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Debs Eugene Widner

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Debs Eugene Widner

Birth
Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
9 Dec 2003 (aged 91)
Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Melrose, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
Awtrey, Block 1, Lot 1
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Debs Eugene Widner, 91, of Melrose, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Aug. 6, 1912, near Olustee, Okla., to Earl and Ethyl Widner.
At six months of age he moved with his parents to a homestead in the Deep Lake community northwest of Melrose. He married Audrey Pinkston on Dec. 23, 1937. They lived near the homestead where he farmed, ranched and worked as a carpenter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Luther, Wiley and Earlie; two sisters, Myrtle Smith and Nova Willis; an infant son, Gary Lynn; and a grandson, Brandon Heath Widner.
Survivors include three sons, Monte Edwards of Augusta, W.Va.; Harvey Widner (and wife, Violet) of Duncanville, Texas, and Jimmy Widner (Elaine) of Willmar, Minn.; two daughters, Donna Burch (Gary) of Amarillo and Connie Fischer (Ken) of Waco, Texas; a nephew, Stanley Pinkston; two sisters, Nellie Mae Stack and Opal House, both of Amarillo; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Debs Eugene Widner, 91, of Melrose, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
He was born on Aug. 6, 1912, near Olustee, Okla., to Earl and Ethyl Widner.
At six months of age he moved with his parents to a homestead in the Deep Lake community northwest of Melrose. He married Audrey Pinkston on Dec. 23, 1937. They lived near the homestead where he farmed, ranched and worked as a carpenter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Luther, Wiley and Earlie; two sisters, Myrtle Smith and Nova Willis; an infant son, Gary Lynn; and a grandson, Brandon Heath Widner.
Survivors include three sons, Monte Edwards of Augusta, W.Va.; Harvey Widner (and wife, Violet) of Duncanville, Texas, and Jimmy Widner (Elaine) of Willmar, Minn.; two daughters, Donna Burch (Gary) of Amarillo and Connie Fischer (Ken) of Waco, Texas; a nephew, Stanley Pinkston; two sisters, Nellie Mae Stack and Opal House, both of Amarillo; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.


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