EIGHTH GENERATION

1716. William Laurence Hunter was born on 1 Jul 1902 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas. ^(1384)(1070) He appeared on the census on 16 Apr 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. ⁽¹³⁸⁵⁾ He died on 7 Jan 1988 in Gresham, Oregon. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Gresham, Oregon.

From the Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, January 10, 1988:

WILLIAM L. HUNTER

Funeral for William Lawrence Hunter, who died Thursday in a Gresham hospital at age 86, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Carroll Funeral Home, Gresham. Private interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Mr. Hunter was born in Merkel, Texas. He farmed in the area before moving to Fort Worth, Texas, where he became a carpenter. He moved to the Portland area in 1942 and worked in home construction. He retired in 1962. In 1970 he move to Gresham.

He was a member of Carpenter's Local 738.

He is survived by a daughter, Margaret Hicks of Gresham; a son, William "Jan" Hunter of Portland; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was married to Mattie Lou Cargill (daughter of William T. Cargill and Pearlee) on 9 May 1923 in Taylor County, Texas. ⁽¹⁰⁷⁰⁾ Mattie Lou Cargill was born on 4 Sep 1906 in Milam County, Texas. She died on 2 May 1967 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.⁽⁷⁷⁴⁾ She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas. ⁽¹³⁸⁶⁾


From the Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, May 4, 1967:


MRS. COATS SUCCUMBS AT MERKEL


MERKEL (RNS) -- Mrs. Roy Coats, 60, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at her home here after a short illness.

Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Merkel Methodist Church with the Rev. Newton Daniel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with Starbuck Funeral Home in charge.

She was born Mattie Lou Cargill, Sept. 4, 1906, in Milam County. She moved to the Castle Peak area south of Merkel as a young girl with her parents and married Roy Coats Dec. 23, 1947, in Abilene.

Survivors are the husband; one son, W. J. Hunter of Portland, Ore.; one daughter Mrs. J. W. Wilkerson of Fort Worth; three brothers, Marvin Cargill of Muleshoe and H. L. and W. T. Cargill, both of Abilene; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Daron of Abilene, Mrs. Frances Baker of Amarillo and Mrs. Maudie Hogue of Corpus Christi; one step-son, Roy R. Coats Jr. of Chino, Calif.; one step-daughter, Mrs. W. L. Russell of Clifton, Ariz.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be J. C. Carson, Ray Wilson, Dave Gamble, W. B. Thomas, Johnny Cox, and W. R. Cox.
William Laurence Hunter and Mattie Lou Cargill had the following children:

+2259 i. William James "Jay" Hunter.
+2260 ii. Margaret Louise Hunter.
2261 iii. Roy Lawrence Hunter was born on 21 May 1929 in Uvalde County, Texas. ⁽¹²⁵⁸⁾ He died in infancy.

He was married to Opal Bonita Willoughby 1940's in Portland, Oregon.