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Crosby County History Book
CROSBYTON (Special) - Graveside services for Chester M. Huddleston, 76, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Crosbyton Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. Johnnie Williams, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton officiating. King Funeral Home of Crosbyton is handling arrangements.Huddleston died at 5:10 a.m. Monday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a lengthy illness.
A native of Whitlock, Tenn., he married Ardath Manning in Paris, Tenn., on Nov. 17, 1918. He moved to Crosbyton in 1921. He was a former Crosbyton mayor and a member of the First Baptist Church for 55 years.
Huddleston was instrumental in the founding of the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital and in securing the light and power plant for Crosbyton. He was awarded the Crosbyton Citizen Through the Years Award in 1972.
A building contractor and automobile dealer until 1934, he farmed until his retirement in 1969.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Bob (Jane) Perkins of Crosbyton; and two grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Sept. 7, 1976
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Graveside services for Ardath Huddleston, 89, of Crosbyton were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1990 at Crosbyton Cemetery with the Rev. Les Griffin officiating.Services were under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
She died at 3:05 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, 1990 in the Crosbyton Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Whitlock, Tenn., and moved to Crosbyton in 1919. She married Chester M. Huddleston in 1918 in Whitlock. He died in 1976. She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she was the organist for over 40 years. She also taught the adult Sunday School class.
Survivors include a daughter, Jane Perkins of Crosbyton; two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Crosby County News & Chronicle, August 23, 1990
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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