Obituary, Elmer Lee Covey, 5/19/1977, p. 9. Editor of the Goree Advocate, Mayor of Goree (1920-1922); "Covey was elected by Montague County to again serve in the Texas House of Representatives. He served in the 1945-46 term."
Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas) .
Elmer L. Covey, birth date 4/7/1888, death date 4/22/1977, burial in Goree Cemetery, Goree, Knox County.
Find a Grave .
Obituary, E.L. Covey, "Former Legislator Dies," 4/24/1977, p. 8A. "He served in the Texas House of Representatives in the 1920s when he lived in Knox County and again in the 1940s as a representative from Montague County. He served as Knox county judge from 1935-1941."
Wichita Falls Times .