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Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jessie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hazel Ruth McIver on 5 Jun 1934 in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas. Hazel was born on 8 Jul 1909 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas; died on 21 Feb 2000 in Wichita County, Texas; was buried on 23 Feb 2000 in Archer City Cemetery, Archer City, Archer County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary provided by Dawn Kelley, and copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:

Published in Wichita Falls Times Record News, 23 Feb 2000:

ARCHER CITY - Hazel R. McIver McMurtry, age 90, of Archer City, Texas, passed away on Monday, Feb. 21, 2000. She had been a resident of Presbyterian Manor in Wichita Falls, Texas, for over 20 years.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Aulds Funeral Home with Rev. Willie Johnson, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Archer City, officiating. Interment will be in the Archer City Cemetery under the direction of Aulds Funeral Home.

Mrs. McMurtry was born July 8, 1909, in Colorado City, Texas, the daughter of Oscar Sylvester and Mary Elizabeth McIver. She and W.J. "Jeff" McMurtry were married June 5, 1934, in Big Spring, Texas. He preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 1977. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Archer City for over 50 years.

Survivors include: two sons, Larry McMurtry of Archer City, Texas, and Charlie McMurtry of San Angelo, Texas; two daughters, Sue Deen and Judy McLemore, both of Archer City, Texas; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, James McMurtry, Mitch McLemore, Chad Deen, Matt McLemore and Todd McMurtry. Honorary pallbearers will be Luke Smith, Howard Lyles, Charles McDaniel, Mary Webb, Joe Slack and Gowdy Slack.

Memorials may be made to the Book Lady Program of the Archer Community Foundation, P.O. Box 877, Archer City, Texas, 76351; the Royal Theater Fund, P.O. Box 70, Archer City, Texas 76351; or the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1414, Archer City, Texas 76351.

Notes:

Melba Gene shows he might have been born either in Bartlett or Bell County, and that he died either in Archer City or Onley.

Mark McLemore states that he was always called "Uncle Romie."

Jessie married Mollie Belle Minter on 20 Oct 1920 in Ellis County, Texas. Mollie was born on 30 May 1903; died on 13 Jun 1945; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]