The Honey Grove Post Office
The lovely Post Office on the Honey Grove Square was constructed in 1919.
Read an article from 1902 about the beginning of rural mail delivery.
Read an article from 1908 about the early rural mail carriers.
Bonham Daily Favorite, April 25, 1918
Post Office Appropriation Withdrawn
According to an announcement in the Sunday papers the appropriation for the Honey Grove Post office has been withdrawn, together with the appropriations from several other buildings in Texas and Oklahoma, and it now looks as if it would be a long time before Honey Grove gets a post office building in the center of the square. The reason given for the withdrawal of the appropriation was the fact that the war is on and all available funds are needed for war purposes - Honey Grove Citizen.
Early Post Office employees
Post Office employees in 1972
Seated: Herbert Sherwood, L.E. (Jimmy) Myers, Tom Lochridge (route 2, substitute carrier). Standing: John A. Smith, route 1, temporary carrier; Miss Edna Lee Braudrick, assistant postmaster; Wyatt Bell, James Martin, Postmaster Jack Shelton, Bloys Parkhill, Roy Lochridge,route 2 carrier, H. W. Gandy, route 3 carrier and Robert Shelton Sr., longtime route 2 carrier, retired.
Front row: Robert Shelton, Sr., ?, Hoss Luttrell, Roy Lochridge Back Row: L. E. Myers, Glenn Shelton, Horace Gandy
HONEY GROVE POST OFFICE
FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS
Name Date Appointed
Samuel Erwin 05/22/1846
Benjamin S. Walcott 09/02/1850
Lewis W. Yeager r 03/14/1859
Joel H. Buttonr 12/24/1859
David M. Morrison r 07/12/1861
David Morrison was appointed postmaster under the
Confederate States of America.
Orville Smith 01/04/1864
Orville Smith was appointed postmaster under the
Confederate States of America.
Sinclair Stapp 01/03/1865
Sinclair Stapp was appointed postmaster under the
Confederate States of America.
Benjamin S. Walcott 12/11/1865
George A. Dailey 01/21/1869
Thomas D. Bloys 05/12/1882
James P. Gilmer 03/17/1887
Eustace W. Walder 06/02/1890
W. Lee Jolley 05/28/1894
Thomas D. Bloys 05/10/1898
Ada Galbraith Acting 03/07/1914
Samuel H. Gardner 03/19/1914
Samuel Bennett Baker Acting r 03/01/1919
Samuel L. Erwin 07/28/1919
Mamie B. Mustaine Acting 07/31/1923
Mamie B. Mustaine 12/19/1923
Julian S. Erwin Acting 12/15/1931
Harvey B. Savage 06/10/1932
Homer C. McConnell 02/20/1937
Harry Clinton Dial Acting 04/16/1943
Walter O. Cravens 06/01/1944
Jack J. Shelton Acting 10/31/1960
Edmond F. Jackson Acting 05/04/1962
Edmond F. Jackson 08/06/1962
Mrs. Edna L. Braudrick Officer-In-Charge 02/19/1971
Jack J. Shelton 06/12/1971
Nolan Oneal Haddock Officer-In-Charge 06/26/1987
Sandra M. Rettig r 08/15/1987
Ronnie L. Lester Officer-In-Charge 04/04/1991
Ronny D. Shirley 10/01/1991
James M. Towery 01/23/1993
Catherine C. (Henson) Cason 06/03/2000
Catherine C. Henson's surname changed to Cason on November
28, 2001.
Michael D. Hicks 04/02/2005
Leta Porter Officer-In-Charge 01/31/2013
Jessie R. White III 04/06/2013