Individual Details

Clarence McClellan Cash

(19 Apr 1864 - 13 Oct 1961)

Beaumont Journal, Beaumont, Texas, Friday October 20, 1961, Page 32, Col. 3: Dr. C. M. Cash's Father Dies In San Benito. Dr. Clarence M. Cash Jr. returned to Beaumont Friday after having attended funeral services for his father, Dr. Clarence McClelland Cash, who died in a Harlingen Hospital at the age of 97.

Services were conducted in the First Presbyterian Church of San Benito with Masonic graveside rites. Members of the Willacy County Medical Society served as honorary pallbearers.

Dr. cash began the practice of medicine in San Benito in 1913. He was a charter member of the Rotary Club and an honorary member of both the Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. He was prominent in Masonic activities and became a 33rd degree Mason in 1949. He was a charter member of both the Alza-far Shrine Temple and the Rio Grande Valley Shrine Club.

In 1953 the State Medical Assn. named him "General Practitioner of the Year" for Texas.

Events

Birth19 Apr 1864White Co., Tennessee
Marriage20 Nov 1884Falls Co., Texas - Theodosia E Stone
Death13 Oct 1961Harlingen, Cameron Co., Texas
BurialMont Meta Memorial Park, San Benito, Cameron Co., Texas

Families

SpouseTheodosia E Stone (1866 - 1919)
ChildClarence McClellan Cash Jr. ( - )

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