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Submitted: 11/24/20 • Approved: 11/24/20 • Last Updated: 11/27/20 • R367944-G367942-S3
Olin A.
1901-1977
Edith H.
1907-1976
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Olin
SPEARMAN - Olin A. Sheets, 75, died yesterday.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Church of Christ with Gill Osborne, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Holt Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Mr. Sheets was a lifetime resident of the Spearman area. He was a retired farmer and stockman and a member of the Church of Christ. He married Edith Perkins April 24, 1927 in Campo, Colo. She died in 1976.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Nan Blount of Amarillo; and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 3 Mar 1977, Thu - Page 41)
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Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: Olin A Sheets
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1902
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1927
Marriage Place: Campo, Baca, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Edith Perkins
Film Number: 001690133
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Olin Audis Sheets
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 40
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1901
Birth Place: Granite, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA
Employer: Farmer-Stockman
Weight: 158
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Edith Sheets
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Olin Audis Sheets Self (Head)
Edith Sheets Wife
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Olin Sheets
Death Date: 2 Mar 1977
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Olin Audis Sheets
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1901
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Spearman, Hansford, Texas
Father: John Sheets
Mother: Mattie Schaffenburg
Age at Death: 75
Death Date: 2 Mar 1977
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Olin Sheets
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1901
Issue year: 1956
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79103, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Last Benefit: 79103, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: Mar 1977
*Edith
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: Edith Perkins
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1908
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1927
Marriage Place: Campo, Baca, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Olin A Sheets
Film Number: 001690133
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Edith Sheets
Last Residence:
79081 Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
BORN: 14 May 1907
Died: Jul 1976
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Edith Hannah Perkins
Spouse: Olin A Sheets
Parents: Jess Wiley Perkins, Mary Beatrice Dollie Sullins
Birth Place: Lone Wolf, OK
Birth Date: 14 May 1907
Marriage Place: Campo, CO
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1927
Death Place: Spearman, TX
Death Date: 23 Jul 1976
Contributed on 11/24/20 by neldapat
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