F.T. Rembert, one of the founding businessmen of Longview, was highly instrumental in giving the city a sound financial basis upon which to build the future.

A native of Copiah County, Mississippi, Rembert arrived in the city of Longview in 1877 as a 24 year old telegrapher for the railroad after working in a similar capacity at Crockett after arriving in Texas as a 19 year old young man from his native state.

Always a man of simple dignity who quickly made friends, Rembert decided that his future lay in the business world and he entered the mercantile business just two years after his arrival in this city.

A 1926 newspaper clipping notes that Rembert "was eminently successful in various enterprises and from his start as a humble wage earner accumulated a large fortune which was represented in property, investments in buildings, bank stock, railroads, an oil mill and other investments."

He built the Rembert Theater, one of the early Longview movie houses located on Cotton Street, and the Palace Hotel, which was located until 18=970 in the second floor of a business building at the corner of Cotton and Fredonia Streets.

For many years, Rembert was secretary - treasurer of the Texas and Gulf Railway, chairman of the board and vice president of the old Rembert National Bank, a director in a Dallas bank, president of Longview Cotton Oil Company, and president of F.T. Rembert Company.

Rembert was married to Miss Kate Womack on Nov 5, 1878. the couple had two children, who preceded him in death. He died at the age of 72 on June 9, 1926.

Following the death of Mr. Rembert, Mrs. Rembert's nephew, John Womack Harrison and his wife, Winnie D., and daughter, Katherine Love, made their home with their aunt in December, 1926.

Mrs. Kate Womack Rembert was the daughter of Capt. John Faddis Womack and Mrs. Locby Ann Wagnon Womack of Marshall, and the granddaughter of Jacob Pryor Womack, who moved from North Carolina to Harrison County in 1842.

Mrs. Rembert had three sisters and one brother living on South Center Street here. They were Mary Josephine Womack, Medora Womack, Susan Womack and Albert George Womack.

Susan Womack was married to Dr. W.S. Mayfield and their children were John Mayfield, and Irma Mayfield. Irma was the wife of Dell J. Everett of Longview, and their daughter was Dorothy, who became the wife of Dr. Garland Rushing, whose children are Mrs. Zeke (Diana) Grogan, and Daphne Rushing, both of Longview.

Albert Alonzo Womack, brother of Mrs. Rembert was married to Eliza Flewellen, whose daughter, Kate Womack, was married to Judge Edwin Lacy of Longview. John Edwin Lacy is their son, who makes his home in Dallas.

Mrs. Rembert's sister, Chase Love Womack of Marshall, was married to Yancey Davis Harrison, a Marshall attorney. Three sons were born to this couple, Yancey Davis Harrison Jr, Julian Pryor Harrison, and John Womack Harrison. The later was married to the former Miss Winnie D. Hamilton, of Abilene, and their children were the only Harrison grandchildren as follows, Katherine Love, Marjorie Etoile, Ann Louise and John Womack Harrison, Jr.