WOODRUFF, LENA M. - Wheeler County, Texas | LENA M. WOODRUFF - Texas Gravestone Photos

Lena M. WOODRUFF

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

1940-1945

Our Daughter

*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Lena Mae Woodruff, 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Woodruff, was fatally burned Tuesday afternoon when her clothing caught fire from a gas heater at the family residence in Wheeler about 1 o'clock. The child and two younger children were alone at the time of the tragedy. The mother was outside the house attending to a cow that had gotten out of the barn lot. When she returned to the house Lena was still standing but all the clothing had been burned from her body and part of her hair had burned. Since she was not wearing shoes and stockings her legs and feet escaped the flames. She passed away about 6:35 o'clock the same afternoon.

Lena Mae was born August 12, 1940 at Atlanta, Texas. The family moved to Wheeler about three and one half years ago. She is survived by her parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Irene, Weldon, Imogene, William and Coy Raymond. One brother, Paul, preceded her in death. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Woodruff of Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. Clabe Coats of Queen's City, Texas.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon from the Baptist church. Rev. P.D. Fullingim and Rev. Tiney Welch of Twitty officiated. Interment was in Wheeler cemetery with Hunt Funeral Home in charge.

Pall bearers were J.B. Oglesby, Cecil Blevins, Rev. Welch and Mr. Hunt of Briscoe. Flower girls were Dorothy Hunt, Polly Clark, Nadine Barton, Sue Williamson and Marilyn Carol Swink.

(Published in The Wheeler Time, Wheeler, Texas, Thursday, May 17, 1945)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lena May Woodruff
Death Date: 15 May 1945
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 23528

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lena May Woodruff
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1940
Birth Place: Cash, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: R C Woodruff
Mother: Coats
Age at Death: 4
Death Date: 15 May 1945
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 1/13/22

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Record #: 481458

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Submitted: 1/13/22 • Approved: 1/13/22 • Last Updated: 1/16/22 • R481458-G0-S3

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