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Charles R. FLYNT

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

Charles R.
1873-1946

Rena Belle
1881-1954

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary Charles R.
Charles R. Flynt, 73-year-old Wheeler pioneer passed away at the Wheeler Hospital at 7:15 o'clock this morning. Mr. Flynt's death followed an illness of several weeks. Thirty of Mr. Flynt's seventy-three years had been spent in Wheeler county.

Born at Stephenville, Texas on March 2, 1873, he moved his family to Wheeler county in 1916, settling on a farm two miles west of Wheeler, where he resided at the time of his death.

Mr. Flynt was an old time brick layer and was engaged in that work up until a few years ago. He was a member of the Amarillo brick layers union. He was a member of the Wheeler Baptist Church.

He married Miss Belle Lentz of Mansfield at Ft. Worth, Texas in 1908.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Charles R. Flynt; three sons, C.A. Flynt of Clovis, N.M., Walter of San Diego, Calif., Edgar of Pampa; two daughters, Mrs. T.C. Newkirk of Wheeler, and Mrs. Paul Ford of Bakersfield, Calif.; thirteen grandchildren; and two brothers, E.I. Flynt of Quanah, Texas and A.W. Flynt of Ft. Worth, Texas.

The funeral will be held at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Wheeler.

Interment will be in the Wheeler cemetery with Hunt Funeral Home in charge.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XIII-Number 29, Wednesday, July 3, 1946, Page 1)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Charles Roseboro Flynt
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1873
Street address: Star Rt
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Gray
Eye Color: Light Brown
Relative: Bell Flynt

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Charles R . Flynt
Death Date: 3 Jul 1946
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 34453

*Rena Belle
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mrs. C. R . Flynt
Death Date: 11 Jun 1954
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 31084

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mrs C R Flynt
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1881
Birth Place: Mansfield, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Rural Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 11 Jun 1954
Death Place: Rural Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 10/28/21

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Submitted: 10/28/21 • Approved: 10/28/21 • Last Updated: 10/31/21 • R465478-G465478-S3

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