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Submitted: 4/11/21 • Approved: 4/12/21 • Last Updated: 4/15/21 • R407754-G407752-S3
Percy Stepter
September 3, 1917-November 20, 2003
“Jack”
Melweise
February 6, 1921-November 23, 1998
“Kit”
Together Forever
Married December 2, 1939
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Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Percy
FRITCH - P.S. "Jack" Stallings Jr., 86, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, in Amarillo.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Faith Covenant Church with the Rev. Art Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Stallings was born Sept. 3, 1917, in Bowie. He was an active member of Boy Scouts of America for 50 years.
Survivors include two sons, Patrick Stallings Sr. of Austin and Jak Stallings of Prairie Ville, La.; two daughters, Kathryn Van Zyl of Bogota, Columbia, and Maryjane Braddick of Houston; a sister, Jean Sanders of Fritch; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
The family suggests memorials be to Faith Covenant Church or Wycliffe Bible Translators.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 23, 2003)
*Obituary for Melweise
FRITCH - Kit Stallings, 77, died Monday, Nov. 23, at her home in Fritch.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Westlawn Memorial Park. A memorial serviceswill be at 11 a.m. at Faith Covenant Church with the Rev. Ken Sheppard, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Garden of Love at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Stallings was born in Ft. Worth and had been a Hutchinson County resident since 1946 when she moved to the area from Havre de Grace, Md. She married P.S. "Jack" Stallings on Dec. 2, 1939, in Ft. Worth. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Covenant Church. She was a member of Jane Phillips Sorority and Women of Rotary.
Survivors include her husband, Jack, of the home; two sons, Patrick Stallings, Sr., of Austin and John Stallings of Fritch; two daughters, Kathryn VanZyl of Bogota, Colombia, and Mary Braddick of Houston; one sister, Ruelle Hawkins of Houston and nine grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to BSA Hospice, Box 950 Amarillo, Texas 79176 or Wycliffe Bible Translators, PO Box 2727, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92647-Colombia Branch.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, November 24, 1998)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Melwise Hall
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1921
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Father: J L Hall
Father Birth Place: Georgia
Mother: Carrie Grizzle
Mother Birth Place: Alabama
Mother Residence: Fort Worth
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Melweise Hall
[Melweise Hall Stallings]
[Melweise Stallings]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1921
Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas
[Fort Worth T??, Texas]
Death Date: 23 Nov 1998
Father: James L Hall
Mother: Caroline Grizzle
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Apr 1938: Name listed as MELWEISE HALL; Jul 1968: Name listed as MELWEISE HALL STALLINGS; 26 Nov 1998: Name listed as MELWEISE H STALLINGS
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