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Submitted: 11/19/21 • Approved: 11/19/21 • Last Updated: 11/22/21 • R469528-G469527-S3
James Lewis
September 30, 1888-December 22, 1947
Mabel Lillian
January 29, 1894-December 20, 1988
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary James Lewis
Married 30 Dec 1909 - Mabel Lillian Brown
SHAMROCK, Dec. 24 (Special) - Funeral services for James Lewis Smith, 59 years old, were conducted this afternoon in Wheeler Baptist Church with burial in Wheeler Cemetery under direction of Hunt Funeral Home.
Mr. Smith, who had lived in North Wheeler County 30 years, died Monday after a long illness.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Mabel Smith, Mobeetie; one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Alice Johnson, Amarillo; and four sons, David Vinson Smith, Mobeetie; James Lewis Smith, Jr., US Navy; R.J. Smith, Mobeetie; and Sherman Smith, Wheeler; three brothers and three sisters, Fred Smith, Yukon, Okla.; Allen I. Smith and Everet Smith, both of Shamrock; Mrs. Pernia Hill, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Shirla Williams, Oklahoma City; and Mrs. Rex McKay, Pampa; his father, Josiah Smith, Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, December 25, 1947)
*Obituary Mabel Lillian
WHEELER - Funeral services for Mabel Lillian Smith McCaslin, 94, will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Wheeler Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
She died Monday, December 19 [sic].
She was born in Farmersville, Ill. and moved to Wheeler in 1916 from Oklahoma. She had moved to Borger in 1950. She returned to Wheeler two years ago. She married James L. Smith, Sr. in 1909 and he died in 1947. She married Ivan Amos McCaslin in 1956 at Borger. He died in 1968.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Borger, Stamp Club and First Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Vernon Smith of Mobeetie, James L. Smith, Jr. and R.J. Smith, both of Wheeler; nine grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 21, 1988)
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Mabel Lillian Smith McCaslin, 94, died Monday, Dec. 19 [sic], 1988.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 in Wheeler First Baptist Church, Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. McCaslin, born in Farmersville, Ill., moved to Wheeler in 1916 from Oklahoma. She later moved to Borger in 1950. She returned to Wheeler two years ago. She married James L. Smith Sr. in 1909. He died in 1947. She married Ivan Amos McCaslin in 1956 at Borger. He died in 1968. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star in Borger, Stamp Club, and First Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Venson Smith of Mobeetie, James L. Smith Jr. and R.J. Smith, both of Wheeler; nine grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 55 Number 5, Thursday, December 29, 1988, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mabel Mccaslin
Death Date: 20 Dec 1988
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Mabel L. McCaslin
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 29 Jan 1894
Died: Dec 1988
Contributed on 11/19/21
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