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James Henry Clanton

Birth
Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA
Death
27 Jan 1977 (aged 68)
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Allen, Collin County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Benjamin Franklin Clanton and Sarah Tennessee Jane "Tennie" Lankford; married Hazel Beatrice Chisum, who had been married previously and had a daughter, Bessie.
GARLAND - Services for James Henry Clanton, 68, of Garland, who died at a hospital here Thursday, were held Saturday at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in McKinney. Kenneth Frank and John Bain, both of Garland, conducted the services. Burial was in Ridgeview Memorial Cemetery in McKinney.
He was born October 19, 1908 in Bonham and was formerly a public waterworks employee in Wichita Falls. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hazel Clanton, of Garland; son, Garry Don Clanton of Garland; daughter, Mrs. J. R. "Bessie" Talley of Wichita Falls; brother, Lewis Clanton, of Wichita Falls; sisters, Mrs. Velma Barnett, of Wichita Falls and Mrs. Willie Selser of Chandler, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Sherman Democrat, January 30, 1977)

Note: Daughter, Bessie, named in the obituary, was Hazel's daughter by a prior marriage; birth records show Bessie's maiden name was Barrett.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Clanton and Sarah Tennessee Jane "Tennie" Lankford; married Hazel Beatrice Chisum, who had been married previously and had a daughter, Bessie.
GARLAND - Services for James Henry Clanton, 68, of Garland, who died at a hospital here Thursday, were held Saturday at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in McKinney. Kenneth Frank and John Bain, both of Garland, conducted the services. Burial was in Ridgeview Memorial Cemetery in McKinney.
He was born October 19, 1908 in Bonham and was formerly a public waterworks employee in Wichita Falls. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hazel Clanton, of Garland; son, Garry Don Clanton of Garland; daughter, Mrs. J. R. "Bessie" Talley of Wichita Falls; brother, Lewis Clanton, of Wichita Falls; sisters, Mrs. Velma Barnett, of Wichita Falls and Mrs. Willie Selser of Chandler, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Sherman Democrat, January 30, 1977)

Note: Daughter, Bessie, named in the obituary, was Hazel's daughter by a prior marriage; birth records show Bessie's maiden name was Barrett.


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