Wise County Texas
Funeral Records

(No information about the cost of funerals was included)
    These records were book pages or form sheets that we scanned into "JPG" picture format. 
Below are links to alphabetical lists of the over 19,000 records.

Click the buttons below to go to last names that start with:

Home A-C D-G H-L M-Q R-S T-Z Coker Ledger

       The records came from Christian-Coker Funeral Home in Decatur, TX , Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport, TX, and Christian/Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd, TX. (See Addresses below)
    The oldest records are from 1914. Most of the forms are not completely filled in, but they MAY contain the following information: - Some have obituaries attached

Name of Deceased

Color or Race

Sex

Married or Never Married

Widowed

Address

Date of Birth

Age

Birthplace

Occupation

Name of Spouse

Name of Father -

Where born

Name of Mother -

Where born

Date of Death

Date of Funeral

Services at

Clergyman

Religion of Deceased

Place of Death

Cause of Death

Contributory Causes

Certifying Physician or Coroner -

City

Ship Remains To

Cemetery or Crematory -

Address

Funeral Notice

Notes About Who Paid Bills

Pall Bearers

Charge To

Order Given By

Children

Brothers & Sisters

    The names may be listed more than once because records may have been found in books and also in files. If there is an "A" or "B" with the page number it may mean that the name was only a note on a page. Some of the older records may only have a name and date.

“Number in Book Name” is the year of the first record for that book 
(books may cover several years)

B

Books

Boyd Funeral Home Records  

Copied From Books and Files Loaned by:
Christian/Hawkins Funeral Home
100 S. Ewing, Boyd TX 76023
940-433-5310

C

Books

Christian or Coker Funeral Homes in Decatur  

Copied From Books Loaned by:
Coker
-Hawkins Funeral Home
405 East Main, Decatur TX 76234
940-627-5959

H

Books

Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport  

Copied From Books and Files Loaned by:
Hawkins Funeral Home

1909  9th Street, Bridgeport TX 76426
940-683-2211

 

 

 

F

Means

Record came from a file sheet

L

Means

Record was a ledger entry

HCD

Means

File records when Hawkins owned Christian FH in Decatur