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Murrah Ernest Wakefield Sr.

Birth: 3 Aug 1883
Texas, USA
Death: 7 Nov 1930 (aged 47)
Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA
Burial: Greenleaf Cemetery

Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 32372820 View Source

M. E. Wakefield was a well known oil operator in this section. He died at his home in Brownwood. He maintained a home in Cross Plains. He brought in the discovery well in the Cross Plains pool in 1926. For 11 years, Mr. Wakefield was president of the First State Bank of Cross Plains and was at one time superintendent of schools in Cross Plains. Mr. Wakefield served as mayor of Cross Plains for one term. He was a member of the Church of Christ, Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias, Lions Club, and the Shrine Order.

Services were held in the Brownwood Church of Christ.

Survived by his wife; three children - M.E. Wakefield, Jr, Juanita Wakefield, and Nelson Wakefield.

Brownwood Bulletin
November 14, 1930

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M. E. Wakefield was a well known oil operator in this section. He died at his home in Brownwood. He maintained a home in Cross Plains. He brought in the discovery well in the Cross Plains pool in 1926. For 11 years, Mr. Wakefield was president of the First State Bank of Cross Plains and was at one time superintendent of schools in Cross Plains. Mr. Wakefield served as mayor of Cross Plains for one term. He was a member of the Church of Christ, Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias, Lions Club, and the Shrine Order.

Services were held in the Brownwood Church of Christ.

Survived by his wife; three children - M.E. Wakefield, Jr, Juanita Wakefield, and Nelson Wakefield.

Brownwood Bulletin
November 14, 1930

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contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)

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Sarah Edith Cropper Wakefield

1881–1941

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Children

Melson Cropper Wakefield

1912–1931

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Created by: Terry Teague
Added: Dec 23, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32372820/murrah_ernest-wakefield: accessed ), memorial page for Murrah Ernest Wakefield Sr. (3 Aug 1883–7 Nov 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32372820, citing Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Terry Teague (contributor 46866050).

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