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Submitted: 10/21/21 • Approved: 10/21/21 • Last Updated: 10/24/21 • R464365-G0-S3
June 21, 1963-July 1, 1963
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services Held Wednesday For Atherton Baby
Vivian Lee Atherton, 10 day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Atherton of Wheeler, passed away at Shamrock, July 1, 1963 at 10:30 a.m.
Survivors besides the parents are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Atherton of Wheeler and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oral Helton of Briscoe.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ in Wheeler Wednesday, July 3, 1963 at 3:00 P.M. with Ministers Joe and Clyde Dukes officiating.
Pall Bearers were Lloyd (Fat) Childress, Kenneth Douthit, Roy Waters, Clarence Zybach.
Honorary Pall Bearers were Jesse Hall and Bo Childress.
Interment was in Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Kirk Funeral Home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 40, Number 29, Thursday, July 4, 1963, Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Vivian Lee Atherton
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1963
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Billie Vaughn Atherton
Mother: Dora Christine Helton
Roll number: 1963_0001
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Vivian Lee Atherton
Death Date: 1 Jul 1963
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 47890
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Vivian Lee Atherton
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 0
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1963
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 1 Jul 1963
Death Place: Shamrock, Wharton, Texas, USA
Father: Bill Atherton
Mother: Christine Helton
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