Burzelia "Burley" P. Pixler (1940)
PESEK, PIXLER
Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 5/8/2015 at 08:34:21
The Childress Index
Thursday, December 26, 1940B. Pixler, one of Northwest Texas' real pioneers, died at his home in Childress last night. He would have been 90 years of age tomorrow.
The funeral is being conducted this afternoon at the Church of Christ by Harvey Scott of Abilene, former minister of the church here. Burial will be in the Childress cemetery under the direction of Newberry Funeral home.
Pixler came to Texas in 1872, and during the late 1870s and early 1880s freighted from Decatur to Old Mobeetie, through a sparsely settled territory. When the FW&D railroad was built into this section, he operated his freight business from the terminus of the rails at Wichita Falls, then at Harrold, into the Panhandle territory.
He moved to Childress when it was first settled and was in business here for many years. He operated a coal and grain company for a number of years and then operated one of the first "service cars" in Childress.
During the early days of Childress, he supplied the city with drinking water each day to residents of the city.
He was, more recently, associated with the late Frank Givins in operating a print shop here, but retired a few years ago.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Alba Pixler of Childress; and three grandchildren, Otto Pixler of Houston, Scott Pixler of Shreveport, and Mrs. Nada Pesek of Portland, Ore.
Pallbearers at the funeral are W. P. Markham, Don Dennington, Dr. L. W. McClendon, Price Baxley, Roy Villyard, and Frank Carter.
In charge of flowers are Mmes. Wade Jones, Fred Story, Gussie Strickland, W. P. Markham, Joe Dill and Jim Holland.
_____________________Transcriber's note: The deceased lived in Madison County in the early 1870s and was married there in September, 1873. His first name is from census records.
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