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Submitted: 11/10/21 • Approved: 11/10/21 • Last Updated: 11/13/21 • R467934-G0-S3
January 1, 1879-February 17, 1924
Come unto me
Asleep in Jesus
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
S. P. [sic] Kerr, 45 years of age, a resident of Wheeler, died at the G.A. Box home here at 7:40 Sunday evening after an illness lasting only one and on-half days.
The deceased conducted a general feed store at Wheeler. He came to Shamrock Saturday for a load of feed, and was taken ill shortly after lunch. He was taken to the home of G.A. Box, where he grew steadily worse until the time of his death. His wife and children had been summoned and were with him when the end came.
Funeral services were held Monday at Wheeler.
(Published in The Wheeler County Texas, Shamrock, Texas, Vol. XX., Thursday, February 21, 1924, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: S B Kerr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 45
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1879
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 17 Feb 1924
Death Place: Shanaroek, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Henry Kerr
Contributed on 11/10/21
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