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Al Stanley Whitson

11 Oct 1896 – 31 Oct 1981

Birth	11 Oct 1896
Death	31 Oct 1981
Cemetery	South Fairview Cemetery Wellington , Collingsworth County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jeanette Perrin Coaly on 08 Sep 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49623246

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A S Whitson, Lutie Area Leader, Dies A S Whitson, a retired farmer of the Lutie community, died in Shamrock General Hospital at 1:25 pm Saturday, October 31.  He was 85. He was a patient in a Shamrock nursing center for about a year. Mr Whitson farmed at Lutie from young adulthood until he retired. Active in his community and church, some of his most effective work came during his tenure as a member of the Samnorwood School Board. He and his wife made it possible for their own children to have as much college education as they wanted and they encouraged other children to also set that goal. He was a member of the Wellington Church Christ. Al Stanley Whitson was born October 11, 1896 in Wiley, Alabama, the son of the late J M and Susan Gagley Whitson.   The family came to Collingsworth County in 1913, settling near Lutie.  He was married to Miss Olas Williams of Mobeetie on March 31, 1929, at Wheeler. Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm Monday at the Church of Christ, with Garell Forehand, minister, officiating.  Burial was in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Guy Owens Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Walter Deger, Joe Frank Knoll, John Simpson, Selba Rainey, Marvin Knoll and Troy Gene Thomason. Surviving Mr. Whitson are his wife, Mrs. Olas Whitson of Lutie; two sons, Wayne Whitson of Lubbock and Tom Whitson of Amarillo; three daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Baldwin of Kermit, Mrs. Doris Billingsley of Plainview, and Laura Whitson of Abilene; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Stanley of Lubbock; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Dr. Sue  Margaret Pollard. The Wellington Leader Thursday, November 5, 1961

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Family

Parents

• James Monroe Whitson 1858–1946 FaG
• Susie Caroline Bagwell Whitson 1864–1946 FaG

Spouse

• Olas Lois Williams Whitson 1908–1982

Siblings

• Nannie Belle Whitson Dobbs Reynolds 1880–1972 FaG
• Hattie Whitson Stanley 1884–1983 FaG
• Myrtle Zora "Myrtie" Whitson Day 1887–1972 FaG
• Sweetie Whitson Kelley 1889–1974 FaG
• Ernie D. Whitson 1892–1980
• Tom B Whitson 1894–1964 FaG
• Erlene Carrie Whitson Mooney Aydelotte 1899–1964 FaG
• John Cooke Whitson 1902–1979 FaG
• James Norfleet Whitson 1907–1977 FaG

Children

• Sue Margaret Whitson Pollard 1930–1978
• William Wayne Whitson 1933–2013

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