monday at 11:15 a.m. in a Waco hospital after a short illness.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Criswell Cemetery near Ben Hur.  Capt. Robert Hall of Waco Salvation Army will officiate.  Riddle Funeral Home of Mexia is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Broxton was a native of Grimes County; but lived most of his life in Limestone County.  For the past year, he had lived with a sister, Mrs. Nora Talley, in Waco.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.

The sister is Mr. Broxton’s only known surviving relative.

(George is the son of William Thomas Broxton & Lizzie Williams Broxton.
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