Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Dial H. Elkins
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Dial H. Elkins

Graveside services were held in Celeste Cemetery on May 12, 1963, at 4:00 PM
for Dial H. Elkins, 67, of Washington, D. C., following funeral services in
Saint James Episcopal Church, Denton. The Reverend E. H. Campbell, pastor,
officiated at both services.

The flag draped bronze casket told eloquently of service rendered this
country.

The deceased was a member of a large family, dating back three generations,
living in this area, the joining corners of Hunt, Collin, and Fannin counties.
He was a grandson of Captain Bob Lee, Confederate soldier of the Civil War who
was slain in the turbulent Reconstruction Period. Captain Lee, with his
family, is buried in the Lee Cemetery three and one-half miles southwest of
Leonard, the site of the home at that time.

Dial Elkins’ mother was Mary Lee, daughter of Captain Bob Lee. A brother, R.
D. Elkins, lived in Celeste and later in Greenville, where he died in 1951.

Dial Elkins, a successful Washington, D. C., businessman, has been a frequent
visitor to Celeste and Leonard and to the site of the burial of his
forebearers. In 1955, Mr. Elkins had the Lee Cemetery fenced, a caretaker
hired, and a large monument erected at his grandfather’s grave.

Mr. Elkins’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Elkins, and four of the Elkins
brothers are buried in the Celeste Cemetery. At the time of the Lee Cemetery
renovation, Elkins placed new markers at his family’s graves in the Celeste
Cemetery. He also had marble posts and a redwood gate installed at the
entrance. An inscription reads, " ‘What We Keep In Memory Is Ours Unchanged
Forever’ in memory of Mary Lee Elkins and William B. Elkins, 1955, Dial H.
Elkins."

Surviving and attending the services were his wife, Mrs. Dial Elkins of
Washington, D. C.; a brother, Glen M. Elkins of Fort Worth; a sister, Mrs.
Emmett Walker, Long Beach, California; and nieces, Mrs. C. W. Tinney, Denton;
Mrs. Roy T. Smith, Austin; a nephew, Horace McKinney, Fort Worth. Also a
grandniece, Mrs. Wade Nabors of Austin attended.

Friends of long standing who came with the remains from Denton were Dr. and
Mrs. Ector Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Razzor of Denton. (May 17, 1963, The
Celeste Courier)