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Submitted: 11/10/20 • Approved: 11/11/20 • Last Updated: 11/14/20 • R365295-G365294-S3
1909-1978
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mrs. Ada Mae (Meeme) Tanzey, 68, of Stinnett, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at North Plains Hospital [sic].
Mrs. Tanzey had been a a [sic] resident of Stinnett for 30 years. She came to Stinnett from Garland Kansas. Her husband, Joseph, preceded her in death in 1976.
Mrs. Tanzey is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Janice Hooks, Stinnett, and two sons, Alvin of Boice, La., and Tommy of Stinnett. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and one brother, David Rash, Parksville, Mo.
She was a member of the Victory Baptist Church, Stinnett.
Services are pending with Alexander-Simpson Funeral Directors of Stinnett.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, August 22, 1978, Page 2)
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Services for Mrs. Ada Mae Tanzey, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Victory Baptist Church in Stinnett.
The Rev. Perry Forrester, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery by Alexander-Simpson Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Tanzey died Monday. She had lived in Stinnett for 30 years. She was a member of the Victory Baptist Church in Stinnett.
She is survived by a daughter, two sons, a brother, and nine grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Claude Hooks, Johnny Hooks, R. Irvin, Herbert Kirk, Curly Goodwin and Edgar Barnett.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, August 23, 1978, Page 12)
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Ada Mae Tanzey
[Ada Mae Rash]
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1909
Birth Place: Wann, Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Stinnett, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Thomas Franklin Rash
Mother: Pheobe Pearl Lacoure
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 21 Aug 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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