1. | William Alvin Atkinson was born on 26 Sep 1901 in Hasse, Comanche County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1977 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas. Notes:
The son of James Albert ATKINSON and Annie Elizabeth CHILDRESS.
OBITUARY: Newapaper; Feb 1977
OBITUARY: Graham, TX -- Services for William Alvin "Shorty" Atkinson, 75, of Jean, TX, who died Thursday in a Wichita Falls hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Morrison Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodson, Tex. Cemetery. Atkinson was born Sept. 26, 1901, in Hasse, TX. He was a long-time resident of Young County who married Odessa Wright in 1925 in Throckmorton, TX. He was a member of Jean Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife; six sons, James of Merkel, TX., Kenneth of Carlsbad, N. M., Ray of Snyder, Frank of Jal, N. M., L. B. of Breckenridge, TX., and Wilburn of Olney, TX., a daughter, Mrs. Donna Rials of Ft. Worth; a sister, Mrs. Nathan Whitaker of Throckmorton, and several grandchildren.
(Courtesy of Mitchell Atkinson)
William married Odessa Lafanta Wright on 15 Apr 1925 in Throckmorton, Throckmorton County, Texas. Odessa (daughter of Keaton James Wright and Dilla Dillo Shaw) was born on 22 Jul 1905 in Texas; died on 19 Oct 1994 in Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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