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Submitted: 5/25/22 • Approved: 5/26/22 • Last Updated: 5/29/22 • R515508-G515507-S3
B. C. Dement
February 13, 1899-February 3, 1973
Opal M. Campbell Dement
May 6, 1912-June 18, 1971
Married July 6, 1934
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary B.C.
Funeral services for Bremon Claud Dement, 73, of 604 East Third, were conducted Monday afternoon in Central Church of Christ, of which he was a member. The minister, J.T. Marlin, officiated and burial was in West Park Cemetery, directed by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Dement, an employe of Deaf Smith County for a number of years, died Saturday evening in a local hospital. He was a native of Arkansas, born Feb. 13, 1899, at Waldron.
He married Opal Campbell in July, 1934, at Dickens and they came to Hereford from Crosbyton in 1939. Mrs. Dement died here in 1971.
Survivors are a daughter, Charlene Cole of Hereford; two sons, Raymond of Hereford and Benny of Amarillo; a sister, Majillon Jones of Muskogee, Okla., and eight grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 72nd Year- No. 6, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, February 8, 1973, Page 2)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Brumon Claud Dement
[Bremon Claud Dement]
[Brenan Claud Dement]
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1899
Residence Place: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Unia Dement
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Bremon Cloud Dement
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1899
Birth Place: Scott County, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: Deaf Smith County
Weight: 155
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Opla May Dement
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Bremon Cloud Dement Self (Head)
Source Citation
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Bremon Dement
Death Date: 3 Feb 1973
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Bremon C Dement
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 73
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1899
Birth Place: Arkansas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 3 Feb 1973
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Willis Dement
Mother: Unia McClain
Certificate Number: 10091
*Opal M.
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Opal Campbell
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1927
Marriage Place: Crosby, Texas, USA
Spouse: Haven Wallace
Film Number: 002047276
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Opal Dement
Death Date: 18 Jun 1971
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Opal Mae Dement
[Opal Mae Campbell]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 6 May 1912
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 18 Jun 1971
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: John Campbell
Mother: Sarah Martin
Certificate Number: 40306
Contributed on 5/25/22 by neldapat
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