CROCKETT COURIER, November 4, 1909
    Miss Mary Wilson, a student at Texas Christian university, died at 7 o’clock last night [Oct.18, 1909], 
    succumbing to appendicitis.   An operation was performed in the hope of saving her life, but failed to 
    have the desired effect.

    The remains were prepared for burial and shipped to the home of the deceased at Grapeland, Texas, 
    today, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Fannie Wilson, and her brother, Dr. S. P. Cunningham of 
    San Antonio. Services were held at 9:30 this morning at the home of Mrs. O. L. Hazelwood, 1115 Herring 
    Ave. where Miss Wilson and her mother were rooming. Rev. Colby D. Hall officiated, while hymns were 
    rendered by the T. C. U. choir.

    Classmates of the deceased acted as pall bearers, and school was dismissed while the services were in 
    progress, the students attending in a body. Following the services at Mrs. Hazelwood’s residence, 
    memorial exercises were conducted at the university chapel by Rev. W. D. Parks and Dr. J. B. Eskridge.

    Miss Wilson, who had been attending T. C. U. for two years was only 17 years of age at the time of her 
    death, and a musician of great promise. Her ability in a musical capacity won for her the great encomiums 
    from teachers and friends, and her talent in this direction secured for her the most generous and 
    unstinted praise.

    A prime favorite with her classmates, kind, obliging and always ready to extend any little courtesy in 
    her power, the deceased was one of the most popular girls at T. C. U. B the faculty and students at 
    that institution her death is universally regretted and the most sincere condolence has been extended 
    to the bereaved mother and other relatives. --- Waco Times Herald, Oct. 19, 1909.