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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1969
Page
7
The report lists numerous visitors and attendees at the Whitewright Nursing Home and local church events. Names include Rev. Eron Coleman, Frank Coleman, Melody Ann Coleman, and many relatives from Greenville Leonard Denison Fort Worth and Dallas area.
Local notes list many visitors from Dallas, Celeste, Grand Prairie and surrounding towns. The death of Lillian Garrett is noted and funeral details for Pfc Joe Ben Stuart Jr who died in Vietnam are provided with survivor information and church ties.
Services for Mrs Laura Compton of JM E Cherry Sherman were held at 3 30 pm Tuesday in Barnhart Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev Thomas Beall Crutchfield Baptist pastor and Sister Janice Hall Assembly of God minister of Whitewright.
Services were held for Mrs. D W Garrett 82 at First Baptist Tom Bean with burial in Ward Cemetery. She born in Tom Bean in 1886 and died Friday in a Whitewright Nursing Home. Survived by one grandson and nieces and nephews. Mrs Compton born 1887 in Dierks Ark died Sunday in Sherman with two sons four daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren among survivors.
Services for Joe Dan McMillin were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Barnheart Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles Pierce and Rev. C C Dooley officiating. Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born August 4 1877 in Bowling Green Kentucky he is survived by his wife Jessie of Dallas three sons Horace McMillin Norton Kan Hill McMillin Pampa and Leon McMillin South Bend Ind two daughters Inez Pierce Whitewright and Lorene Hitt Lubbock a brother Sam McMillin Lubbock.
Nicholas Clay Alder age 57 died after a short illness in McKinney Friday. Retired farmer, son of Henry and Mrs. Alder, he is survived by wife Jennie Rowan and a daughter Celic Murphy of Blue Ridge, four sisters and one brother. Rev Wooten, Rev J C Hannah and Rev Peck Williams officiated at Verona Baptist Church. Burial followed at Ridgeway Cemetery.
Harvey Wilson Stevens 68 died Monday at 3 00 pm in Sherman. Funeral 10 00 am March 19 1969 at Earnheart Chapel Whitewright with Rev H L Stevens nephew officiating. Burial in Achille Oklahoma. Born December 5 1900 son of Henry Leroy Stevens. Married in Durant April 1942. He was a Baptist church member.
Ida Simpson 75 of Gunter Route 1 died at 12 50 pm Saturday in a Sherman hospital after a long illness. Born March 9 1894 in Whitewright she lived in Grayson County all her life. Survivors include two brothers James E. Simpson Alvarado and Eddie Simpson Tucson Arizona one sister Mrs Rena Spencer Alvarado and several nieces and nephews. Waldo Funeral Home Sherman in charge.
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