Horace Leon Cannon
1908 - 1996 (87 years)-
Name Horace Leon Cannon Born 30 Aug 1908 Baird, Callahan County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 17 Mar 1996 Marlin, Falls County, Texas, USA Buried 18 Mar 1996 Madisonville Cemetery - Madisonville, Texas, USA Person ID I16465 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 21 Jan 2026
Family Arie Lee Eaves, b. 14 Jan 1918, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 19 May 1997, Teague, Freestone County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) Married 5 Nov 1938 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Children + 1. Morris Leon Cannon, b. 10 Apr 1940, Madisonville, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 9 Nov 2004, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, USA (Age 64 years)+ 2. Bobby Lee Cannon, b. 9 Jan 1942, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA , d. 6 Jan 1999, Donie, Freestone County, Texas, USA (Age 56 years)Last Modified 21 Jan 2026 Family ID F7224 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 30 Aug 1908 - Baird, Callahan County, Texas, USA 
Married - 5 Nov 1938 - Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA 
Died - 17 Mar 1996 - Marlin, Falls County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 18 Mar 1996 - Madisonville Cemetery - Madisonville, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Marriage Record of Horace Leon Cannon and Arie Lee Eaves
Groom Name: Horace Leon Cannon
Bride Name: Erie Lee Bryant [Arie Lee Bryant]
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1938
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Document Number: 40467
Marriage Record of Horace Leon Cannon and Arie Lee Eaves
Groom Name: Horace Leon Cannon
Bride Name: Erie Lee Bryant [Arie Lee Bryant]
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1938
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Document Number: 40467
U.S. World War II Draft Card - Horace Leon Cannon
Name: Horace Leon Cannon
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1908
Birth Place: Callahan County, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Employer: A. D. Cadwalder
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Rich Cannon
Obituary of Horace Leon Cannon
Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on March 18, 1996
Headstones 
Headstone of Horace Leon Cannon
Madisonville Cemetery - Madisonville, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 2
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Notes - Obituary:
Horace Leon Cannon
Aug. 30, 1908 - March 17, 1996
MADISONVILLE - Services for Horace Leon Cannon, 87, will be 2 p.m. today at J.M. Day Funeral Home in Madisonville.
Rev. Charles Higgs will officiate. Burial will be in City Cemetery in Madisonville. Visitation will be 8 a.m.-noon today at the funeral home.
Mr. Cannon died Sunday in the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Marlin. He was born in Baird, Texas.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Leon and Jo Nita Cannon of Teague, Texas, and Bobby and Mary Cannon of Oklahoma; three sisters, Ida Mae Johnston and Edith Walton, both of Madisonville, and Willie Gunn of Montgomery; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
(Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on March 18, 1996)
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