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Submitted: 12/27/21 • Approved: 12/27/21 • Last Updated: 12/30/21 • R475866-G475864-S3
Joseph DeWitt
June 21, 1884-August 6, 1956
Dad
Mayme
June 12, 1887-December 4, 1953
Mama
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Joseph DeWitt
Services Held For J.D. Swan
Funeral services for Joseph Dewitt Swan, 72, who was killed in an accident 20 miles north east of San Angelo at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Rites were conducted at 2:30 p.m. in the Wheeler Methodist Church.
Mr. Swan was involved in a auto collision and was pronounced "Dead on Arrival" at a San Angelo Hospital. His body was taken to Massie Funeral Home and was picked up by a Kirk Ambulance Coach and returned to Wheeler. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery beside his wife who passed away December 4, 1953.
Mr. Swan was born in Bell County June 21, 1884. He had lived in this community for 24 years and was on his way to visit friends in San Angelo at the time of the accident.
Rev. Carlton Thomson was in charge of the last rites. Kirk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Buster Black, Leo Lamb, J.R. Clark, Spud Moore, Shorty Sechrist, and Nick Steadman.
Survivors include; The children, Mrs. Wanda Dickerson [sic], Borger; Mrs. Shirley Parr, Medford, Ore.; Mrs. Bobbie Rue Frizen, Longview, Wash.; Joe W. Swan, Klamath Falls, Ore.; and Jim Swan, Borger.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Olinger, Oak Cliff, Dallas; and Mrs. E.V. Cadle, Martinez, Calif., and a brother, L.P. Swan of Long Beach, Calif.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume LXIII -- Number 35, Wheeler, Texas, August 9, 1956, Page 1,6)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Joseph Dewitt Swan
Death Date: 6 Aug 1956
Death County: Tom Green
Certificate: 45136
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Joseph Dewitt Swan
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1884
Birth Place: Bell, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: J L Swan
Mother: Artelia Daniel
Age at Death: 72
Death Date: 6 Aug 1956
Death Place: San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA
*Obituary Mayme
Mrs. Mayme Swan, 66, died this morning at 5 o'clock in the North Plains hospital.
A resident of Wheeler, Tex., she was the mother of Mrs. Wanda Dickenson, R.N., of Borger. Other survivors include her husband, J.D. Swan; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Parr of Klamath Falls, Ore., and Miss Bobbie Swan of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sons, Jim of Borger and Joe of Klamath Falls; four sisters, one brother, and seven grandchildren.
The body will be taken to Wheeler for final rites and internment.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Friday, December 4, 1953)
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mayme Swan, 66, who died early Friday morning at North Plains Hospital will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church of Wheeler. Interment will be in the Wheeler Cemetery.
Mrs. Swan is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Dickenson and a son, James Swan both of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, December 6, 1953)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mayme Swan
Death Date: 4 Dec 1953
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 62828
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mayme Swan
[Mayme Shirley]
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1887
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Texas
Father: C C Shirley
Age at Death: 66
Death Date: 4 Dec 1953
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 12/27/21
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