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James Howard Trusty

29 Aug 1918 – 2 Sep 2006

Birth	29 Aug 1918
Death	2 Sep 2006
Cemetery	Leonard Cemetery Leonard , Fannin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Malinda Allison on 21 Jan 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8757127

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Bio

Funeral services for Howard Trusty, 88, of Leonard were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Taylor Funeral Home Chapel in Leonard with the Rev. Denny Gorena officiating. Burial was in the Leonard Cemetery. Mr. Trusty died Saturday, Sept. 2, at Leonard Manor. He was born Aug. 29, 1918, in Nobility, the son of James Alfred Trusty and Hattie Elizabeth Thomas Trusty. He married Willetta Jo Smith on Aug. 25, 1937, in Durant, Okla. She preceded him in death. Mr. Trusty was a mechanic. He was a member of Scottish Rite and Grove Hill Lodge 373, AF and AM, order of the Eastern Star, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and a retired member of Leonard Volunteer Fire Department. He was also a member of First Baptist Church of Leonard, Survivors include two sons, Col. Monty James Trusty of Crossroads and Mickey Joe and wife Wanda Trusty of Sulphur Springs; one brother, C.D. Trusty of Nobility; five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or Leonard Volunteer Fire Department. Sulphur Springs News Telegram

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Family

Parents

• James Alfred Trusty 1884–1952

Spouse

• Wileeta Jo Smith Trusty 1922–1994

Siblings

• Thomas Henry Trusty 1905–1967
• Zelma Elizabeth Trusty Carpenter 1908–1982
• Bessie Lometa Trusty Smith 1909–2005
• Infant Son Trusty 1911–1912
• Lewis Alfred Trusty 1914–1996
• Charles Douglas "C.D." Trusty 1920–2009
• Billie Ondus Trusty 1923–2003

Children

• Col Monty James Trusty 1939–2006

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