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04 April 2025

Daisy Lee Lynch, Daughter of Ella Lincecum, Drowns (Virtual Graves)



Born5 September 1908Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Died21 April 1929West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas, USA
BuriedWest Columbia CemeteryWest Columbia, Brazoria, Texas, USA


Daisy Lee was the daughter of Ella Lee Lincecum (1891-1953) and John Brown. As a young woman, she married Jeff Lynch, but the marriage didn't last long. They were parted by death before Daisy turned 21, as was reported on the front page of the 22 April 1929 edition of The Waxahachie Daily Light (Texas):
THREE DROWN IN TEXAS ON SUNDAY EVE

CAUGHT IN UNDERTOW OF RIVER NEAR WEST COLUMBIA.


WEST COLUMBIA, Tex., April 22. -- A joint funeral was to be held today for three West Columbia citizens who were caught in an undertow and drowned at the mouth of San Bernard River, twenty miles south of here, Sunday.

They are Gideon Lincecum, 30, his wife, about 28, and their niece, Mrs. Jack Lynch.

Two other West Columbia persons, Mrs. Lynch's husband and her mother, Mrs. Brown, managed to fight their way back to the shore, but Mrs. Brown still was in a serious condition today from the shock.

A large party of bathers, many of them relatives of the victims, stood on the shore helpless and witnessed the drowning. The bodies were washed ashore a short time later.

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