Individual Details

Mary Clare Burleson

(22 May 1916 - 19 Dec 1999)

Graydon Earl Comstock of Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR, age 29 and Mary Clare Burleson, 22 of the same place took out a marriage license, 9 Jun 1928. They were married by Blake Smith on the 25 of June.

Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, 27 Jun 1938, Monday, p.3
Burleson, Comstock Wedding Impressive Church Event, June 25.
Miss Mary Clare Burleson, daughter of Mrs. D. J. Burleson and the late Mr. Burleson, became the bride of Graydon Earl Comstock, son of Mr. & Mrs. K. M. Comstock, at an impressive ceremony Saturday evening, June 25, at 8 o'clock at First Baptist church. Rev. Blake Smith, pastor, officiated.
Nuptial music was in charge of Miss Mildred Gregg....
While the candles were being lighted by Jo Ellen Comstock, sister of the groom, and Marjoie Fugitt, Miss Gregg played Tocselles' Serenade. Miss Comstock wore a pink embroidered mousseline de sole over pink taffeta and minute gladioli were in her hair....
Miss Carrie Jean Hall, cousin of the bride, was her bridesmaid.
K. M. Comstock, Jr., served his brother as best man....
Mrs. K. M. Comstock, the groom's mother, wore beige and copper chiffon with white accessories and she had a corsage of white carnations....
Mr. an Mrs. Comstock left immediately on a short trip after which they will be at home at 502 Washington...
One of the most popular girls in Fayetteville, the bride is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She taught one year in the city schools.
Mr. Comstock attended the university and for the past three years has been employed with the McIlroy Bank & Trust company.
Out of town guests here for the wedding were Dr. & Mrs. J. R. Burleson & son Gaston of Hamilton, Ala., Mrs. Lilian Sayer and Miss Carrie Jean Hall of Carney, Cy Carney Jr & Kathryn of Rudy, Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Hays and Mrs. James Buchanon of Muskogee, Okla.; Mr. & Mrs. Ira Comstock, J. J. Hays, Mr. & Mrs. Lester Delzell and children, L.C, & Colleen Ellen, of Van Buren.

Mary Clare Comstock
Fayetteville .... Mary Clare Burleson Comstock, 83, of Fayetteville died Dec. 19, 1999, at Butterfield Trail Village. She was born May 22, 1916, in Auburn, Ala. to David J. and Alice Jewel Wesson Burleson. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1937 and taught in the Fayetteville school system for several years before moving in 1960 to Siloam Springs, returning to Fayetteville in 1988. She was a member of PEO and Pi Beta Phi soroity.
Survivors include two sons Graydon Earl Comstock Jr. and David Allen Comstock; one daughter Mary Alice Comstock; two granddaughters; one great-grandson.
Services will be at 10 AM Wednesday at First Christian Church in Fayetteville with Dr. James D. Johnson officiating. Private burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Beard's Chapel in Fayetteville with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m.

Funeral at 10 AM Wednesday, Dec 22, 1999 at 1st Christian Church in Fayetteville. Dr. James D. Johnson, officiating. Beard's Funeral Chapel.
Buried Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, AR

Events

Birth	22 May 1916	Auburn, Lee County, Alabama
Residence	1920	Auburn, Lee, Alabama
Residence	1930	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Marriage	25 Jun 1938	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas - Graydon Earl Comstock
Residence	1939	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death	19 Dec 1999	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial		Fairview Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Families

Spouse	Graydon Earl Comstock (1908 - 1983)
Child	Graydon Earl "Don" Comstock Jr. (1942 - 2017)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	David Jasper Burleson (1881 - 1936)
Mother	Alice Jewel Wesson (1886 - 1963)
Sibling	Glenn Bates Burleson (1913 - 1951)
Sibling	David Jasper Burleson (1919 - 1996)

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