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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1987
Page
5
The Rev and Mrs Claude Roy formerly of Wellington visited Sunday June 21 and attended services at First Baptist Church. They now live in Mount Clemens Michigan where he serves as church extension director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan with headquarters at Southfield Mich.
Services were held for Tommie Joe Starkey Boston at First Baptist Church in Plymouth with Rev. Keith Bruce presiding. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery. she died June 15 in Amarillo at age 85. Survived by two sons, two daughters, two siblings, nine grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and numerous relatives. The family noted her work preserving local history and her church and teaching roots.
Marguerite Bartlett, 83, a Collingsworth County pioneer, church leader, and former county clerk, died June 11 1987 in Amarillo. Funeral services were held June 24 at First United Methodist Church Wellington with burial at North Fairview Cemetery. Survived by son Earl Lynn Bartlett two sisters five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers included Joseph Graham Jack Cameron Wayne Cudd Kent Clark Richard Nall Lynn Bartlett Don Bartlett and Earl Clark.
James Louis Harris died at his home Sunday June 21 two days before his 78th birthday. He had visited friends in Wellington Saturday afternoon. Burial was in Rowe Cemetery Hedley with Spicer Funeral Home arranging. He was born June 23 1909 in Burleson married Letha Saunders in 1923 and spent his life in Hedley and Wellington. He was a retired farmer and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife a daughter and two grandchildren.
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