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Submitted: 11/3/21 • Approved: 11/3/21 • Last Updated: 11/6/21 • R466736-G466735-S3
Lester John
May 22, 1892-April 6, 1985
Mary Elizabeth
December 18, 1900-August 31, 2000
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Lester
Lester John Hudson, 92, died Friday night in Wheeler.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Wheeler, the Rev. Ray Forbes of Mobeetie officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery, directed by Wright Funeral Home.
He was born in Hopkins County. He married Mary Elizabeth Hudson in 1915 in Childress. He moved to Briscoe in Wheeler County in 1925 and lived there until 1941, when he moved to Childress County. He moved back to Briscoe in 1958. He had been a resident of Wheeler Care Center the past two years. He was a farmer all his live, and a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of Briscoe; a son, Oden L. of Briscoe; a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Dement of Childress; a sister, Mrs. Atha Swarner of San Angelo; six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and a great great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were: Joe Gatlin, Robert, [sic] Gatlin, Brady Hudson, Rodney Hudson, Kelly Paul, Rodney Sweet.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 51, Number 19, Thursday, April 11, 1985, Page 1)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Lester John Hudson
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 22 May 1892
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Street address: Childres Arlie Rout
Residence Place: Childress, Texas, USA
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Lester John Hudson
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 50
Birth Date: 22 May 1892
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Childress, Texas, USA
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lester Hudson
Death Date: 6 Apr 1985
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male
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