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::Clayton Memorial Cemetery--Clayton NM

Willene Hemphill

CLAYTON, N.M. - Willene Hemphill, 73, died Saturday, May 22, 1999.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the 
Revs. Billy Rammage, pastor, and Leon Laney, pastor of Spiritual Life 
Center in Dalhart, officiating. Burial will be in the Clayton 
Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Hemphill was born in Union County, N.M., near Texline, where she 
attended school. She worked at Hemphill Shamrock and Auto Repair and 
operated a mail route to Boise City, Okla. for 15 years. In Clayton, 
she worked at Jacque's Shoes and was a member of First Baptist 
Church, Clayton Senior Citizen Center and the Golden Age Club.

She married J.C. "Jay" Hemphill in 1942 at Boise City, Okla. He died 
in 1996. She was also preceded in death by a son, Johnny Charles 
Hemphill, in 1950.

Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Brown of Dalhart; three sisters, 
Emma Zielke of Balko, Okla., Margaret Wheeler of Woodward, Okla. and 
Mary Ann Davis of Crossett, Ark.; a brother, J.W. Claborn of Marble 
Falls; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to the Clayton Senior Citizens 
Center, 19 East Broadway, Clayton, N.M. 88415 or the First Baptist 
Church of Clayton, 223 Oak St., Clayton, N.M. 88415.

Amarillo Globe News 23 May 1999

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Willene Hemphill

CLAYTON, N.M. - Willene Hemphill, 73, died Saturday, May 22, 1999.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the 
Revs. Billy Rammage, pastor, and Leon Laney, pastor of Spiritual Life 
Center in Dalhart, officiating. Burial will be in the Clayton 
Memorial Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Hemphill was born in Union County, N.M., near Texline, where she 
attended school. She worked at Hemphill Shamrock and Auto Repair and 
operated a mail route to Boise City, Okla. for 15 years. In Clayton, 
she worked at Jacque's Shoes and was a member of First Baptist 
Church, Clayton Senior Citizen Center and the Golden Age Club.

She married J.C. "Jay" Hemphill in 1942 at Boise City, Okla. He died 
in 1996. She was also preceded in death by a son, Johnny Charles 
Hemphill, in 1950.

Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Brown of Dalhart; three sisters, 
Emma Zielke of Balko, Okla., Margaret Wheeler of Woodward, Okla. and 
Mary Ann Davis of Crossett, Ark.; a brother, J.W. Claborn of Marble 
Falls; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to the Clayton Senior Citizens 
Center, 19 East Broadway, Clayton, N.M. 88415 or the First Baptist 
Church of Clayton, 223 Oak St., Clayton, N.M. 88415.

Amarillo Globe News 24 May 1999
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