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Robert Lee Criswell

8 Dec 1893 – 5 Jul 1957

Birth8 Dec 1893
Death5 Jul 1957
CemeteryWest Park Cemetery
Hereford , Deaf Smith County , Texas , USA
Added byMary(Coggin)Russell on 16 Jan 2015
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Funeral Services Here Today for R.L. Criswell Final rites for R.L. Criswell, 64, of Hereford will be held at 3 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Howard Scott, pastor, officiating. Mr. Criswell died Friday afternoon in a hospital at Wichita Falls. He had been ill since 1951. He was injured then when a horse fell on him. He lived in Hereford from August 1953, to June of this year. He was a retired rancher and came here from Throckmorton County. Mr. Criswell was born Dec. 8, 1892 [sic], in Flatonia. His son Dalton was head football coach at Hereford for two years, 1949-51. He is now teaching at Andrews. Other survivors include his wife of Hereford; another son, Dr W.A. Criswell of Bay City; two daughters, Mrs. Allen Whitaker and Mrs. Charles Soehengen, both of Borger and six grandchildren. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery. Gililland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (Published in The Sunday Brand, Vol. 10 - No. 2, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 1957, Page 1) ----- Robert Lee Criswell in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name Robert Lee Criswell Gender Male Birth Date 8 Dec 1893 Residence Place Throckmorton, Texas, USA Military Draft Date 1942 Next of Kin Mrs Goldie Criswell Robert Lee Criswell. in the Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Name Robert Lee Criswell Gender Male Race White Death Age 63 Birth Date 12 Dec 1893 Birth Place Flatonia, Texas Residence Date Abt 1957 Residence Place Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA Death Date 5 Jul 1957 Death Place Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA Father J S Criswell Mother Mary Michal Criswell Robert L Criswell in the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Name Robert L Criswell Birth Date 8 Dec 1893 Service Number 3 659 398 Service Branch US Army Unit Co. K, 49 Infantry Enlistment Date 5 Aug 1918 Discharge Date 20 Feb 1919 Death Date 5 Jul 1957 Cemetery West Park Cemetery Cemetery Location Hereford, Texas, USA

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Texas Pvt Co K 49 Infantry World War I

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