William Gordon STILES

1862-1935

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*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Friends and acquaintances throughout the community learned with deep regret Monday of the death of W.G. Stiles, who passed away that morning at the family ranch home, east of Wheeler, following a brief illness from bronchial pneumonia. Deceased had apparently had been in his usual health until five days before the disease attacked him, although he had been under considerable mental strain due to the death of his beloved wife on Sept. 15, last.

The death of W.G. Stiles takes from Wheeler county one of its outstanding citizens, a man honored and respected by all with whom he came in contact. He came to this region in 1901 and entered the livestock and ranching activities. As his circle of acquaintances widened, his sphere of activity increased. With the passing of years, Mr. Stiles entered other lines of endeavor in addition to his ranch holdings.

At the time of his death he was president of the First National bank of Wheeler, and a director in the First State bank of Mobeetie. Always busy and active, idleness was not an attribute of this hardy pioneer who wrested for himself and family a competence from the wild and obstinate surroundings in which he cast his lot.

Beyond and above the mere printed word, the finest eulogy that may be paid W.G. Stiles is the fact that his upright, honorable life; his industry and his tenacity to a worthwhile cause, will live on in the hearts and lives of those who knew him as a friend and neighbor.

William Gordon Stiles was born Jan. 11, 1862, near Cartersville, Barton county, Georgia, and died Nov. 18, 1935, near Wheeler, Texas, at the age of 73 years, 10 months and seven days. He was married to Elizabeth Boales on Oct. 9, 1894, at Big Spring, Texas. To this union were born five children; Delcina, who died Dec. 1, 1903; Mrs. Elise (Stiles) Walker, Gordon, Beth and Robert Stiles.

Besides the children, he is survived by one granddaughter, Patricia Ann Stiles; two brothers, W.H. Stiles, Cartersville, Ga., and George G. Stiles, Rome, Ga., other relatives in Georgia and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in this city, by Rev. J. Edmund Kirby, assisted by Rev. A.C. Wood.

Active pall bearers were Emmett Scott, Henry Flanagan, F.B. Craig, G.O. McCroban, Tom Britt, Buck Britt. Honorary pall bearers: J.M. Porter, G.W. Porter, W.E. Pennington, D.E. Holt, J.P. Green, M.V. Sanders, A. Finsterwald, Mark Huselby and C.H. Clay.

Flower girls: Clara Finsterwald, Reba Wofford, Mrs. R.H. Forrester, Mrs. Roe Green, Mrs. Buck Britt, Wheeler; Mrs. J.G. Hamer, Mrs. J.H. Caperton, Mrs. Royce Lewis, Shamrock.

Interment was made in the Wheeler cemetery under direction of the Wheeler Funeral Home, aided by Nathan M. Hunt, Mobeetie.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, (Wheeler, Wheeler County, Tex.), Volume 11 Number 49, Thursday, November 21, 1935, Page 1)
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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: William Gordon Stiles
Gender: Male
Birth Place: GA
Birth Year: 1862
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Lizzy Boles
Spouse
Birth Place: TX
Spouse Birth Year: 1870
Number Pages: 1

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Gordon Stiles
Death Date: 18 Nov 1935
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 54231

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: W G Stiler
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1862
Birth Place: Borton, Georgia
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Texas
Spouse: Elizabeth Boles
Father: W H Stiles Senior
Mother: Eliza Clifford Gordon
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 18 Nov 1935
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 12/27/21

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