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Raymond Edward Trotter

1 Mar 1906 – 3 Apr 1971

Birth	1 Mar 1906
Death	3 Apr 1971
Cemetery	East Mount Cemetery Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Armstrong on 15 Aug 2004
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9325341

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Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1921-1945, grooms page 212: groom: TROTTER, Raymond Edward bride: MOORE, Helen Margret married: 26 May 1937 recorded: marriage volume 28 page 281 Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch): name: Raymond Edward Trotter death date: 03 Apr 1971 death place: Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, United States gender: Male race: White death age: 65 years estimated birth date: birth date: 01 Mar 1906 birthplace: marital status: spouse's name: father's name: G G Trotter father's birthplace: mother's name: Sarah Ester Rambo mother's birthplace: occupation: place of residence: cemetery: burial place: burial date: additional relatives: film number: 2223550 digital film number: 4005464 image number: 02150 reference number: 96558 SSDI: RAYMOND TROTTER 01 Mar 1906 Apr 1971 75449 (Ladonia, Fannin, TX) (none specified) 450-12-3025 Texas Greenville Herald Banner, Sun, 4 Apr 1971, page A14, Deaths, Trotter LADONIA – Raymond E. Trotter, 65-year-old former teacher and principal in the Greenville Independent School District and principal of Fannindel Elementary School here, died at 9 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Wesley Methodist Church in Greenville with the Rev. Jim Gatlin and the Rev. McClain Smith and Dr. Harrison Baker officiating. Burial will be in East Mount Cemetery under the direction of Coker-Mathews-Peters. Mr. Trotter was born on March 1, 1906, in Hunt County, son of G.C. (sic) and Sarah Ester Rambo Trotter. He married Helen Margaret Moore on May 17,1937 and she preceded him in death in 1956. On July 7, 1958, he married Glady (sic) Roark. Mr. Trotter was a teacher and principal of Lamar Elementary School in the Greenville schools for 25 years before moving to Ladonia. He was a member of Ladonia Methodist Church and served on the official board of the congregation. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Trotter of Ladonia; three daughters, Mrs. Della Lou St. Clair of Tulsa, Mrs. Linda Hutchinson of Dallas and Mrs. Wanda Montgomery of Greenville; a son, Raymond Trotter Jr. of Dayton; a stepson, Johnny Roark of Houston; seven sisters, Mrs. Daphine Green, Mrs. Lottie Wacasey, Mrs. Mattie Lou Richards, Mrs. Eunice Green and Mrs. Frances Ellis, all of Dallas, Mrs. Mildred Williams of Bryan and Mrs. Bernice Pickham of Scroggins; two brothers, Garland Trotter and Charles Trotter, both of Greenville. The Fannindel School will be closed Monday due to the death of Mr. Trotter. Greenville Herald Banner, Mon, 5 Apr 1971, page 2, Deaths, Trotter (photo captioned Raymond Trotter) LADONIA – Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Wesley Methodist Church in Greenville for Raymond E. Trotter, 65, who died at 9 a.m. Saturday. The Revs. Jim Gatlin, McClain Smith and Dr. Harrison Baker will officiate with burial in East Mount Cemetery under the direction of the Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home. Mr. Trotter was a former teacher and principal in the Greenville Independent School District and principal of Fannindel Elementary School here. He had served as a teacher for 42 years, and as principal for 40 of those years. He was born on March 1, 1906, in Hunt County, son of G.G. and Sarah Ester Rambo Trotter. He married Helen Margaret Moore on May 17,1937, who preceded him in death in 1956. In July 7, 1958, he married Glady (sic) Roark. He was a member of the Methodist church for 30 years and served on the official board of the congregation of Ladonia Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Della Lou St. Clair of Tulsa, Mrs. Linda Hutchinson of Dallas, and Mrs. Wanda Montgomery of Greenville; a son, Raymond Trotter, Jr. of Dayton; a stepson, Johnny Roark of Houston; seven sisters, Mrs. Daphine Green, Mrs. Lottie Wacasey, Mrs. Mattie Lou Richards, Mrs. Eunice Green and Mrs. Frances Ellis, all of Dallas, Mrs. Mildren (sic) Williams of Bryan and Mrs. Bernice Pinkham (sic) of Scroggins; two brothers, Garland Trotter and Charles Trotter, both of Greenville, and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Gary Paul St. Clair. Pallbearers will be Weldon Pugh, Doug Hooten, Vestice Poteet, Jerry Jolley, Paul Mathews, and Albert Vaughn.

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