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Submitted: 7/12/22 • Approved: 7/15/22 • Last Updated: 7/18/22 • R524696-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
July 13, 1924-September 9, 1983
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Funeral services for David McCarley, 59, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in Rix Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bob Huffacker of Church of the Nazarene officiating. He will be assisted by Pat Parker. Burial will be held in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Rix Funeral Directors of Hereford.
Mr. McCarley died Friday morning in VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Born July 13, 1924 in Texas, Mr. McCarley was a retired television technician. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict.
Mr. McCarley married Laura Pearce Dec. 11, 1942 in Reno, Nev. and had lived in Ruidoso, N.M. for nine years. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, Steve of Lovington, N.M.; two dauthers, Joyce Skelton and Cindy Nunley both of Hereford; three grandchildren; a brother, Herman McCarley of Umbarger; two sisters, Joan Miller of Amarillo and Geneva Walker of Roswell, N.M.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 83rd Year, No. 50, Hereford, Tx., Deaf Smith County, Sunday, Sept. 11, 1983, Page 2)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: David Garland Mccarley
Date of Birth: 13 Jul 1924
Birth County: Johnson
Certificate Number: 44822
Roll Number: 1924_0010
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: David Garland McCarley
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1924
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Venus, Johnson, Texas, USA
Father: Dan McCarley
Father Birth Place: Johnson County, Texas
Mother: Bernice Lee
Mother Birth Place: Johnson County, Texas
Mother Residence: Venus, Texas
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: David Garland McCarley
[David McCarley]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1924
Birth Place: Venus, Texas
Death Date: Sep 1983
Father: Hosea G McCarley
Mother: Bernice
Notes: Oct 1940: Name listed as DAVID GARLAND MCCARLEY; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as DAVID MCCARLEY
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