Widdie Beatrice Huffaker

F, (1 March 1906 - 5 February 1995)
     Widdie Beatrice Huffaker was born on 1 March 1906 at Palo Pinto County, Texas. She was the daughter of William Mitchell Huffaker and Ada Ethyl Pittmman. Widdie Beatrice Huffaker married Jess L. Stephens circa 1930. Widdie Beatrice Huffaker died on 5 February 1995 at Mineral Wells Hospital, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, at age 88 years, 11 months and 4 days. She was buried in the Woodland Park Cemetery, located in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas.
     She was a cook at a local school. Her obituary was published on 7 February 1995 in the The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, printed in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Her obituary stated:

     MINERAL WELLS - Widdie Beatrice Stephens, 88, a retired school cafeteria cook, died Monday at a Mineral Wells hospital. Mrs. Stephens was born in Palo Pinto County.

Survivors: Husband, Jess L. Stephens of Mineral Wells; daughter, Rosemary Passons of Mineral Wells; stepson, George Leonard Stephens of Mineral Wells; stepdaughter, Nelda Fay Martin of Kingsland; two brothers, Fred Huffaker of Mineral Wells and Bill Huffaker of Possum Kingdom; two sisters, Mary Whitlock of Phelan, Calif., and Bobbie Southerland of Mineral Wells; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eleventh Avenue Church in Mineral Wells, where she was a member.

Burial: Woodland Park Cemetery in Mineral Wells.

Arrangements: Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home.

Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Pages: 18, 19.

Child of Widdie Beatrice Huffaker and Jess L. Stephens

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