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Submitted: 10/17/21 • Approved: 10/17/21 • Last Updated: 10/20/21 • R463668-G463668-S3
Terrell L.
August 12, 1904-March 12, 1994
Garnett
October 12, 1908-June 7, 2004
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Terrell
Terrell L. Gunter, 89, a longtime resident of Wheeler, died Saturday, March 12, 1994. Services were held 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 14 in the First United Methodist Church, Rev. M.B. smith [sic], a Baptist minister of Pampa; Rev. Warren Schoenecker, pastor, and Rev. Ricky Pfeil, pastor of the Wheeler Christian Center, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Gunter was born in Erath County in 1904 and moved to Shamrock in 1905. He married Garnett Denham on July 10, 1932 in Cheyenne, Okla. He worked in the Wheeler County Tax Collector Office for 14 years, where he served as tax collector for eight years until 1946, and later worked for the Ashland Chemical Company at the Shamrock Carbon Plant until his retirement in 1969. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two brothers, Malcolm Lee Gunter of Wheatridge, Colo., and Albert W. Gunter of Indianapolis, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family requests memorials be to a favorite charity.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 60, Number 16, Thursday, March 17, 1994, Page 1)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Gunter
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1904
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Morgan Mill, Erath, Texas, USA
Father: M L Gunter
Mother: Maggie Gunter
Mother Residence: Margan Mill
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Terrell Loros Gunter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1904
Birth Place: Earth, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Employer: Wheeler County
Weight: 170
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Garnett Gunter
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Terrell Gunter
Death Date: 12 Mar 1994
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Terrell L. Gunter
Last Residence:
79096 Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Born: 12 Aug 1904
Died: 12 Mar 1994
*Obituary Garnett
WHEELER - Garnett Gunter, 95, died Monday, June 7, 2004.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Wheeler Cemetery with the Rev. Ricky Pfiel officiating. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gunter was born Oct. 12, 1908, and lived in Wheeler all of her life. She was a homemaker, a member of First Methodist Church and had worked for several area businesses.
Survivors include family and friends.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 9, 2004)
Contributed on 10/17/21
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