COGBURN, SALLIE
McKINNEY WOMAN STEALS SHOW AT SETTLERS PICNIC
Newspaper, 1963.
A McKinney woman who married in 1899 at an earlier Grayson County Old Settlers’ picnic and who at the age of 91 still works as a doctor’s receptionist stole the show here Friday at the revival of the picnic.
Spry Mrs. Sallie Cogburn walked away with the prize of oldest woman at the picnic which drew a small crowd. It was the first time an actual picnic has been held in many years at the annual reunion....
Family Wins Prize.
Prizes were also given to the largest family group, the J. O. Sterling family of Van Alstyne, with seven members of the family attending; the oldest couple, I. Q. Poindexter, 81 and wife, 75, of Howe, and the oldest man, Alexander Gray, 74.
Two other couples, F. I. Griff, 76, and wife, 76, of Sherman and T. B. Holloway, 74, and wife 75, of Sherman were also recognized for having been married 50 years or longer.
Mrs. Cogburn was the real star of the picnic. She told the group she had been working as receptionist for Dr. Harvey Truitt of McKinney since 1951. “He plans for me to take care of him in his old age,” she quipped.
Mrs. Cogburn was born on a farm near McKinney Sept, 12, 1871, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall.
After being married at the Old Settlers Picnic in 1899, she and her husband honeymooned at the Wheat House in Sherman. Her husband died in 1935. She is the mother of four children and has six great-grandchildren.
Howard Hall, a brother, was slain by Clyde Barrow in Sherman in 1930.
Presenting the prizes was Noble T. Lee, president of the picnic committee. The picnic was sponsored by the Old Settlers and the Sherman Optimists.
Newspaper, 1963.
A McKinney woman who married in 1899 at an earlier Grayson County Old Settlers’ picnic and who at the age of 91 still works as a doctor’s receptionist stole the show here Friday at the revival of the picnic.
Spry Mrs. Sallie Cogburn walked away with the prize of oldest woman at the picnic which drew a small crowd. It was the first time an actual picnic has been held in many years at the annual reunion....
Family Wins Prize.
Prizes were also given to the largest family group, the J. O. Sterling family of Van Alstyne, with seven members of the family attending; the oldest couple, I. Q. Poindexter, 81 and wife, 75, of Howe, and the oldest man, Alexander Gray, 74.
Two other couples, F. I. Griff, 76, and wife, 76, of Sherman and T. B. Holloway, 74, and wife 75, of Sherman were also recognized for having been married 50 years or longer.
Mrs. Cogburn was the real star of the picnic. She told the group she had been working as receptionist for Dr. Harvey Truitt of McKinney since 1951. “He plans for me to take care of him in his old age,” she quipped.
Mrs. Cogburn was born on a farm near McKinney Sept, 12, 1871, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall.
After being married at the Old Settlers Picnic in 1899, she and her husband honeymooned at the Wheat House in Sherman. Her husband died in 1935. She is the mother of four children and has six great-grandchildren.
Howard Hall, a brother, was slain by Clyde Barrow in Sherman in 1930.
Presenting the prizes was Noble T. Lee, president of the picnic committee. The picnic was sponsored by the Old Settlers and the Sherman Optimists.
