Mrs. Alderman Dies; Rites Set Today at Maryneal

Sweetwater - Mrs. Pearl Alderman, 76, died Friday at 3:05 p.m. at Big Spring.

Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Christ of Maryneal. Officiating will be Tommy Bonner, Sweetwater Church of Christ layman and the Rev. Gerald Sharpe, pastor of the Blackwell First Methodist Church. Burial will be at the Maryneal Cemetery under the direction of Cate-Spencer Funeral Home here.

Mrs. Alderman was born March 16, 1883 in Arkansas. She moved to Nolan County in 1912. She had lived in the Maryneal and Blackwell communities since that time.

She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Surviving are five sons, R. L. of Blackwell, H. J. of Durango, Colo., Ed of San Angelo, J. F. of Gorman and M. F. of Maryneal; four daughters, Mrs. Vallie Gore of Durango, Colo., Mrs. Coke Chapman of Faith, S.D., Mrs. M. K. Hayherst of Belen, N.M., and Mrs. B. L. Pruitt of Saragosa; one brother, Charlie Christopher of Stanton; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Wilson of Odessa, Mrs. May Goodwin of New York, Tex., and Mrs. Burl Milton of Houston; 25 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

From The Abilene Reporter, November 1, 1959
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HOWARD COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Name: Pearl Alderman
Death date: 30 Oct 1959
Death place: Big Spring State Hospital, Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Cause of death: Cerebral embolus; cerebral arteriosclerosis; chronic brain syndrome with cerebral arteriosclerosis with psychosis
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 75 years
Birth date: 13 Mar 1883
Birthplace: Arkansas
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name:
Father's name: [Simeon Ephraim Christopher)
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: [Frankie Amelda Taylor]
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Maryneal, Nolan, Texas
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Sweetwater, Texas
Burial date: 30 Oct 1959
Informant: Big Spring State Hospital Records
Film number: 2115989
Digital GS number: 4165962
Image number: 2389
Reference number: item 5 cn 56823
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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