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Lela R. Hune
19 March 1894 - 26 January 1947

John H. Hune
20 February 1874 - 30 October 1952




Mrs. J.H. Hunt, 52, died at her home in Pilot Grove at 11:55 a.m. Sunday after an illness of 11 months.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. E.P. Wooten of Whitewright officiating.  Burial was in the Pilot Grove Cemetery under the direction of Earnheart Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hune was born in Pilot Grove March 19, 1894, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Neathery.  She married J.H. Hune in Bristow, Oklahoma, July 24, 1932.  Mrs. Hune is a  member of the Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband; step-mother, Mrs. Rossie of Pilot Grove; 2 brothers, C.P. Neathery of Sherman and Otis Neathery of Slaton; 4 sisters, Mrs. J.V. Grider, Mrs. H.G. Vandergrift, and Mrs. Clarence W. Murphy, all of Whitewright, and Mrs. Clifton Jones of Sherman.



Ottie Neathery Murley
17 April 1901 - 23 October 1937
The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, November 6, 1952
pg. 4

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Pilot Grove Cemetery for J.H. Hune, 78, who died at his home in the Pilot Grove community about a week ago.  Mr. Hune lived alone, and when he failed to be seen in Whitewright for several days, Lee Wilson went to the home Wednesday and found Mr. Hune's body on the floor.  The house lights were burning, the radio was playing, and two of Mr. Hune's dogs were in the closed house with the body.  Glen Earnheart, funeral director, estimated that he had been dead for about one week.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. U.C. Broach of Leonard, pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church.  The Masonic Lodge  conducted graveside rites.
Mr. Hune was born February 20, 1874 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He worked for some years as a cowboy when a young man, then entered railroad work as a special officer and served in that capacity until his retirement several years ago.  His wife died after they moved to the farm southwest of Whitewright.  He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Chank, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, October 28, 1937
pg.5

Funeral services for Mrs. Ottie Murley, 36, of Sherman were held at the Pilot Grove Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, conducted by Rev. Joe Rice, pastor of the Fundamentalist Baptist Church of Sherman.   Interment was in Pilot Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Murley died of pneumonia at 3:45 a.m. Saturday in Wilson N. Jones hospital in Sherman.
She was born April 17, 1901 at Pilot Grove, where she resided until her marriage on November 24, 1923 at Van Alstyne to Rev. W.R. Murley, Baptist evangelist, when she moved near Sherman.
Surviving besides her husband are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Neathery, Pilot Grove; two daughters, Miss Joyce Moselle Murley and Miss Juana Jean Murley; two brothers, Paschall and Otis Neathery, of Pilot Grove; five sisters, Mrs. Jack Hune, Tulsa; Mrs. Jim Grider, Mrs. Harrison Vandergriff, Van Alstyne; Mrs. Clarence Murphy, Pilot Grove; and Mrs. Clinton Jones, Whitewright.


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