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Emmette Raley of Clifton Dies After Heart Attack
Emmette E. Raley of Clifton died at about 4 15 p m Thursday December 18 at his home from a heart attack. He would have turned 76 the following Sunday. Services were held December 20 at the First United Methodist Church Clifton with Rev Cleon Flanagan and Rev Joe Stevens officiating. Graveside rites were at Clifton Cemetery conducted by Clifton Masonic Lodge. He was born December 21 1893 in Searcy Arkansas and moved to Valley Mills as a youth. He married Odessa Tennison December 1921. they celebrated 48th anniversary two weeks before his death. He retired from the Waco Fire Department in 1951 and lived in Clifton since 1956. He was active in fox hunting and belonged to several associations. He is survived by his wife and three brothers.
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Emmette E. Raley
Clifton
Raley
Kealey
Goodall-Witcher
First United Methodist Church
Cleon Flanagan
Joe Stevens
Laguna Park Baptist Church
Ralph W. Helm
Baley Harris
Jordan
W. A. Nee
T. C. Anderton
Waco
Hugh H. Trotter
Meridian
Everett W. Wallace
William Calvin Raley
Celie Taylor Raley
Valley Mills
Emmette Emmerin Raley
Searcy
Arkansas
Bosque
Odessa Tennison
S. J. Tennison
Tennison
Vernon Swenson
Department
Number 5
Austin Avenue
Men's Fellowship
Methodist Church
Herring Avenue
Masonic Lodge
Clifton Masonic Lodge No
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