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Submitted: 11/28/21 • Approved: 11/28/21 • Last Updated: 12/1/21 • R471107-G471106-S3
Lennie W.
November 11, 1886-August 23, 1963
Eva B.
July 7, 1890-September 22, 1962
At Rest With The Lord
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Lennie W.
WHEELER, Aug. 23 (Special) - Lennie W. Newkirk, 76, died at 11 a.m. today at the Thomas Rest Home in Wellington.
Mr. Newkirk came to Wheeler from Jacksboro in 1928 and farmed six miles southeast of Wheeler until failing health caused his retirement. He was a member of the Kelton Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Wheeler Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Hawn, pastor of the Kelton Baptist Church, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Frank Ross.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, August 24, 1963)
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Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965
Name: Lennie Newkirk
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1904
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Eva Ford
Film Number: 001290680
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lennie Mare Newkirk
Death Date: 23 Aug 1963
Death County: Collingsworth
Certificate: 49140
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lennie Ware Newkirk
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 76
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1886
Residence: Precinct 3, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 23 Aug 1963
Death Place: Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
*Obituary Eva B.
WHEELER, Sept. 24 - Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Bess Newkirk, 72, were held at 10 a.m. today in the Wheeler Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Weldon of Plainview officiating, assisted by the pastor, the Rev. Frank Ross.
Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery under direction of Kirk Funeral Home.
Mrs. Newkirk died at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the Shamrock Hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the day.
She was a longtime resident of Wheeler and was a member of the First Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, L.W. Newkirk of the home; five sons, M.L. of Wheeler, Rex of Pantex, Ford of Shamrock, T.C. of Gravett, Ark., O.E. of Las Cruces, N.M.; three daughters, Mrs. Linnie Raymond of Wheeler, Mrs. Essie Grimes of Shamrock, Mrs. Roma McCoy of Portales, N.M. and 36 grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Globe Times, September 24, 1962)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eva Bess Newkirk
Death Date: 22 Sep 1962
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 65548
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Eva Bess Newkirk
[Eva Bess Ford]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1890
Birth Place: Alabama
Residence: Precinct 3, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Sep 1962
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Charles Ford
Contributed on 11/28/21
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