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Submitted: 10/17/21 • Approved: 10/17/21 • Last Updated: 10/20/21 • R463694-G463693-S3
June 20, 1874-August 9, 1965
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Sarah Elizabeth Guynes, 91, passed away August 9, 1965 in Pomona, Calif. after an illness of three years.
She was born in 1874 in Tallediga [sic], Ala, the daughter of William and Tempe Wildman.
In 1889 she married Henry B. Guynes and came to Wheeler in 1900. She later moved to California in 1938 and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Guynes was preceeded in death by her husband in 1912.
Surviving are 5 sons: Dick of Wheeler; A.B. of Amarillo; Smith of Fresno, Calif.; Bill of Fontana, California and Doc of Shamrock; 5 Daughters: Mmes: Georgia Emler, Fresno, Calif.; Maude Martin, Pomona, Calif., Gladys Kinsley, Pomona, Calif.; Nina Hare, Corpus Christi and Jack Stafford of Willa Platte, Louisana [sic]; 37 grandchildren; 95 great grandchildren and 23 great-great grandchildren.
Services were held August 14, 1965 at the Wheeler First Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Harold Perdue and Rev. Dale Cain officiating.
Interment was in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright-Denson funeral home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 42 Number 37, Thursday, August 19, 1965)
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Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Sarah E Parker
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1889
Marriage Place: McLennan, Texas, USA
Spouse: Henry B Guynes
Film Number: 000987556
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Sarah E Guynes
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1874
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 9 Aug 1965
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Wileman
Contributed on 10/17/21
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