Was at Kilgore, Tx Library today and looked at microfish from the Kilgore News Herald July 1, 1966 & July 15, 1966 as follows:KILGORE News Herald FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1966 (some areas too dark to read correctly)
Gwartney Family Rites Held Today
...Funeral services for Dr. Robert....Gwartney, Kilgore dentist, his wife and their three children were held at ...p.m. today at the First Baptist Church.
...Edwin Mays, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Colonial Gardens cemetery at Marshall under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home of Marshall.
The services were for Dr. Gwartney, 43, his wife, Carolyn Sue, ..39.., their daughters, Melanie Carol, 18, and Collene Kay, 10, and their son, Robert R. Gwartney, Jr. 12.
The Gwartneys were killed in a two-car collision Wednesday afternoon near Poteau, Okla., on the first leg of a three week vacation. There were enroute to Gravette, Ark. to visit relatives and had planned to continue their vacation in California.
The family had lived in Kilgore since 1955. Dr. Gwartney previously practiced dentistry in Texarkana.
Dr. Gwartney was a native of Gravette, a veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Texas Dental School. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Gwartney was born in Timpson and previously lived at Marshall. She is survived by her mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Melanie was a native of Marshall and graduated this year from Kilgore High School. Robert was born in Texarkana, was a student at Kilgore Junior High School and was a member of the Pirates of the Kilgore Boys Baseball Assn. Colleen was a native of Kilgore and attended Chandler Elementary School.
Pallbearers were G.F. Ford, Roy Lawrence, James Harvey, Tommy Traylor, F.B. Cline, Dave Hall, C.L. Barbee, Alvin Wylie, Dayton Walkup, Deane Johnson, Charles F. Dickerson, and Mac Ashworth.
KILGORE News Herald JULY 15, 1966
GWARTNEY WILL ACTION FILED IN GREGG COUNTY
LONGVIEW - An amended application to probate the joint Wills of Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gwartney of Kilgore and set out their known heirs was filed in GREGG COUNTY Court Tuesday.
The Gwartneys and their three children, all of Kilgore, were killed in a two-car collision on June 29, in East Oklahoma while on vacation trip.
It was the first time in the recollection of long-time employees of the County Clerk's offices, that a Will had been handled in which all the testators (or principals) died simutaneously.
The Gwartneys, Robert R. and Sue Kyle, had stipulated in their joint Will, dated July 8, 1965, that whoever survived the other would be independent executor or executrix, but in the event their deaths occurred simultaneously, their daughter, Melanie Carol, if she were 21 years old, would be appointed independent executrix.
If she had not reached that age, they stipulated that attorney John W. Ford execute the Will, and if not he, then attorney Robert G. Schleier.
Melanie Carol, 18, together with Robert R. Gwartney III, 12, and Colleen K., 10, died in the auto crash with their parents.
Ford filed application that the Will be admitted to probate and that Letters Testamentary be issued him, since the three children had been named heirs to the estate valued at more than $10,000.
The amended application set out the known heirs of Dr. Gwartney, a 43 year old dentist, as two brothers, Reginald Ray Gwartney, Route 3, Gravette, Ark. and Kenneth Lee Gwartney, Route 1, Biggs, Calif.; two sisters, Verla Ann Manx, Route 1, Diamond, MO, and Viola Lorens Finley, Wichita, Kans.
Mrs. Gwartney's known heirs listed in the amended application were her mother, Mrs. Icie Kate Kyle, Marshall; three brothers, J.P. Kyle, Port Arthur; Alfred A. Kyle, Delhi, La;, Mike Kyle, Elysian Fields, Texas; two sisters, Mozelle Chappell, Pasadena, Texas and Libby Elsbury, Mount Pleasant.
(Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Pasadena, Elysian Fields, and Mount Pleasant are all cities in Texas)
Gwartney Family Rites Held Today
...Funeral services for Dr. Robert....Gwartney, Kilgore dentist, his wife and their three children were held at ...p.m. today at the First Baptist Church.
...Edwin Mays, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Colonial Gardens cemetery at Marshall under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home of Marshall.
The services were for Dr. Gwartney, 43, his wife, Carolyn Sue, ..39.., their daughters, Melanie Carol, 18, and Collene Kay, 10, and their son, Robert R. Gwartney, Jr. 12.
The Gwartneys were killed in a two-car collision Wednesday afternoon near Poteau, Okla., on the first leg of a three week vacation. There were enroute to Gravette, Ark. to visit relatives and had planned to continue their vacation in California.
The family had lived in Kilgore since 1955. Dr. Gwartney previously practiced dentistry in Texarkana.
Dr. Gwartney was a native of Gravette, a veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Texas Dental School. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Gwartney was born in Timpson and previously lived at Marshall. She is survived by her mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Melanie was a native of Marshall and graduated this year from Kilgore High School. Robert was born in Texarkana, was a student at Kilgore Junior High School and was a member of the Pirates of the Kilgore Boys Baseball Assn. Colleen was a native of Kilgore and attended Chandler Elementary School.
Pallbearers were G.F. Ford, Roy Lawrence, James Harvey, Tommy Traylor, F.B. Cline, Dave Hall, C.L. Barbee, Alvin Wylie, Dayton Walkup, Deane Johnson, Charles F. Dickerson, and Mac Ashworth.
KILGORE News Herald JULY 15, 1966
GWARTNEY WILL ACTION FILED IN GREGG COUNTY
LONGVIEW - An amended application to probate the joint Wills of Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gwartney of Kilgore and set out their known heirs was filed in GREGG COUNTY Court Tuesday.
The Gwartneys and their three children, all of Kilgore, were killed in a two-car collision on June 29, in East Oklahoma while on vacation trip.
It was the first time in the recollection of long-time employees of the County Clerk's offices, that a Will had been handled in which all the testators (or principals) died simutaneously.
The Gwartneys, Robert R. and Sue Kyle, had stipulated in their joint Will, dated July 8, 1965, that whoever survived the other would be independent executor or executrix, but in the event their deaths occurred simultaneously, their daughter, Melanie Carol, if she were 21 years old, would be appointed independent executrix.
If she had not reached that age, they stipulated that attorney John W. Ford execute the Will, and if not he, then attorney Robert G. Schleier.
Melanie Carol, 18, together with Robert R. Gwartney III, 12, and Colleen K., 10, died in the auto crash with their parents.
Ford filed application that the Will be admitted to probate and that Letters Testamentary be issued him, since the three children had been named heirs to the estate valued at more than $10,000.
The amended application set out the known heirs of Dr. Gwartney, a 43 year old dentist, as two brothers, Reginald Ray Gwartney, Route 3, Gravette, Ark. and Kenneth Lee Gwartney, Route 1, Biggs, Calif.; two sisters, Verla Ann Manx, Route 1, Diamond, MO, and Viola Lorens Finley, Wichita, Kans.
Mrs. Gwartney's known heirs listed in the amended application were her mother, Mrs. Icie Kate Kyle, Marshall; three brothers, J.P. Kyle, Port Arthur; Alfred A. Kyle, Delhi, La;, Mike Kyle, Elysian Fields, Texas; two sisters, Mozelle Chappell, Pasadena, Texas and Libby Elsbury, Mount Pleasant.
(Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Pasadena, Elysian Fields, and Mount Pleasant are all cities in Texas)
Was at Kilgore, Tx Library today and looked at microfish from the Kilgore News Herald July 1, 1966 & July 15, 1966 as follows:KILGORE News Herald FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1966 (some areas too dark to read correctly)
Gwartney Family Rites Held Today
...Funeral services for Dr. Robert....Gwartney, Kilgore dentist, his wife and their three children were held at ...p.m. today at the First Baptist Church.
...Edwin Mays, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Colonial Gardens cemetery at Marshall under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home of Marshall.
The services were for Dr. Gwartney, 43, his wife, Carolyn Sue, ..39.., their daughters, Melanie Carol, 18, and Collene Kay, 10, and their son, Robert R. Gwartney, Jr. 12.
The Gwartneys were killed in a two-car collision Wednesday afternoon near Poteau, Okla., on the first leg of a three week vacation. There were enroute to Gravette, Ark. to visit relatives and had planned to continue their vacation in California.
The family had lived in Kilgore since 1955. Dr. Gwartney previously practiced dentistry in Texarkana.
Dr. Gwartney was a native of Gravette, a veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Texas Dental School. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Gwartney was born in Timpson and previously lived at Marshall. She is survived by her mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Melanie was a native of Marshall and graduated this year from Kilgore High School. Robert was born in Texarkana, was a student at Kilgore Junior High School and was a member of the Pirates of the Kilgore Boys Baseball Assn. Colleen was a native of Kilgore and attended Chandler Elementary School.
Pallbearers were G.F. Ford, Roy Lawrence, James Harvey, Tommy Traylor, F.B. Cline, Dave Hall, C.L. Barbee, Alvin Wylie, Dayton Walkup, Deane Johnson, Charles F. Dickerson, and Mac Ashworth.
KILGORE News Herald JULY 15, 1966
GWARTNEY WILL ACTION FILED IN GREGG COUNTY
LONGVIEW - An amended application to probate the joint Wills of Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gwartney of Kilgore and set out their known heirs was filed in GREGG COUNTY Court Tuesday.
The Gwartneys and their three children, all of Kilgore, were killed in a two-car collision on June 29, in East Oklahoma while on vacation trip.
It was the first time in the recollection of long-time employees of the County Clerk's offices, that a Will had been handled in which all the testators (or principals) died simutaneously.
The Gwartneys, Robert R. and Sue Kyle, had stipulated in their joint Will, dated July 8, 1965, that whoever survived the other would be independent executor or executrix, but in the event their deaths occurred simultaneously, their daughter, Melanie Carol, if she were 21 years old, would be appointed independent executrix.
If she had not reached that age, they stipulated that attorney John W. Ford execute the Will, and if not he, then attorney Robert G. Schleier.
Melanie Carol, 18, together with Robert R. Gwartney III, 12, and Colleen K., 10, died in the auto crash with their parents.
Ford filed application that the Will be admitted to probate and that Letters Testamentary be issued him, since the three children had been named heirs to the estate valued at more than $10,000.
The amended application set out the known heirs of Dr. Gwartney, a 43 year old dentist, as two brothers, Reginald Ray Gwartney, Route 3, Gravette, Ark. and Kenneth Lee Gwartney, Route 1, Biggs, Calif.; two sisters, Verla Ann Manx, Route 1, Diamond, MO, and Viola Lorens Finley, Wichita, Kans.
Mrs. Gwartney's known heirs listed in the amended application were her mother, Mrs. Icie Kate Kyle, Marshall; three brothers, J.P. Kyle, Port Arthur; Alfred A. Kyle, Delhi, La;, Mike Kyle, Elysian Fields, Texas; two sisters, Mozelle Chappell, Pasadena, Texas and Libby Elsbury, Mount Pleasant.
(Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Pasadena, Elysian Fields, and Mount Pleasant are all cities in Texas)
Gwartney Family Rites Held Today
...Funeral services for Dr. Robert....Gwartney, Kilgore dentist, his wife and their three children were held at ...p.m. today at the First Baptist Church.
...Edwin Mays, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Colonial Gardens cemetery at Marshall under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home of Marshall.
The services were for Dr. Gwartney, 43, his wife, Carolyn Sue, ..39.., their daughters, Melanie Carol, 18, and Collene Kay, 10, and their son, Robert R. Gwartney, Jr. 12.
The Gwartneys were killed in a two-car collision Wednesday afternoon near Poteau, Okla., on the first leg of a three week vacation. There were enroute to Gravette, Ark. to visit relatives and had planned to continue their vacation in California.
The family had lived in Kilgore since 1955. Dr. Gwartney previously practiced dentistry in Texarkana.
Dr. Gwartney was a native of Gravette, a veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Texas Dental School. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Gwartney was born in Timpson and previously lived at Marshall. She is survived by her mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Melanie was a native of Marshall and graduated this year from Kilgore High School. Robert was born in Texarkana, was a student at Kilgore Junior High School and was a member of the Pirates of the Kilgore Boys Baseball Assn. Colleen was a native of Kilgore and attended Chandler Elementary School.
Pallbearers were G.F. Ford, Roy Lawrence, James Harvey, Tommy Traylor, F.B. Cline, Dave Hall, C.L. Barbee, Alvin Wylie, Dayton Walkup, Deane Johnson, Charles F. Dickerson, and Mac Ashworth.
KILGORE News Herald JULY 15, 1966
GWARTNEY WILL ACTION FILED IN GREGG COUNTY
LONGVIEW - An amended application to probate the joint Wills of Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gwartney of Kilgore and set out their known heirs was filed in GREGG COUNTY Court Tuesday.
The Gwartneys and their three children, all of Kilgore, were killed in a two-car collision on June 29, in East Oklahoma while on vacation trip.
It was the first time in the recollection of long-time employees of the County Clerk's offices, that a Will had been handled in which all the testators (or principals) died simutaneously.
The Gwartneys, Robert R. and Sue Kyle, had stipulated in their joint Will, dated July 8, 1965, that whoever survived the other would be independent executor or executrix, but in the event their deaths occurred simultaneously, their daughter, Melanie Carol, if she were 21 years old, would be appointed independent executrix.
If she had not reached that age, they stipulated that attorney John W. Ford execute the Will, and if not he, then attorney Robert G. Schleier.
Melanie Carol, 18, together with Robert R. Gwartney III, 12, and Colleen K., 10, died in the auto crash with their parents.
Ford filed application that the Will be admitted to probate and that Letters Testamentary be issued him, since the three children had been named heirs to the estate valued at more than $10,000.
The amended application set out the known heirs of Dr. Gwartney, a 43 year old dentist, as two brothers, Reginald Ray Gwartney, Route 3, Gravette, Ark. and Kenneth Lee Gwartney, Route 1, Biggs, Calif.; two sisters, Verla Ann Manx, Route 1, Diamond, MO, and Viola Lorens Finley, Wichita, Kans.
Mrs. Gwartney's known heirs listed in the amended application were her mother, Mrs. Icie Kate Kyle, Marshall; three brothers, J.P. Kyle, Port Arthur; Alfred A. Kyle, Delhi, La;, Mike Kyle, Elysian Fields, Texas; two sisters, Mozelle Chappell, Pasadena, Texas and Libby Elsbury, Mount Pleasant.
(Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana, Pasadena, Elysian Fields, and Mount Pleasant are all cities in Texas)
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