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Submitted: 11/19/21 • Approved: 11/19/21 • Last Updated: 11/22/21 • R469560-G0-S3
1875-1945
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mortimer McIlhany, resident of Wheeler for the past 30 years, passed away at his home Sunday following a lengthy illness.
Services were conducted at the First Methodist Church of Wheeler Tuesday afternoon with Rev. H.H. Hunt,, pastor, in charge, assisted by Rev. A.C. Wood. Burial was in the Wheeler cemetery with Hunt Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McIlhany was born in Monticello, Mo., on March 17, 1875. He was the son of Dr. Marshall McIlhany, president of Centenary College, which is today known as John Tarleton College in Stephenville, Texas.
Mr. McIlhany was married June 15, 1915, to Miss Golda Grainger. Soon after their marriage they moved to Wheeler, in February, 1916, from Fort Worth. For the past 28 years he had owned and operated the M. McIlhany Co. in Wheeler.
The pioneer Wheeler resident had been a member of the Methodist Church since he was 10 years of age. He was a man of high principles, moral integrity and great generosity.
Serving as pall bearers at the final rites were: Floyd Pennington, Fred Farmer, Levi Reid, Jim Magruder, Rupert Faust and Harry Wofford. Flower attendants were: Louise Tillman, Reba Wofford, Virginia Lowrie, Mrs. A.B. Crump, Mrs. Lloyd Lee and Mrs. Orville Koher.
Survivors include the widow of Wheeler, one daughter, Mary Lou McIlhany of Nashville, Tenn., and one son, Grainger McIlhany, who recently returned to Wheeler after more than four years service in the Armed Forces.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. A.M. Flynt of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. E.L. Stanford of Dallas and Miss Loutie McIlhany of Shamrock, and four brothers, H.J. McIlhany of Marlin, M.P. McIlhany of Dallas, J.E. McIlhany of Hayward, Calif., and D.F. McIlhany of Richmond, Virginia.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XIII-Number 1, Thursday, December 20, 1945)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mortimer Mcilhany
Death Date: 16 Dec 1945
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 56733
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mortimer McIlhany
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 70
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1875
Birth Place: Monticello, Missouri
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 Dec 1945
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Marshil McIlhany
Mother: Plant McIlhany
Contributed on 11/19/21
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