Mrs. Willar Bell Clifton, 74, died at her home, 1001 South Fifteenth Street, at 6:20 pm on Monday.
She was a native of Terrell County, GA but had resided in Waco for the past 28 years.
Funeral services were held at 3pm Thursday at Compton's Chapel with the Rev A Reilly Copeland officiating and Rev Maggart B Howell assisting, burial in Moore Cemetery at Chalk Bluff.
Survivors include five sons, C.D., Lee, G.P., T.C., and Willard Clifton, all of Waco; four daughters, Mrs. A.L. Marlow and Mrs. W.C. Howard, both of Waco, Mrs. Mae Westbrook of Dallas and Mrs. H. L. Shaw of Riverside, CA; five brothers, J.W. Stokes of Robinson, M.R. Stokes of Dallas, Lee Stokes of Waco, Bill Stokes of Temple and D.K. Stokes of Fort Worth; one sister Mrs. D.C. Lillard of Robinson; 1 niece, Mrs. Chlora Strand of OK; 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Homer Clifton, Sgt. Weldon Clifton, Norman Clifton, Bill Edwards Jr., Don Marlow, Frank Weaver and Orville Bradley.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Doreas Sunday School Class of the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Compton Funeral Home, 1024 Austin, telephone 4-1411.
Mrs. Willar Bell Clifton, 74, died at her home, 1001 South Fifteenth Street, at 6:20 pm on Monday.
She was a native of Terrell County, GA but had resided in Waco for the past 28 years.
Funeral services were held at 3pm Thursday at Compton's Chapel with the Rev A Reilly Copeland officiating and Rev Maggart B Howell assisting, burial in Moore Cemetery at Chalk Bluff.
Survivors include five sons, C.D., Lee, G.P., T.C., and Willard Clifton, all of Waco; four daughters, Mrs. A.L. Marlow and Mrs. W.C. Howard, both of Waco, Mrs. Mae Westbrook of Dallas and Mrs. H. L. Shaw of Riverside, CA; five brothers, J.W. Stokes of Robinson, M.R. Stokes of Dallas, Lee Stokes of Waco, Bill Stokes of Temple and D.K. Stokes of Fort Worth; one sister Mrs. D.C. Lillard of Robinson; 1 niece, Mrs. Chlora Strand of OK; 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Homer Clifton, Sgt. Weldon Clifton, Norman Clifton, Bill Edwards Jr., Don Marlow, Frank Weaver and Orville Bradley.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Doreas Sunday School Class of the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Compton Funeral Home, 1024 Austin, telephone 4-1411.
Family Members
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Walter Richard Clifton
1896–1933
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Claude David Clifton
1899–1977
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Leavie Elbert Clifton
1901–1966
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Theodore Calvin Clifton
1903–1992
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Jewell Mae Clifton Brown
1905–1999
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George Bell Clifton
1909–1991
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Elise Louise Clifton Shaw
1913–2001
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Mary Almeta Clifton Howard
1916–1979
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Willard Dempsey Clifton Sr
1919–1997
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