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Submitted: 5/13/22 • Approved: 5/16/22 • Last Updated: 5/19/22 • R512993-G0-S3
ENSIGN US Navy
World War II
February 21, 1922-December 7, 2001
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
E.W. "Bud" Cawthon, 79, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, in Amarillo.
Private graveside services were held Saturday. Arrangements were by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cawthon was born Feb. 21, 1922, at Childress. He married Lurline Dixon in 1946 at Dimmitt.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Randy Cawthon of Amarillo; a daughter, Lynette Dudding of Amarillo; and six grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Hereford Senior Citizens or Harrington Cancer Center.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Cawthon
Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1922
Birth County: Childress
Father's name: E W Cawthon
Certificate Number: 7753
Roll Number: 1922_0003
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Cawthon
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1922
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Childress, Childress, Texas, USA
Father: E W Cawthon
Father Birth Place: Denton County, Texas
Mother: Myrtle King
Mother Birth Place: Erath County, Texas
Mother Residence: Childress, Texas
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: E. W Cawthon Jr
Marriage Date: 31 May 1946
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Lurline J. Dixon
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: E. W. Cawthon
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1922
Issue year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 7 Dec 2001
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: E W Cawthon Jr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1922
Birth Place: Childress Ch, Texas
Death Date: 7 Dec 2001
Father: E W Cawthon
Mother: Myrtle King
Notes: Nov 1948: Name listed as E W CAWTHON JR; 12 Dec 2001: Name listed as E W CAWTHON
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