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Submitted: 11/20/20 • Approved: 11/21/20 • Last Updated: 11/24/20 • R367426-G367425-S3
January 18, 1886-February 16, 1939
Mother
In Loving Memory
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Last rites were held for Mrs. Pearl Whittenton Lee, 53, of Holt, Saturday in the Holt school building, with the Rev. A.F. Loftin, Baptist pastor from Amarillo, officiating.
Mrs. Lee, the wife of J.C. Lee, prominent Holt residents, was born in Hamilton county, Jan. 18, 1886. She remained in her home community until Oct. 27, 1901, when she was married. From this union two sons and two daughters were born. They moved from Hamilton to Hemphill county, thence to Hutchinson county, Holt community, 22 years ago.
She died Thursday afternoon at 1:30 following a week's illness, from pneumoinia [sic].
Beside her husband, mourners include two sons, Fermie of Shafter, Calif., Feral of Perico, two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Bowden of Maverick and Miss Wanda Zell of Holt.
Other survivors include three brothers, one of which is dead, A.G., C.R., and Warner Whittenton of Ft. Worth, and six sisters, Mrs. M.E. Northcutt, Mrs. M.M. Wilson, Mrs. Roe Allen, Mrs. J.W. Chambliss, Mrs. Walter C. Gardner, Mrs. Chester Gardner.
Over 300 friends called while the body lay in state of the G.R. Wilson funeral home in Perryton and at the family home. The many floral tributes banking the bier attributed to the friends of the family.
Pallbearers were the Flowers brothers, namely Atlas, Lawson, Oscar, Gilman, Travis and Clem, all cousins of Mr. and Mrs. Lee.
In charge of flowers were Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Wilson of Perryton and Mrs. O.K. Pendergraft of Holt.
Flower girls were Georgia Marie Thompson, Arnolee Birdwell, Ada Rose Jackson, Anna Mae Files, Dorothy Nell Scott, Janelle Jackson, Winnell Jackson and Mary Fern Terry.
Relatives attending the last rites were Mr. and Mrs. Roe Allen, Mrs. Jewel Chambliss, Mrs. Zell Gardner, all of Hamilton; Warner Whittenton of Ft. Worth; Mrs. May Higdon of Canyon; Mrs. Ethel Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Presley and Yvonne, Mr. and Mrs. N.D. Good, all of Amarillo; Mr. and Mrs. Losen Flower, Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Flower and children; Runford Allen all of Perryton; Mrs. and Mrs. Fermie Lee of Shafter, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Feral and children, of Perico, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bowden of Maverick.
Interment was in the Holt cemetery.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Tuesday, February 21, 1939)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Pearl Whittenton
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1901
Marriage Place: Hamilton, Texas, United States
Spouse: J C Lee
FHL Film Number: 1020864
Contributed on 11/20/20 by neldapat
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