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Lila <I>Henderson</I> Clark

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Lila Henderson Clark

Birth
Fayette County, Texas, USA
Death
13 Apr 1979 (aged 97)
Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Burial
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
H40
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Willie Henderson and Margaret Johnson

Mrs. Clark was married 28 Nov. to Willie Clark in Gonzales Texas. (Divorce some time after 1920). See 1940 census Gonzales Texas.

Gonzales Inquirer July 31, 1974

Elderly Woman Credited With Saving Neighbors

A local woman credits her elderly mother with saving the neighborhood from flames which engulfed a house and could have spread to others early Monday morning.
Mrs. Lonnie Ollison says her mother, Mrs. Lila Clark, age 92, awoke about 3 a.m. Sunday to discover the home next to her on fire. Mrs. Clark ran to her daughters home and alerted the family by ringing an old cowbell at the back door and then beating on the windows of her children's bedroom.
Mrs. Clark has lived there with daughters family for 29 years. Mrs. Ollison said the doctors in San Antonio had given her mother only a year to live in @945. Mrs. Clarks mother, Margaret Jones, died at the age 114. Her present doctor, Wyman Sandlin, says she is in good health says Mrs. Ollison. Mrs. Clark has 14 children.
Daughter of Willie Henderson and Margaret Johnson

Mrs. Clark was married 28 Nov. to Willie Clark in Gonzales Texas. (Divorce some time after 1920). See 1940 census Gonzales Texas.

Gonzales Inquirer July 31, 1974

Elderly Woman Credited With Saving Neighbors

A local woman credits her elderly mother with saving the neighborhood from flames which engulfed a house and could have spread to others early Monday morning.
Mrs. Lonnie Ollison says her mother, Mrs. Lila Clark, age 92, awoke about 3 a.m. Sunday to discover the home next to her on fire. Mrs. Clark ran to her daughters home and alerted the family by ringing an old cowbell at the back door and then beating on the windows of her children's bedroom.
Mrs. Clark has lived there with daughters family for 29 years. Mrs. Ollison said the doctors in San Antonio had given her mother only a year to live in @945. Mrs. Clarks mother, Margaret Jones, died at the age 114. Her present doctor, Wyman Sandlin, says she is in good health says Mrs. Ollison. Mrs. Clark has 14 children.


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  • Created by: Cindy S Munson
  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83999837/lila-clark: accessed ), memorial page for Lila Henderson Clark (27 Dec 1881–13 Apr 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83999837, citing Gonzales City Cemetery Church St Section, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Cindy S Munson (contributor 47210136).