Far From Loveless: William H. & Jo Hazel Loveless Celebrate 50 Years

William Hutson “Hutts” and Josephine Hazel Lancaster married on 24 November 1915 in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.[1] Fifty years later they celebrated their golden anniversary on 12 August 1965 in the home of their daughter, Lynn.[2] Four of their granddaughters also assisted.

The anniversary was covered in the Seminole Sentinel newspaper and gave the date of the marriage as 27 November 1915 rather than the date listed by the minister on the marriage record. Looking carefully at the marriage record, the minister, R. L. Smallwood, did the return on 14 December 1915. So, either he got the date mixed up or after fifty years Hutts and Jo got the date mixed up.

Fiftieth anniversary articles are often full of biographical information and this one does not disappoint. I get a better sense of their timeline. He farmed in Erath County for several years and left for Slaton, Texas in 1926. In 1940, they moved to Fort Worth where he worked at a food store. He was still working there. They were active with the Baptist Church since their marriage. They had three children, nine grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren. Not all of these were named in the article; only those who came from out of town.

We also learn about the party. The “reception table was laid in a white lace cloth and centered with an arrangement of white and gold. A tiered white and gold wedding cake, punch, and coffee were served to guests.”

Also included in the article is a photo of the couple. Hutts was my grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster’s maternal uncle and her mother’s older brother, and Jo was her paternal aunt and her father’s younger sister. Mrs. Crossland was Dorothy Loveless and Pansy’s double cousin, with whom she kept in touch the most even after moving to California.

Future Research
Four of the granddaughters are named but not all are in my database. What I need to do is locate obituaries for all their children and any grandchildren who have died and try to reconcile some of the names. Then compare these names with those on Ancestry DNA and Family Tree DNA. I also should look for them in Fort Worth directories to see if the store where he worked can be discovered. Hutts went on to live to 104. Jo died in 1983 at the age of 86.


#52Ancestors-Week 18: Love

This is my seventh year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow (https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/) at Generations Cafe.

I write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways.

[1] Erath Co, Texas, marriage, v. N, p. 187, Wm Hudson Loveless to Joe Hazel Lancaster, 1915; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3T-C9Y), citing IGN 004820399, image 341 of 404.

[2] “Fort Worth Couple Observe Golden Anniversary Here,” Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, 19 Aug 1965, p. 4, col. 3.


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