Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Bartlett, Durward Wiley 243498

Birth: 05/27/2008 Death: 09/17/2008 Marriage: TWICE

Cemetery: See Notes

Record Source: The Paris News, Social Security Death Index

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Sept. 18, 2008: "Durward Wiley Bartlett, 90, of Paris passed away at Paris Regional Medical Center. Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home conducts graveside services at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in West Hill Cemetery in Sherman with the Rev. Bobby Layman of Greenville officiating. There is no formal visitation. He was born May 27, 1918, in Gunter, a son of James Wiley and Lottie Stoffogen Bartlett. He graduated from Gunter High School and later from North Texas State Teachers College in 1939. He taught school in Gunter as a science and math teacher. He later worked for S.H. Kress & Co. and Bartlett Drilling Co. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was married to Elizabeth Ricknor in 1939 until her death in 1979. He later married Marian Wragge in New Orleans on April 24, 1981. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Jack Bartlett; a sister, Doris Raulston, and brother-in-law, Dean Raulston. He is survived by his wife, Marian; son, Frank Bartlett; sister-in-law, Wanda Bartlett; nephews, Mark Bartlett and wife, Kathy, and Dean Bartlett and wife, Lisa. Online condolences may be made at www.fry-gibbs.com."

Information from the Social Security Death Index:
Given Name: Durward
Middle Name: Wiley
Surname: Bartlett
Birth Date: 27 May 1918
Social Security Number: 457-16-6648
State: Texas
Last Place of Residence: Paris, Lamar, Texas
Previous Residence Postal Code: 75460
Event Date: 17 September 2008
Age: 90
Citing this Record: "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JG56-7ZD : accessed 27 January 2015), DURWARD WILEY BARTLETT, 17 Sep 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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