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Chester Miller Huddleston

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Chester Miller Huddleston

Birth
Whitlock, Henry County, Tennessee, USA
Death
6 Sep 1976 (aged 76)
Crosbyton, Crosby County, Texas, USA
Burial
Crosbyton, Crosby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 13, Lot 10
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CROSBYTON (Special) - Graveside services for Chester M. Huddleston, 76, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Crosbyton Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. Johnnie Williams, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton officiating. King Funeral Home of Crosbyton is handling arrangements.
Huddleston died at 5:10 a.m. Monday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a lengthy illness.

A native of Whitlock, Tenn., he married Ardath Manning in Paris, Tenn., on Nov. 17, 1918. He moved to Crosbyton in 1921. He was a former Crosbyton mayor and a member of the First Baptist Church for 55 years.

Huddleston was instrumental in the founding of the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital and in securing the light and power plant for Crosbyton. He was awarded the Crosbyton Citizen Through the Years Award in 1972.

A building contractor and automobile dealer until 1934, he farmed until his retirement in 1969.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Bob (Jane) Perkins of Crosbyton; and two grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Sept. 7, 1976
CROSBYTON (Special) - Graveside services for Chester M. Huddleston, 76, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Crosbyton Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. Johnnie Williams, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton officiating. King Funeral Home of Crosbyton is handling arrangements.
Huddleston died at 5:10 a.m. Monday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a lengthy illness.

A native of Whitlock, Tenn., he married Ardath Manning in Paris, Tenn., on Nov. 17, 1918. He moved to Crosbyton in 1921. He was a former Crosbyton mayor and a member of the First Baptist Church for 55 years.

Huddleston was instrumental in the founding of the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital and in securing the light and power plant for Crosbyton. He was awarded the Crosbyton Citizen Through the Years Award in 1972.

A building contractor and automobile dealer until 1934, he farmed until his retirement in 1969.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Bob (Jane) Perkins of Crosbyton; and two grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Sept. 7, 1976


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