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 Clara Ethel <I>Burks</I> Carman Gage

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Clara Ethel Burks Carman Gage

Birth
Death
30 Nov 1997
Burial
Roscoe, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Plot
Block 67
Memorial ID
16039733 View Source
Daughter of Isaiah David Burks and Sarah Marie Tarpley, Sister to William Henry, Katie Elizabeth, and Everett Franklin Burks. Half sister of Mary, Viola, Delores, Dorothy, Delbert and Samuel Burks.

Clara married Allen Blue Carman on March 21, 1914 in Collin County, Texas. To this union were born 6 children: Margie Opal, Edith Modine, Buna Fay, Hollis Quentin, Charlsie Alene, and Gwendean Carmen The family remained in Collin County for 10 years, relocating to Roscoe, Texas in 1926. After Allen's death in 1948, she moved to Odessa, where she lived for almost 50 years. On September 6, 1961, she married William H. Gage, a retired Baptist Minister. Ethel, as she was more commonly known, was a member of the Second Baptist Church. A homemaker. Devoted and loving Mother. A Grandmother who never let her cookie jar go empty.

She suffered for many years from Dementia. While residing in the Deering Nursing Home in Odessa for 12 years, she died peacefully from heart failure.

Daughter of Isaiah David Burks and Sarah Marie Tarpley, Sister to William Henry, Katie Elizabeth, and Everett Franklin Burks. Half sister of Mary, Viola, Delores, Dorothy, Delbert and Samuel Burks.

Clara married Allen Blue Carman on March 21, 1914 in Collin County, Texas. To this union were born 6 children: Margie Opal, Edith Modine, Buna Fay, Hollis Quentin, Charlsie Alene, and Gwendean Carmen The family remained in Collin County for 10 years, relocating to Roscoe, Texas in 1926. After Allen's death in 1948, she moved to Odessa, where she lived for almost 50 years. On September 6, 1961, she married William H. Gage, a retired Baptist Minister. Ethel, as she was more commonly known, was a member of the Second Baptist Church. A homemaker. Devoted and loving Mother. A Grandmother who never let her cookie jar go empty.

She suffered for many years from Dementia. While residing in the Deering Nursing Home in Odessa for 12 years, she died peacefully from heart failure.



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  • Maintained by: Jonathan Masa
  • Originally Created by: Janie Healer Davis
  • Added: 
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 16039733
  • Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Ethel Burks Carman Gage (7 Mar 1899–30 Nov 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16039733, citing Roscoe Cemetery, Roscoe, Nolan County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Jonathan Masa (contributor 49142091).