Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Elwin Chappell, a Crosby County resident for over half a century, was claimed by death about 11 p.m. Monday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a short illness. He was 81.Mr. Chappell had been a longtime resident of Crosbyton Care Center.
Memorial services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church here. The Rev. Johnnie Williams, pastor, and the Rev. Preston Beeks, pastor of the Pansy Baptist Church, officiated.
Interment was made in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of Adams Funeral Home. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Mr. Chappell was a retired farmer.
Born August 8, 1897, in Garretts Bluff, Tex., he was reared in Lamar County. He moved to Crosby County in 1927 from Oklahoma.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Chappell of Crosbyton; three sons, D. Chappell of Fort Worth, Hoyt Chappell of Crosbyton, and Ozell Chappell of Floydada; three daughters, Mrs. Loyce Hunt of Fort Worth, Mrs. Joyce Hudgens of Tahoka, and Mrs. Doris Cox of Crosbyton; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, June 20, 1979
Submitted by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
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