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Submitted: 10/6/21 • Approved: 10/6/21 • Last Updated: 10/9/21 • R461360-G461359-S3
Elmer
November 20, 1895-December 9, 1972
Please see military marker
Ruby
October 21, 1918-February 21, 2009
Nearer my God to Thee
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Elmer
WHEELER - Funeral services were to be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today in the First Assembly of God Church here for Elmer Brown, 77, a resident of Wheeler for 10 years.
Officiating was to be the Rev. Keith Johnson, pastor. Burial was to be in the Wheeler Cemetery by the Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Brown died Saturday afternoon at Parkview Hospital here.
He was a native of Minden, Neb., and came to Wheeler from Allison. A retired farmer, Mr. Brown was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby; four sons, Dale of Perryton, Elmer of Elk City, Okla., Robert of Shattuck, Okla., and James of Panhandle; four daughters, Mrs. Pat Scott of New Carlisle, Ohio, Mrs. Nelda Babb of Wheeler, Mrs. Opal MeGee of Borger and Mrs. Brenda Tallant of Panhandle; two brothers, Glen of Ontario, Calif., and Roy of Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Mabra of Reydon, Okla., and Mrs. Edna Millsap and Mrs. Ada Millsap, both of Danville, Ark., and 14 grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - Mon, Dec 11, 1972 - Page 4)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Elmer Brown
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 77
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1895
Birth Place: Minden, Nebraska
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Dec 1972
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: John Brown
Mother: Mary Thompson
Certificate Number: 99930
*Obituary Ruby
WHEELER - Ruby Loretta Brown, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ricky Pfeil of Amarillo and the Rev. Larry Mitchell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Ruby was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Strong City, Okla., to Robert and Ann Smith West. She married Elmer Brown on Sept. 14, 1940, in Cheyenne, Okla. He died in 1972.
She was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Cornerstone Church.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Brown and wife Dena of Wheeler and James Brown and wife Debi of LaGrange; three daughters, Nelda Babb and husband James and Opal Childress and husband Shot, all of Wheeler, and Brenda Davis and husband Jerry of Pampa; 27 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Wheeler Ambulance Service or Wheeler Fire Department.
Sign the online guest book at www.wrightfuneraldirectors.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 22, 2009
Contributed on 10/6/21
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