Oscar R. Maples

Kermit - Services for Oscar R. Maples, 72, owner of Maples Funeral Home in Kermit, were 10 a.m. Friday in the Community Church with burial in the Kermit Cemetery, directed by Maples Funeral Home.

Maples died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday in a local hospital.

Maples, who was born in 1901, moved to Winkler County from Snyder in 1943. In 1944, he built the present Maples Funeral Home in Kermit. He had purchased the Kolar Funeral Home in Wink in 1943.

Maples was also a partner in the Marshall-Maples Furniture Store. He served in the U. S. Navy and was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Community Church.

He married Rossa Carmichael in 1940.

Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Theresa Payne of Washington, D. C., and Marilyn Tarter of Grand Prairie; a son, Max Maples of the home; two brothers, Max Maples of Taft and Loren Maples of Graham; two sisters, Ruth Wheimhold of Levelland and Mrs. Max Anz of Abilene; and two grandchildren.

From The Odessa, Texas American, Friday, Dec. 14, 1973

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WINKLER COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Name: Oscar Rhodes Maples

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 12 Dec 1973

Event Place: Memorial Hospital, Kermit, Winkler, Texas, United States

Cause of Death: Myocardial infarction; cardiosclerosis

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

Birth Date: 11 Aug 1901

Birthplace: Texas

Father's Name: Thomas Mack Maples

Mother's Name: Julia A Ellis

Occupation: Mortician

Residence: 222 South Oak, Kermit, Texas

Burial/Removal: Kermit Cemetery

Date: 14 Dec 1973

Informant: Rossa Maples (spouse)

Certificate Number: 99413

GS Film number: 2242952

Digital Folder Number: 005145937

Image Number: 00223

Citing this Record:

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36R-ZMV : accessed 5 February 2016), Oscar Rhodes Maples, 12 Dec 1973; citing certificate number 99413, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,952.

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Mr. Maples' death certificate clearly states his burial in Kermit Cemetery; however, a dual grave marker with Rossa Maples as well as a military marker exists here in Fluvanna Cemetery. A Kermit Cemetery memorial also exists: Oscar Rhodes Maples

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