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Ruth Shands

Female 1919 - 1997  (78 years)


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  • Name Ruth Shands  [1, 2
    Birth 2 Feb 1919  Whiteflat, Motley County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Feb 1997  Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Sturdivant Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • From FindAGrave:

      Birth: Feb. 2, 1919
      Whiteflat
      Motley County
      Texas, USA
      Death: Feb. 4, 1997
      Mineral Wells
      Palo Pinto County
      Texas, USA

      father: Nathan Frank Shands; mother: Maude Ethel Rattan; spouses: (1) Jessie Cecil McLemore; md. 6 Nov 1938 in Waco, McLennan, TX; (2) James Barto (Bart) Henderson; md. 27 Nov 1965 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, TX

      Ruth Henderson, 78, of Mineral Wells

      Services for Ruth Henderson, 78, of Mineral Wells will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Chapel with burial in the Sturdivant Cemetery in Parker County. Rev. Raymond Shands witll officiate with Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

      Mrs. Henderson died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997 at a local nursing home. She was born in White Flat, TX on Feb. 2, 1919 to Nathan Frank and Maude Ethel Rattan Shands. She lived in Mineral Wells as an infant and during her school years. Mrs. Henderson then moved away and returned in 1962.

      She worked at the Mineral Wells tax office in 1965, then at the Palo Pinto County appraisal office where she worked until her retirement in 1986. Mrs. Henderson was a member of the Parker Street Baptist Church.

      Survivors include her son Don McLemore of Boulder, CO; grandchildren Heather McLemore of Spokane, WA and Chris Millard of Oklahoma City, OK; sisters Rebecca Foster of Abilene and Rowena McDonald of Azle; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews including special great-niece Janet Colvin of Santo. She was preceded in death by her first husband Cecil McLemore in May 1962 and her second husband Bart Henderson in March 1984.

      Pallbearers will be Eddie Foster, Richard Foster, David Foster, Archie Woods, Kenneth Long, Phil Colvin, Bernie Lopez and Kenneth R. Long.

      Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home - obituary

      1. Funeral record of husband.
      2. Obituary, "Mineral Wells Index," 5 Feb 1997.
      3. Personal knowledge of self.
    Person ID I39951  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2015 

    Family Jessie Cecil McLemore,   b. 31 Jul 1916, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1962, Ellis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1944  [3
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F12097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2015 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S501] McLemore, Melba Gene-Family Researcher/Family Group Sheets, Correspondence, Email (maddoxyellowrose@hotmail.com) ; http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php, (http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 30072661 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1696] Ancestry.com - Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database online], # 40783367 (Reliability: 3).