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Ora Bell WRIGHT MOONEY

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

Walter A.
May 29, 1914-December 10, 1996

Please see military marker

Ora Bell
March 19, 1914-March 18, 1965

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

*Obituary Walter
CANADIAN - Walter A. Mooney, 82, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1996.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Wheeler Cemetery at Wheeler with the Rev. Dinzel Leonard of Canadian officiating. Arrangements are by StickleyHill Funeral Directors.

Mr. Mooney was born in Grayson County. He moved to Canadian in 1938 from McKinney. He was a combat engineer for the Army during World War II. He was a former member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

He was an assistant foreman and worked for the Texas State Highway Department for 38 years before retiring in 1977. He was a member of First Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by an infant son in 1941 and his wife, Ora Bell Mooney, in 1965.

Survivors include two brothers, Billy Mooney of Amarillo and C.J. Mooney of Anna; and a sister, Nellie Hendershot of Canadian.

The family requests memorials be to the American Heart Association or a favorite charity.

The body will be available for viewing at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

(Published in Amarillo Online Newspapers 12 Dec 1996)

Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Walter A Mooney
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1914
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1940
Marriage Place: Ellis, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Ora Belle Wright
Film Number: 001064785

Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Walter Mooney
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1971
Marriage Place: Hemphill, Texas, USA
Spouse: Yolanda F Dean
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 44

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Walter Mooney
Death Date: 10 Dec 1996
Death County: Hemphill
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Walter Alton Mooney
[Walter A Mooney]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 May 1914
Birth Place: Van Alstyue, Texas
Death Date: 10 Dec 1996
Father: James A Mooney
Mother: Emma L Shaw
Notes: Sep 1938: Name listed as WALTER ALTON MOONEY; 20 Dec 1996: Name listed as WALTER A MOONEY

Contributed on 11/26/21

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Record #: 470807

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Submitted: 11/26/21 • Approved: 11/26/21 • Last Updated: 11/29/21 • R470807-G470805-S3

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