Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Velma Wharton

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Tri-County News; Friday, December 21, 2001:
     Velma Wharton, 95, Stanberry, died Dec. 19, 2001 at a Stanberry nursing
     home.

     Mrs. Wharton, the daughter of Dan and Nellie (Swearingen) Pierce, was born
     in Stanberry on April 22, 1906.

     In March of 1924 she married Lloyd Wharton.  Together they owned and
     operated the Wharton Hardware in Pattonsburg from 1959 - 1969.  He preceded
     her in death in 1987.

     She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Stanberry where she had
     been the oldest living member.

     She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son, Dudley
     Wharton and one sister, Norma Pierce Fulton.

     Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Margie Wharton, Stanberry and
     granddaughter, Dana Wharton Newby, St. Joseph.

     Funeral services were held Dec. 22 at Roberson-Polley Chapel with burial in
     High Ridge Cemetery, both in Stanberry.