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Submitted: 10/2/21 • Approved: 10/2/21 • Last Updated: 10/5/21 • R460606-G0-S3
1915-1969
Father
At Rest
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Charles Thomas (Dick) Atwood, 53, died Friday morning in a Wichita Falls hospital after a long illness.
Thomas, a retired farmer, was born in Wheeler County November 29, 1915, and lived in Wheeler all his life. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church in Wheeler with Rev. Wilbur Gaede, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Keith McCormick, pastor of First Baptist Church, assisting.
Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery.
Thomas is survived by his wife, Wilma, Wheeler; mother, Mrs. Florence Atwood, Pampa; grandmother, Mrs. Viola Atwood, Pampa; two sons, Joe and Riley, Wheeler; sister Mrs. Louise Durham, Spearman; three brothers, Walter, Wheeler; Ted and Jack, Pampa; and one granddaughter.
Services are under the direction of Wright-Denson Funeral Home, Wheeler.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - 13 Jul 1969, Sun - Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Charles Thomas Atwood
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: Britt Ranch
Height: 5 8
Weight: 153
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Thomas Manuel Atwood
Household Members Age Relationship
Charles Thomas Atwood 25 Self (Head)
Thomas Manuel Atwood Father
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Charles Atwood
Death Date: 11 Jul 1969
Death County: Wichita
Gender: Male
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Charles Thomas Atwood
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 53
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 11 Jul 1969
Death Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Father: Thomas M Atwood
Mother: Florence Wallis
Certificate Number: 53443
Contributed on 10/2/21
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