Extracted from The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX)
Friday, April 28, 1961

Mrs. Hadderton Dies At Sweetwater

SWEETWATER -- Funeral arrangements for Mrs. J. S. Hadderton, 80, longtime Roby resident, are incomplete and will be announced by Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hadderton died Thursday at 12:10 a.m. at the home here of her sister, Mrs. Callie Rasberry.

Born Mollie Jane McElroy on April 13, 1881, in Franklin, she had been a resident of Roby for 50 years. She married Jack S. Hadderton on April 22, 1903, at the McElroy ranch in Nolan County. Her husband died July 13, 1945.

Surviving are three sons, Jack of Las Vegas, N. M., Henry of Roby, and Davis of Merkel; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Ben Wade, Mrs. Della Montgomery, and Mrs. Rasberry, all of Sweetwater, and Mrs. Ada Anderson of Waco.