William Wesley Lantrip

William Wesley Lantrip

• William Wesley Lantrip was born on 9 January 1892 in Cameron, Milam County, Texas.
• He married Katherine Mae Turney on 19 July 1914.
• William Wesley Lantrip died on 10 October 1965 at age 73 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.
• His wife Katherine Mae Turney became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Liberty Community Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 11 October 1965 in the Lake Charles American-Press: Funeral services for William Wesley Lantrip Sr., 73, of 2004 Fifth St., were to be at 2 p.m. today at the Hixson Funeral Home.
       Dr. George W. Pomeroy, pastor of the First Methodist Church, was to officiate and burial was to be in Liberty Cemetery in Milam County, Tex.
       Additional services are scheduled in Milam County's Liberty Community Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
       Mr. Lantrip died at 6:25 p.m. Sunday in Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. He was a resident of Lake Charles for 30 years before his retirement in 1959 and was an employe of York Oil Field Supply Co. for 35 years.
       He is survived by his wife; two sons, W. W. Lantrip Jr. of Lake Charles and Bob T. Lantrip of Houston, Tex; three daughters, Mrs. Paul E. Miller of Lake Charles, Mrs. leen, Tex., and Mrs. Tom Burke of Tulsa, Okla; Homer Pelentel of Killeen, Tex., and Mrs. Tom Burke of Tulsa, Okla; one brother, Henry Lantrip of Vinton; three sisters, Mrs. M. M. Reese of Coutolla, Tex., Mrs. Sam Nicholson of Paris, Tex., and Mrs. Robert Jacobs of Yorktown, Tex; 19 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 3 Mar 2014