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Submitted: 12/7/19 • Approved: 4/17/20 • Last Updated: 4/20/20 • R240835-G0-S3
June 2, 1899, Cameron, Milam County, Texas - April 6, 1986, Cameron, Milam County, Texas
Obituary
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Services for Jim Short, 86, of Cameron were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Marek - Burns - Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with the Rev. Joel Thielapape and the Rev. Clyde Griffin officiating.
Burial was in Marlow Cemetery. Mr. Short died Sunday in a Cameron hospital.
He was born in Milam County and was a retired school bus driver. He also was a retired employee of the city of Cameron.
He was a member of the Marlow Baptist Church.
Survivors are his widow, Blanch Short of Cameron; two sons, Ronald Short of Kinston, N. C., and Wally Short of Memphis, TN.; two daughters, Aileen Doss of Lake Jackson and Betty Jo Ford of Beckville; two sisters, Bernice Short and Susie Leath, both of Calvert; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchildren.
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Texas), 10 Apr 1986, Thu, Page 8
Family Members
Parents
Purly Bert Short
1873-1946
Anna B. "Annie" Tindall
1877-1962
Spouse
Blanche Morris Short
1905–1989
Children
Ronald James Short
1924–1991
Aileen Blanche Short Doss
1927-2013
Sibling
Susie Elizabeth Short Leath
1918-2012
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
Contributed on 12/7/19 by lynst.peters62
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