Gladys L. McClanahan

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Obituary, as transcribed from the scan of the original from the Dallas Morning News, March 22, 1994, p. 22A, and added to her FindAGrave memorial page by Emma Shrum Butler Duke

Services for Gladys Louise McClanahan Barksdale will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Restland Wildwood Chapel in Dallas. Burial will follow at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.

Mrs. Barksdale, 87, died of pulmonary fibrosis Sunday at Life Care Center of Plano.

The native of Wewoka Indian Territory, now Wewoka, Okla., began her teaching career in Canyon, Texas.

Mrs. Barksdalb taught in the White Settlement school district for several years before joining the Dallas Independent School District in 1953. She taught second grade at Lenore Kirk Hall Elementary until her retirement in 1977.

Survivors include a daguther, Cynthia C. Durham of Plano, a son Richard M. Barksdale of Friendswood, Texas; four sisters, Lois THOMAS of Everman, Juanita HICKS of Crowley, Ruth SMITH of Duncan, Okla. and Pauline SHOEMAKER of Albuquerque, N. M.; and three grandchildren.

The SSDI shows her final residence as Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Loy Tidwell Barksdale. Loy was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Chico, Wise County, Texas; died on 8 Dec 1985 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]