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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, November 27, 1929 James Madison Nix J.M. Nix, pioneer in this section of the state, died at his home in Carnegie Monday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Wednesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. M. Hern Smith preaching the sermon, Interment was made in the Fort Cobb cemetery. James Madison Nix was born in Palo Pinto, Texas November 17, 1856, died Nov. 25, 1929, aged 73 years and 8 days. He was reared in Kansas, and came to Oklahoma in the early territorial days. He moved to Caddo county from eastern Oklahoma in 1902, residing on his farm northeast of Carnegie until 1918 when he moved to Carnegie and has made his residence here since. Mr. Nix is survived by his widow and two sons, J.E. Nix and Ed Nix, and two daughters, Mrs. A.H. Clark and Miss Oda Nix, all of this place. One son, Fred, died in the World War service, and is buried at Fort Cobb. Mr. Nix was at one time active in Odd Fellowship, went thru the chairs, but of late years he dropped his lodge affiliations. |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, November 16, 1955 Alice [Danyeur] Nix Heart Attack Is Fatal For Former Carnegie Resident Mrs. Alice Danyeur Nix, a well known former resident of Carnegie died of a heart attack, Friday, November 11, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Norman Smith, Phillips, Texas. Funeral services were in the Carnegie Methodist church and burial in Fort Cobb cemetery. Mrs. Nix was born Oct. 15, 1878, near Ozarka, Mo., and with her family moved to Oklahoma in 1896. She was united in marriage to James Madison Nix at Anadarko in 1903. Mr. Nix preceded her in death in 1929. She was a member of the Methodist church. The Nix family lived in or near Carnegie from 1903 to 1935, at which time Mrs. Nix moved to Borger, Texas. She was active in her home work until about three months before her death. She had been in a Borger hospital with arthritis but was improved enough to go home. Survivors include two daughters; Mrs. Tilda Clark of Lawton, and Mrs. Oda Belle Smith of Phillips, Texas; two step-sons, J.E. Nix of Borger, and Ed Nix of Carnegie; one niece, Mrs. Gertie Simpson of Alfalfa, who was reared by Mrs. Nix; one sister, Mrs. Anna Clem of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Alfred Danyeur of Sulphur, Joe Danyeur of Bristow, and Jess Danyeur of Los Angeles; seven grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren. |
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