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Walter Lee Kellison

4 Feb 1875 – 1 Mar 1940

Birth4 Feb 1875
Death1 Mar 1940
CemeteryNewlin Cemetery
Newlin , Hall County , Texas , USA
Added byMary Hubbard Miller on 18 Jan 2010
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Funeral Services Held For W.L. Kellison, 65 MEMPHIS, Texas, March 4. - Funeral services for W.L. Kellison, 76, who died here early Friday, following a lengthy illness, were held Saturday at the Baptist church at Newlin, conducted by Rev. L.W. Crawford, pastor. Kellison was foreman of precinct 1 here for a number of years. He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Bertha, Betty Sue and Mrs. Moody McCullough of Memphis; and a son, Taylor Kellison of Memphis. (Published in Wichita Falls Times, Wichita Falls, Texas · Monday, March 04, 1940, Page 5) ----- W.L.Kellison Dies in Memphis Home After Long Illness Funeral Services Held at Newlin Baptist Church Saturday; Interment There Walter Lee Kellison, 65, died at home early last Friday Morning after an illness of several years. Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church at Newlin Saturday afternoon with the Rev. L.J. Crawford, officiating, assisted by Rev. Martin, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Memphis. The Masonic Lodge of Memphis conducted the services during the rites at the Newlin cemetery. Spicer's Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Moody McCollough of Plainview, Mrs. Marvin Davis of Panhandle, Mrs. L.E. Vardy of Newlin, and Bertha Ann and Betty Sue Kellison of Memphis, a son, Taylor Kellison of Memphis; his mother, Mrs. R.L. Kellison of Hollis, Okla.; three brothers, Jim of Vinson, Okla., John and Homer of Hollis; a sister, Mrs. I.D. Kerley of Meridian. Mr. Kellison was born in Bosque County, February 4, 1875, and was 65 years and 27 days old at the time of his death. He was reared in the same county; and in 1902 was married to Miss Bertha Northington. Mr. and Mrs. Kellison then moved to Oklahoma, settling where the city of Hollis is now located. From Hollis the Kellison family moved to Newlin in 196, where they had lived since. Mr. Kellison was a member of the First Baptist Church in Newlin and was also a member of the local Masonic Lodge. (Published in The Memphis Democrat, New Series Vol. 33, Number 38, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Friday, March 8, 1940, Page 1,6) ----- Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Name: Walter Kellison Gender: Male Age: 21 Birth Date: 1881 Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1902 Marriage Place: Bosque, Texas, United States Spouse: Bertha Northington FHL Film Number: 1017598 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Walter Lee Kellison Race: White Birth Date: 4 Feb 1876 Residence Date: 1917-1918 Residence Place: Hall County, Texas, USA Physical Build: Medium Height: Medium Hair Color: D. B. Eye Color: Blue Relative: Bertha Kellison Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000 Name: Walter Lee Kellison Death Date: 1 Mar 1940 Death County: Hall Certificate: 14388 Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Name: Walter Lee Kellison Gender: Male Race: White Death Age: 65 Birth Date: 4 Feb 1875 Birth Place: Bosque, Texas Residence Date: Abt 1940 Residence Place: Memphis, Texas, USA Death Date: 1 Mar 1940 Death Place: Memphis, Hall, Texas, USA Father: Robert L Kellison Mother: Hannah Myers Spouse: Bertha Kellison U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name: Walter Lee Kellison Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 4 Feb 1876 Birth Place: Meridian Bos, Texas Father: Robert L Kellison Mother: Hannah Myers Notes: Apr 1937: Name listed as WALTER LEE KELLISON

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