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George L. RICHARDSON

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

George L.
March 23, 1912-July 21, 1986

Father

Vena R.
February 8, 1912-May 25, 1996

Mother

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

*Obituary George L.
George L. Richardson, 74, died Monday, July 21, 1986.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today, Thursday, July 24, 1986, with Rev. Mike Struve, pastor, and Rev. M.B. Smith of Pampa officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetry [sic] by Wright Funeral Home.

Mr. Richardson was born at Troupe and moved to Wheeler County in 1923. He was a farmer and rancher, and was manager of Wheeler County Farm Bureau from 1950 to 1977. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and Wheeler Lions Club. He married Verna Ruth Clemens in 1932 in Erick, Okla.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Kenneth of Pampa; three daughters, Sandra Crowder of Chickasha, Okla., Glenda Gaines of Amarillo and Connie Taylor of Odessa; four brothers, Gordon of Fritch, Thurman of Panhandle, Newton of Canyon and Tony of Loma Vista, Calif.; four sisters, Dorothy Mansel of Groom, Ella May Bearden of Pampa, Norma Henson of La Russell, Mo., and Judy Leonard of Wichita, Kan.; 14 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

()Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 52, Number 34, Thursday, July 24, 1986, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Leonard Richardson
Death Date: 21 Jul 1986
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: George Richardson
Last Residence:
79096 Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
BORN: 23 Mar 1912
Died: Jul 1986

*Obituary Vena R.
Vena Clemens Richardson, 84, died Saturday, May 25, 1996.

Services were at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Wilson, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Leonard Newton, of Wichita, Kan., assisting. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.

Mrs. Richardson was born in Throckmorton and moved to Wheeler County with her family in 1924. She graduated from Pampa High School in 1931 and married George Richardson in 1932 at Sayre, Okla.; he died in 1986. She had been a secretary of Wheeler County Farm Bureau for 20 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son, Kennith Richardson of Pampa; three daughters, Glenda Gaines of Amarillo, Sandra Crowder of Chickasha, Okla., and Connie Taylor of Parker, Ariz., 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were grandsons: Gregory Crowder, Mark Crowder, Michael Crowder, Tracy Crowder, David Gaines, Donald Gaines, Brandon Taylor, and Branson Taylor.

The family requests memorials be to First United Methodist Church.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 63, Number 25, Thursday, May 30, 1996)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Vena Richardson
Death Date: 25 May 1996
Death County: Wheeler

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Vena Ruth Richardson
[Vena R Richardson]
[Vena Ruth Clemens]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1912
Birth Place: Padgett Youn, Texas
[New Castle Y??, Texas]
Death Date: 25 May 1996
Father: Edwin J Clemens
Mother: Ada B Rosson
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1961: Name listed as VENA RUTH RICHARDSON; 01 Jun 1996: Name listed as VENA R RICHARDSON

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Submitted: 12/9/21 • Approved: 12/9/21 • Last Updated: 12/12/21 • R472829-G472829-S3

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