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Submitted: 7/24/22 • Approved: 7/25/22 • Last Updated: 7/28/22 • R527304-G527303-S3
James Orville Newell
August 8, 1886-June 5, 1958
Merline Patton Newell
December 19, 1887-October 12, 1973
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Merline Patton Newell
Funeral services for Mrs. J.O. Newell, 85, resident of Hereford since 1901, were conducted Saturday afternoon in First United Methodist Church, of which she was a member.
The Rev. Jordan Grooms, pastor, officiated. Burial was in West Park Cemetery, directed by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Newell, a resident of Westgate unit of Kings Manor retirement home in recent years, as Merline Ethel Patton came with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Patton, to Hereford from Plainview. She was born Dec. 19, 1887 at Breckenridge.
She married J.O. Newell, from another Hereford pioneer family here on Oct. 13, 1907. He owned and operated dry goods stores in the city until the 1930's, when he served as a deputy sheriff and then became sheriff in 1936, serving three terms. His death occurred June 5, 1958.
Surviving Mrs. Newell are two daughters, Virginia Winget of Hereford and Elaine Willoughby of Oklahoma City; three sons, Gaylor, Charles and Orland, all of Hereford; a bother John Patton; a sister, Lelia Trotter of Fort Worth, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
(Published in the Sunday Brand, Vol. 26-No. 17, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 14, 1973, Page 2)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Merline Patton
Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1907
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: J. O. Newell
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Merline Newell
Death Date: 12 Oct 1973
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Merline Ethel Newell
[Merline Ethel Patton]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 85
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1887
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 12 Oct 1973
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: W A Patton
Mother: Nancy Droke
Certificate Number: 75889
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