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Submitted: 11/17/21 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R469150-G469150-S3
August 14, 1891-February 21, 1971
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mrs. Clara Maxwell, 79, of Rt. 1, Wheeler, died Sunday, February 21 after several weeks illness. She was born in Tennessee August 14, 1891.
Mrs. Maxwell had lived in Wheeler County since 1914. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wheeler.
Survivors include 2 daughters, Mrs. Elwood Shira of Wheeler and Mrs. T.J. Hyatt of Borger, 3 sons, Elmer Maxwell of Porum, Oklahoma, Olen L. of Phillips and Furman R. of Borger 1 brother, H.H. Herd of Wheeler, 3 sisters, Mrs. H.O. Harget of Tahoka, Texas and Mrs. Lawrence Crowder and Miss Bessie Herd of Wheeler, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1957.
Services will be Thursday, February 25 at 2:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in Wheeler. Rev. M.B. Smith of Pampa will officiate with Rev. Keith McCormick assisting.
Pall bearers will be J.D. Herd, C.B. Brotherton, Jr., L.E. Brain, Dorsey Hutchison, Bill Hampton and Hershel Anderson.
Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright Funeral Home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 48, Number 11, Thursday, February 25, 1971, Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: Clara Heard
Gender: Female
License Date: 20 Nov 1909
License Place: Denton, Texas, USA
Marriage Place: Denton, Texas, USA
Spouse: S A Maxwell
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Clara Maxwell
Death Date: 21 Feb 1971
Death County: Gray
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Clara Maxwell
[Clara Herd]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 79
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1891
Birth Place: Tennessee
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Feb 1971
Death Place: Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA
Father: John M Herd
Mother: Mary Rice
Contributed on 11/17/21
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