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William Pickney "Bill" Gatlin Sr

4 Oct 1891 – 29 Nov 1967

Birth	4 Oct 1891
Death	29 Nov 1967
Cemetery	Woodlawn Cemetery Spring Branch East , Harris County , Texas , USA
Added by	Susann on 08 Aug 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59277123

Bio

Funeral services for William P. "Bill" Gatlin, 76, retired director of The Chronicle supply department, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Boulevard Cullen Chapel. He died Wednesday in his home at 7722 Junior. Gatlin, a native of Arkansas, was a Houston resident for 57 years. He operated a box factory on Leeland from 1915 -1932, when he sold it and joined The Chronicle. He retired in 1958. He was a great-nephew of Richard Gordon Gatling, inventor of the famous Gatling gun. He said there was a variation in the family name. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. H. J. (Thelma) Macicek of Houston; son, William P. Gatlin, Jr., head of The Chronicle mail department, and Arthur M. of Manila, Philippines; several stepdaughters; and a sister, Mrs, Myrtle E. Matney of Houston. Burial will be in Woodlawn Garden of Memories. • Houston Chronicle, Saturday, November 30, 1967, Page 69.

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Family

Parents

• Henry W. Gatlin 1865–1947 FaG
• Fannie Bennie Bell Gatlin 1870–1940 FaG

Spouse

• Estelle Elizabeth Braswell Gatlin 1892–1926
• May Ola Wilson Gatlin 1895–1962 FaG

Siblings

• Wordy Wilson Gatlin 1889–1947 FaG
• Melvin Grady Gatlin 1900–1952 FaG
• Myrtle Elnora Gatlin Matney 1907–1969 FaG

Children

• Arthur Marvin "Tex" Gatlin 1915–1975
• William Melvin Gatlin 1918–1919
• Thelma Elizabeth Gatlin Macicek 1919–1980
• William Pinkney "Bill" Gatlin Jr 1922–2001

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