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Submitted: 10/17/21 • Approved: 10/17/21 • Last Updated: 10/20/21 • R463672-G463671-S3
November 10, 1900-July 2, 1999
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER - Laura Wimberly Guthrie, 98, died Friday, July 2, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Toby Henson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Mrs. Guthrie was born in Lacasa, Stephens County. She graduated from Abernathy High School in 1918 and Wayland Baptist College in 1922. From 1922 until 1926, she taught in various schools.
In 1926, Mrs. Guthrie attended the University of Texas. With her husband, she co-owned and operated the Chevrolet dealership and service station in Matador from 1926 until 1930 when they moved to Wheeler. In Wheeler, they operated the Rogue Theater and Mustang Drive Inn from 1930 until 1979 and owned the Wheeler Cable TV service until 1976.
Mrs. Guthrie was twice honored as Woman of the Year. She was a charter member of the Wednesday Study Club, an active member of the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce, a member of First Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher for many years. She was a member of the Senior Citizens where she started the quilting club, a member of the Garden Club, a bridge club member and was a volunteer at the Wheeler Care Center.
She married Lee Guthrie in 1924 at Matador. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1958 and by a son, Marion Lee "Corky" Guthrie, in 1980.
Survivors include five grandchildren, Melinda Whorton of Wheeler, Steve Guthrie of Smithville, Rose Aston of Borger, Joe Guthrie of Shamrock and Bobby Guthrie of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Lydia Guthrie of Amarillo; seven great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Wheeler Public Library or Wheeler First Baptist Church.
Contributed on 10/17/21
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