Stephenville Empire Tribune
Nov 24, 1944

 

Mrs. A. K. Wylie Dies in Hospital At Ranger, Nov. 13

 

News of the death of Mrs. Mollie Fulfer Wylie, wife of A. K. Wylie of the Exray community, brought heartache to many Erath county friends, and deepest mourning to her family to whom she was always very dear.
Suffering from ill health over a period of several years, Mrs. Wylie had been conveyed to the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. E. Miller and family in Ranger, Texas, in the hope that the change would be beneficial. She became critically ill on Monday morning early, November 13, and was carried to the hospital in that city, where she passed away at 7:15 o'clock in the evening.
The funeral party arrived at the family home on Tuesday, but the memorial service honoring Mrs. Wylie was delayed; awaiting the arrival from California of a son, W. J. (Buddy) Wylie and wife. The service, conducted by Reverend Rucker and a minister of the Presbyterian church in Ranger, was held at the Exray Church edifice on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. the Christian ceremonies were fitly commemorative of a life that had been "hidden in Christ", since the conversion of Mollie Fulfer at the age of twelve years, when she united with the Presbyterian church, Requiem music included the old-time religious songs that she had sung in worship services since childhood.
Close to the end of the day, the body of Mrs. Fulfer was laid to rest in the Exray cemetery, and serving in the sad duties of pallbearers were Ted Fulfer, Dean Wylie, Mike Davis, Bill Nachtigal, Joe Evans, and Andrew Luttrell. Carrying the massive floral offering and decorating the church altar for the service and afterward the grave where the beloved woman sleeps were Naomi Luttrell, Billie Lou Blue, Frances Venable, Paralee Maudin, Annie Fulfer, Irene Evans, Flora Young, Sue Fulfer.
A native of Texas, Mollie Fulfer, was born in Hunt county September 30, 1872. As a little child she came to the Exray community with her parents and her home was in that section until her translation to her home in Heaven. She was married to Andrew Kelsie Wylie January 8, 1890, and to them were born thirteen children, three of whom preceded her in death.
Survivors of Mrs. Wylie are her husband and the following sons and daughters, John Wylie, Lingleville, Richard Wylie, Exray; Henry Wylie, Hobbs, N. M. ; P. D. Wylie, Fort Worth; W. J. Wylie, Cotton, Calif; Victor Wylie, Exray; Kelsie Wylie, Dallas; cage Wylie, Troy; Mrs. C. E. Miller, Ranger; and Mrs. Rex Cates, Topeka, Kan. Her decedents number nineteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A tribune immeasurable in meaning is that her children and their families "rise up to call her blessed."