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Thomas P. HYATT

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

1859-1941

Father
At Rest

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

*Obituary
Friends and acquaintances throughout Wheeler county, where he had resided for 20 years, join with relatives in mourning the death here, on Monday, of T.P. Hyatt, 81, well-known citizen of this community.

Mr. Hyatt, in his practice of the old-fashioned virtues of thrift, honesty and strict application to the enterprises in which he engaged, had gained a fair competence together with the respect and esteem of those with whom he came in contact.

Born in the Old South of excellent stock, he retained, during a long and busy life, the impress of his antecedents and the air of a Southern gentleman that distinguished him among men. Only a small child when the Civil War drew to a close, Hyatt grew up with the changed conditions following that struggle, adjusting himself readily to his surroundings.

Endowed with strong mental and physical vitality, he kept a keen and interested outlook on life and exhibited remarkable vigor and activity, even in his declining years, giving personal attention to his business affairs and driving his own car where fancy or business dictated. In recent years he made extended motor trips in the South and Southwest, including four visits to California, with him doing most of the driving. He was actively engaged in ranching until the age of 60, when he shifted to less strenuous activities.

T.P. Hyatt was born Sept. 30, 1859, in Cherokee county, Ala., and died Jan. 20, 1941, at Wheeler, Texas, at the age of 81 years, three months and 20 days. In 1869 he moved with his parents to Tennessee and in the fall of 1877 from there to Ellis county, Texas, the overland journey covering a period of two months.

On Jan. 7, 1866, he was married to Miss Lena Lesly, who preceded him in death in March, 1933. To this union were born 12 children, six of whom survive.

Following a resident of 12 years in Jack county he moved in 1900 to Oklahoma, where he filed on a quarter section and bought an adjoining half section in Greer county, before the "run" in that part of the territory.

In 1913 he moved to Collingsworth county and in 1921 to Wheeler county, where he resided on a farm west of Wheeler at the time of his death.

Surviving relatives are his six children: Mrs. Rolly McClung, Portales, N. Mex.; Frank and Joe Hyatt, Wheeler; Clem Hyatt, Elsinore, Calif.; Mrs. R.S. Mauney, Borger, and Jim Hyatt, Olton; a sister, Mrs. Betty Cox, address unknown; three brothers, J.C. Hyatt, Clovis, N. Mex.; J.L. Hyatt, Texico, and Frank Hyatt, address unknown. There are also 15 grandchildren, a great-grandson and other relatives.

Funeral services were conducted from the Wheeler Baptist church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, by the pastor, Murray Fuquay, and Rev. A.C. Wood.

Flower bearers were Misses Reba Wofford and Helen Green and Mesdames Ed Watson, Buck Britt, Glen Porter, Ansel McDowell and T.S. Puckett. Pall bearers were H.E. Young, Harry Wofford, Bronson Green, Ansel McDowell, Pyrmon Martin and A.B. Crump.

Interment was made in the Wheeler cemetery under direction of the Hunt Funeral Home.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume VIII-Number 4, Thursday, January 23, 1941, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Thomas Pace Hyatt
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1859
Birth Place: Alabama
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Thomas Jefferson Hyatt
Mother: Martha Hall
Age at Death: 81
Death Date: 20 Jan 1941
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 11/4/21

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Submitted: 11/4/21 • Approved: 11/4/21 • Last Updated: 11/7/21 • R467000-G0-S3

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