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Sherman Democrat
December
15, 1938
Mrs.
Belle Clement
Denison - Mrs. Belle
Clement, 72, lifelong resident
of the Pottsboro community, died
at her home at 2:25 p.m.
Wednesday after a year's
illness. Funeral services
will be held at 3 p.m.
Friday at the residence, with
the Rev. Kirk Beard of Wichita
Falls and the Rev. A.H. Logan of
Pottsboro officiating.
Burial will be in
Georgetown cemetery, directed by
Short and Murray.
Mrs. Clement had lived in
Texas all the 72 years of her
life. She was born in a
covered wagon, drawn by oxen, as
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Daniels, were enroute to the
Lone Star state from
Independence, Mo., on July 25,
1866. She was reared near
Pottsboro and was married in
1883 to Issac Clement, who was
mayor of Pottsboro and was in
charge of the first Red River
Valley fair, held at Pottsboro.
Mr. Clement died Nov. 20,
1929.
Surviving are four of five
children, R.F. and Owen Clement
of Pottsboro, Mrs. R.W. Jones of
Denison and Mrs. S.H.
Loughmiller of Parsons, Kas.;
three brothers, Robert Daniel of
Plainview, S. Daniel of
Abernathy and Albert Daniel of
Denison; a sister, Mrs. Louisa
Crabtree of Hagerman; 18
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Clement was a member
of the Presbyterian church.
Her hobbies were fishing
and playing 42.
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