Obit of William M. Lance (l520) - McClain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Jacque Pearce Reynolds  20 Feb 2000
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Surnames: LANCE, WADKINS, GRUNDY, HENSLEY 

Daily Register - Gainesville, Cooke, TX. 15 Dec. 1999

Service for William M. LANCE, 103 of Gainesville, Cooke, TX are set 
for 11 am Friday at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with 
Jim PETTIGREW, minister of Broadway Church of Christ officiating. 
Burial will be at Witt Cemetery.

Mr. LANCE died Dec 14, 1999 at Gainesville Memorial Hospital. He was 
born Sep 24, 1896 in Indian Territory, now Wayne, OK to James Thomas 
and Martha WADKINS LANCE. He moved his family to Gainesville in 
1916. After serving in the US Army in France during WWI, he returned 
to Cooke Co. and was engaged in farming all of his adult life. He 
married Florine GRUNDY on July 28, 1934 in Gainesville.

In February 1999, the Honorary Consul in Dallas for the French 
Government, Mr. John CRAWFORD, presented the Legion of Honor-
Chevalier to Mr. LANCE. This is the highest award given by the 
French Government. (There are less than 300 people in the United 
States to receive this honor)Mr. LANCE was the last known World War 
I veterans in Cooke County.

Survivors include his wife, Florine; daughter Darlene HENSLEY of 
Gaineville, 3 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by an infant son, William Lloyd LANCE, his 
parents, six brothers and five sisters. 
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