Individual Details

Carra Margaret "Carrie" Shelton

(18 Aug 1901 - 13 May 1990)



Carrie's full name found in Index to Texas Birth Records re son Frank
She is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Honey Grove, Fannin Co TX, along with her husband.


The Paris News, Paris, TX, 14 May 1990, Monday, p.2
Carra Wishard
Honey Grove - Carra Margaret Wishard, 88, of Dial died at 3:45 am Sunday, May 13, in Grove Manor Nursing Home.
Services were scheduled for 3 pm Monday, May 14, in the Dial Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Potter and the Rev. Michael Hamilton officiating. Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home was to make burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Wishard was born in the Rock Point community, Aug. 18, 1901, a daughter of John J. and Mary Copeland Shelton. She married Frank C. Wishard, Oct. 22, 1919. He died June 24, 1972. She was a member of the Dial Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Johnny (Pauline) Avery of Honey Grove; one son, Gerald Wishard of Dial; one sister, Grace Shelton of Honey Grove; three grandchildren, Mrs. Steve (Mary Alice) Glover of Paris, Kenneth & James Wishard, both of Honey Grove; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son.



Events

Birth18 Aug 1901Tennessee
Marriage22 Oct 1919Franklin Cyrus Wishard
Death13 May 1990Fannin County, Texas

Families

SpouseFranklin Cyrus Wishard (1900 - 1972)
ChildCarra Pauline Wishard (1921 - 2010)
ChildLiving
ChildJohn Larry Wishard (1940 - 1940)

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