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Submitted: 10/15/21 • Approved: 10/15/21 • Last Updated: 10/18/21 • R463267-G463265-S3
Monta A.
1898-1947
Topsy M.
1903-1987
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*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Monta A.
SHAMROCK, Aug. 25 (Special.) - Monta Gossett, 48 years old, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night in the Shamrock Clinic and Hospital, following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Gossett, who was shop foreman for the Tisdal Truck and Implement Company here prior to an illness beginning in January, had been a resident of Wheeler County for 42 years. He had lived in Shamrock for the past 30 years.
He married Miss Topsy Martin on April 21, 1928.
Besides his wife, survivors include one son, Leon, 13 years old.
Final rites will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Wheeler Cemetery, under the direction of Clay Funeral Home.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Texas) - 26 Aug 1947, Tue - Page 9)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Monta Alva Gossett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 48
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1898
Birth Place: Williamson, Texas
Residence: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 24 Aug 1947
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Francis E Gossett
Mother: Willia Johnston
*Topsy
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Topsy Gossett
Death Date: 18 Jan 1987
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Topsy Gossett
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1903
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79096, Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: Jan 1987
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