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Mattie Lou Ellen EDWARDS ATHERTON

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

1895-1982

*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Mattie Lou Ellen Atherton died October 22, 1982.

Services for Mrs. Atherton were Monday, October 25, 1982 at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Wheeler. The Rev. M.B. Smith of Pampa officiated, and was assisted by Rev. Jack Hays of Wheeler.

Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors.

She was born Feb. 23, 1982 [sic] in Sparta, N.C. She moved to Wheeler County in 1907. She married Floyd Atherton Dec. 24, 1921 at Zybach. He died in 1967.

Mrs. Atherton was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Pallbearers were Greg Atherton, Jimmy D. Atherton, Keenan Atherton, Michael Atherton, Russell Atherton, Teddy Atwood, Jr., Frank Coates, and Andy Davis.

Survivors include three sons, Darrell Atherton, of Deer Park, Darville Atherton and Bill Atherton, both of Wheeler; one daughter, Mrs. LaDell Atwood of Pampa; two brothers, Roy Edwards, of Medina, and Robert Edwards of Bend, Ore.; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Williams of Wheeler; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 48, Number 47, Thursday, October 28, 1982, Page 1)
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North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000
Name: Mattie Lou Ellen Edwards
Gender: Female
Race: White
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1895
Birth County: Alleghany
Parent1 Name: J R Edwards
Parent2 Name: Matilda Jane Crouse
Roll number: NCVR_BD_C004_66001
Volume: D 1
Page: 87

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mattie Atherton
Death Date: 22 Oct 1982
Death County: Gray
Gender: Female

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mattie Lou Ellen Atherton
[Mattie Lou Ellen Edwards]
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1895
Birth Place: Sparta, NC
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: John Rufus Edwards
Mother: Matilda Jane Crouse
Age at Death: 87
Death Date: 22 Oct 1982
Death Place: Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA

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Submitted: 10/2/21 • Approved: 10/2/21 • Last Updated: 10/5/21 • R460591-G460590-S3

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