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Fall From Horse Kills Dallas Girl. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 21 (AP). Miss Dorothy McLemore, 22, formerly of Dallas, was killed almost instantly Sunday afternoon near Fort Bliss when she fell from a horse while riding with Miss Jean Morris, a friend. Miss McLemore died on the way to William Beaumont General Hospital in an ambulance. It has not been determined whether her death resulted from a fracture of the skull or a blow over the heart. Miss McLemore and Miss Morris, both members of the Fort Bliss - El Paso Polo Association, had been riding near Fort Bliss all afternoon. Miss McLemore had fallen from one horse without being injured and then was given another mount and fell or was thrown from it soon after. A sister, Mrs. W.W. Hawkins, living in Fort Worth, was notified of her death and funeral arrangements are pending, awaiting word from her. Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1928.
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Funeral Tuesday for Miss Dorothy McLemore. The body of Miss Dorothy McLemore, 22, who died at El Paso Sunday following a fall from a horse at Fort Bliss, will reach Dallas Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at the home of Miss McLemore's mother, Mrs. Lottie McLemore, at 303 South Rosemont avenue, Oak Cliff. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be William Jeffries, Earl Campbell, Haskell Smith, Leo Clark, Sam Wadsworth and Sam Lucas. The body will be accompanied from El Paso by J.C. Deane of the General Motors Corporation, by which Miss McLemore was employed. Surviving are her mother, five sisters, Misses Florence and Ruth McLemore of Dallas, Miss Lola McLemore of New York City and Mrs. W.W. Hawkins and Mrs. W.A. Marshall of Fort Worth, and five brothers, C.J., J.E. Jr., Sam D. and John McLemore of Dallas and William D. McLemore of Seattle, Wash. Dallas Morning News, October 23, 1928.
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Dorothy Mclemore
Death Date: 21 Oct 1928
Death Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: About 22 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1906
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Sten. Genl. Motors Corp
Place of Residence: El Paso, Texas
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 22 Oct 1928
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