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Submitted: 10/27/21 • Approved: 10/27/21 • Last Updated: 10/30/21 • R465399-G465398-S3
Alton P.
1900-1985
Thelma I.
1906-1999
Wed Sept. 25, 1926
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Alton
Alton Price Farrar, 85, of Plainview, died Sunday.
Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Wheeler Cemetery, the Rev. M.B. Smith of Pampa officiated. Burial was by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Farrar was born in Comanche. He married Iru Thelma Ward in 1926 in Comanche. he [sic] moved to Plainview from Wheeler three months ago. He previously lived in Monahans. He was a retired farmer, and was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Monahans.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ward of Redding, Calif., and Melvin of Wheeler; two daughters, Patsy Stanton of Pampa and Joyce Baker of Plainview; a sister, Sybil Cosby of Cisco; 12 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
(Published in The Wheeler Time, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 51, Number 49, Thursday, November 7, 1985, Page 1)
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Other Children:
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Joice Farrar
Date of Birth: 25 Jan 1931
Gender: Female
Birth County: Comanche
Father's Name: Alton P Farrar
Mother's Name: Thelma Ward
Roll Number: 1931_0003
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Patsy Martha Farrar
Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1933
Gender: Female
Birth County: Comanche
Father's Name: Allan Price Farrar
Mother's Name: Thelma Ira Ward
Roll Number: 1933_0003
*Obituary Thelma
Thelma Iru Farrar, 92, died Sunday, April 25, 1999.
Graveside services were at 1:30 p.m Wednesday in Wheeler Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Bartel, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Pampa officiating. Arrangements were by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Farrar was born in Sidney. She had been a homemaker most of her life. She lived in Monahans from 1952 until 1984, when she moved to Plainview. Later in 1984, she moved to Wheeler. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church at Monahans.
She married Alton Price Farrar in 1926 at Comanche. He died in 1985.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Melvin Farrar and Ward Farrar, a daughter, Joyce Baker and a stepdaughter, Nita Spence.
Survivors included a daughter, Patsy Stanton of Pampa; a sister, Ona Milhorn of Amarillo; a brother, Reuben Ward of Ft. Worth; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 66, Number 20, Thursday, April 29, 1999)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Thelma Iru Ward
Date of Birth: 10 Dec 1906
Birth County: Comanche
Certificate Number: 37286
Roll Number: 1903_0029
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Thelma Irn Ward
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1906
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sidney, Comanche, Texas, USA
Father: Millard Lee Ward
Mother: Mrs Martha E Ward
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Thelma Iru Farrar
Death Date: 25 Apr 1999
Death County: Wheeler
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Thelma Farrar [Thelma I Farrar] [Thelma Ward]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1906
Birth Place: Sidney Coman, Texas [Sidney Coman|]
Death Date: 25 Apr 1999
Claim Date: 26 Mar 1970
Father:
Millard L Ward
Mother:
Mattie Simmons
Type of Claim: Birth record established before age of 5.
Notes: 21 Dec 1978: Name listed as THELMA FARRAR; 25 Mar 1970: Name listed as THELMA I FARRAR
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Other Children:
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Joice Farrar
Date of Birth: 25 Jan 1931
Gender: Female
Birth County: Comanche
Father's Name: Alton P Farrar
Mother's Name: Thelma Ward
Roll Number: 1931_0003
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Patsy Martha Farrar
Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1933
Gender: Female
Birth County: Comanche
Father's Name: Allan Price Farrar
Mother's Name: Thelma Ira Ward
Roll Number: 1933_0003
Contributed on 10/27/21
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