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Carl Donivan Pearson

1 Dec 1910 – 29 Sep 1998

Birth	1 Dec 1910
Death	29 Sep 1998
Cemetery	Elida Cemetery Elida , Roosevelt County , New Mexico , USA
Added by	Joyce Gore Locke on 05 Jan 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10275464

Bio

Carl Donivan Pearson, 87, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1998. He was born in Donley County, Texas. He married Velma Hilburn in 1928 at Lamesa, TX. He worked as a rancher, farmer and cowboy and had lived near Lamesa, TX, until 1942 when he moved his family to Crossroads. A year later, they moved to the Flying M Ranch south of Elida. He later owned several trucks and worked hauling hay and cattle. He also had driven a school bus route and rural mail route. For several years he owned and operated a service station and grocery in Elida. He had been retired about 15 years. Carl was a member of Odd Fellows Lodge in Elida for a number of years. He served as town mayor of Elida, NM, for two terms in the 1970s. He is survived by his wife, Velma (Hilburn); two daughters, Janice Morgan of Lake Arthur, NM, and Peggy Jones of Portales, NM; a sister, Claudene Wood of Delta, CO; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• John Thomas Pearson 1880–1968
• Kathryn Lorena "Katie" Hill Pearson 1882–1930

Spouse

• Velma Hilburn Pearson 1910–2003

Siblings

• James Truman Pearson 1906–1963

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