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Submitted: 12/5/21 • Approved: 12/5/21 • Last Updated: 12/8/21 • R471966-G471965-S3
Doyle
June 5, 1927-February 5, 2004
Mildred
June 10, 1921-May 12, 1990
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Doyle
WHEELER - Doyle Ramsey, 76, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Wheeler Church of Christ with Dr. Shawn Johnson, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Ramsey was born June 5, 1927, to Robert Lee and Bernice Ramsey in Wheeler. He married Mildred Holcomb Shackelford on Feb. 15, 1962, in Shamrock. Doyle was a Wheeler County Deputy for 161/2 years. He later held the office of sheriff of Wheeler County from 1977 to 1984. He was elected justice of the peace in 1987 and remained in that position until his retired in 1998. Doyle was a member of the Church of Christ in Wheeler.
He was preceded in death by his wife on May 12, 1990; and a sister, Patsy Britting of Amarillo.
Survivors include three stepsons, David Shackelford of Indio, Calif., John Shackelford of Buda and Tommy Shackelford of Krum; and a brother, Leon Ramsey of Brownwood.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 7, 2004
*Mildred
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mildred Ramsey
Death Date: 12 May 1990
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mildred Holcomb Shackelford
[Mildred Holcomb Ramsey]
[Mildred Ramsey]
[Mildred Holcomb Holcomb]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1921
Birth Place: Solcum Ander, Texas
[Slocum Ander??, Texas]
Father Name: Tony Holcomb
Mother Name: Troy Williams
Death Date: 12 May 1990
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Oct 1941: Name listed as MILDRED HOLCOMB SHACKELFORD; Feb 1962: Name listed as MILDRED HOLCOMB RAMSEY; 25 May 1990: Name listed as MILDRED H RAMSEY
Contributed on 12/5/21
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