Coleman County, Texas Obituaries
for July 1996
NOTE: Only the names and ages of deceased
are being listed at this time.
The entire obituary will be added as time
allows.
Send an email to the Coleman
County Historian is you need an obituary for someone listed on this
page.
The following are listed by death dates.
July 1, 1996
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(Coleman
Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 2, 1996; and
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 2, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 2, 1996.) |
July 2, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 4, 1996.) |
July 4, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 9, 1996.) |
July 5, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 9, 1996.) |
July 6, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 9, 1996.) |
July 7, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 9, 1996.) |
July 8, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 11, 1996.) |
July 9, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 11, 1996.) |
July 10, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 16, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 16, 1996.) |
July 12, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 16, 1996.) |
July 13, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 16, 1996.) |
July 14, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 16, 1996.) |
July 16, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 18, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 18, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
July 17, 1996
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Oretha Jane Whitworth, age 93, of Coleman, formerly of
Amarillo, died Wednesday evening, July 17, 1996 at Coleman Care Center. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at
Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Reed Justus officiating. Graveside services were 10 a.m. Monday at
Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. Oretha Jane Whitworth was born August 9, 1902
in Eastland County, Texas, daughter of the late J. T. Cornelius and Celia Ulmer
McCleskey. She moved to Kingsville in 1913
where she graduated from high school. She
received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Texas A & I in Kingsville and a
Masters Degree in Education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ilinois. Mrs. Whitworth was a speech and drama teacher,
teaching in Kingsville from 1923-1927 and in Amarillo from 1927-1967. After moving to Amarillo, she met and married
Noble N. Whitworth, a long-time Amarillo pharmacist, in 1940. She was a member
of Polk Street United Methodist Church in Amarillo where she was active in the
Gleaners Sunday School Class and the United Methodist Women. She helped organize Meals on Wheels in
Amarillo and after moving to Coleman in 1981, organized Coleman Meals on Wheels.
She was past president of Texas Speech
Association, a former consulting editor for National Speech Teacher Magazine
and was past district president of Texas Stale Teachers Association. In Coleman, she was a member of First United
Methodist Church, Aldersgate Guild and the Nichols Sunday School Class. She was also a member of the P.E.O.
Sisterhood. Survivors include nieces and
nephews, including V. J. Horn of Coleman and Dr. Lynn C. Perkins of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; one sister, Hester Perkins Fox; three brothers, Percy L Cornelius, J. Max
Cornelius and Willie Rex Cornelius. The
family requests memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church of Coleman
or Coleman County Medical Center.
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
July 18, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 25, 1996.) |
July 19, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
July 20, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
July 21, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 23, 1996.) |
July 23, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 25, 1996.) |
July 24, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996.) |
July 25, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996.) |
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996.) |
July 26, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996.) |
July 27, 1996
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(Coleman
Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996; and
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July 28, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 30, 1996.) |
July 30, 1996
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(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, August 1, 1996.) |
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