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Submitted: 9/25/20 • Approved: 9/25/20 • Last Updated: 9/28/20 • R354535-G354534-S3
Opal
1903-1999
Jim
1902-1974
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Opal Obituary
Published in the Amarillo Globe News
STINNETT - Opal Claybrook, 96, formerly of Stinnett, died Monday, July 5, 1999, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Sunset Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Terry Lowe, assistant minister of St. Stephen United Methodist Church in Amarillo, officiating. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home in Borger.
Mrs. Claybrook was born in Montague County. She lived in Stinnett from 1923 to 1992, when she moved to Amarillo. She had lived at Clairmont Retirement Residence in Amarillo.
She had taught for Stinnett Independent School District. She was a charter member of the Stinnett United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Claybrook, in 1974.
Survivors include her daughter, Anna Beth King of Amarillo; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
The family requests memorials be to Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, 1001 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106; or to a favorite charity.
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Opal Claybrook
[Opal Helton]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1903
Birth Place: Nocona, Texas
[Nocona|]
Death Date: 5 Jul 1999
Claim Date: 27 Nov 1964
Father: Henry W Helton
Mother: Martha E Wilbanks
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 09 Nov 1995: Name listed as OPAL CLAYBROOK
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Opal Claybrook
Death Date: 5 Jul 1999
Death County: Potter
*Jim
Husband of Opal Claybrook.
Name: Jim Claybrook
Last Residence: 79083 Stinnett, Hutchinson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 28 May 1902
Died: Sep 1974
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)
Source: Texas Death Index
Burial Information: The Portal to Texas History, Burial in Sunset Cemetery - Stinnett, Hutchinson County, Texas
Father of Anna Beth Claybrook.
Jim Claybrook was born in Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, to J. T. Claybrook and Annie Irvin Claybrook. He was a rancher.
At the time of his death, he had been in High Plains Baptist Hospital for one week.
Contributed on 9/25/20 by neldapat
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