OBITUARY: Hillie Dunklin: HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

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Obituary of

NAME: Hillie Dunklin
AGE: 103
ADDRESS: Athens Henderson Co., TX
DIED: Feb. 24, 2004
PLACE:  Athens Henderson Co., TX
BIRTH: Aug. 11, 1900
BIRTH PLACE: LaRue Henderson Co., TX
PARENTS: Cotus and Margaret Emily "Dolly" Allinder Dunklin
SPOUSE: Lela Mae Young Dunklin
SURVIVORS: son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Paula Dunklin; 
daughters and son-in-law, Ruth and Roy Klufa, and Elva Anderson; 
seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; 
and brother and sister-in-law, Alpheus and Lois Dunklin
PRECEDING IN DEATH: Lela Mae Young Dunklin, in 1942
SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home Chapel
BURIAL: LaRue Cemetery
OFFICIATING: Rev. Edwin McDaniel, the Rev. J.V. Patterson and the 
Rev. Dime Manning
PALL BEARERS: Coty Dunklin, Mark Swift, Armond Swift, Marvin Klufa, 
Frank Klufa and Matt Butler
FUNERAL HOME: Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home
COMMENTS: Mr. Dunklin was a resident of Athens since 1997 and was 
formerly of Runge from 1927 until 1930 and of Avoca from 1930 to 1997. 
He was a retired U.S. Postal service carrier and a member of Rural Postal 
Carriers. He retired from farming in 1982. He was a World War I veteran 
in the U.S. Army. He was a member of LaRue United Methodist Church. 
He was a lay leader and a Sunday school teacher for numerous years 
in the Methodist churches he attended.
SOURCE: Athens Review