Rosalee Wilhoit (1919 - 2016)

Born 18 Nov 1919 in Hood, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 May 2016 at age 96 in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Rosalee was born in 1919.^[1][2] She was the daughter of John Wilhoit and Mary Baccus.

She lived in Lovington, New Mexico in 1988. ^{[citation needed]}

She passed away in 2016.^[3] She was cremated, and the location of her ashes is unknown.^[4]

Obituary^[5]

Rosalee Wilhoit, 96, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Lakeview Christian Home, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Rosalee Wilhoit was born November 18, 1919 in Hood County, Texas to John Henry and Mary Lou (Baccus) Wilhoit. She taught in several country schools before teaching in Lovington for many years and later in Albuquerque where she retired in 1985. Rosalee loved crocheting, embroidery, crafting and traveling. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Elwin Berry Wilhoit, Lowell Wilhoit, Billy Wayne Wilhoit; sisters: LaWanda Wilhoit and Bobby Wilhoit; sisters-in-law: Neva Wilhoit and Wilma Wilhoit.

Survivors are her twin sisters, Maxene Pierson of Waco, Texas and Imagene Marshall of Portales, NM; sisters: Ola Frances Alexander and husband, Leon of Roswell, NM, Joyce George of Slaton, Texas; brother, Ray Wilhoit of Timberon, NM; sisters: Blanche Hudson and husband, Charlie of Portales, NM, Phelba Jo Gibbs of Terrell, Texas and twin brothers: Glynn Wilhoit of Portales, NM and Lynn Wilhoit and wife, Cathy of Portales, NM and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Carlsbad Community Foundation, 114 S. Canyon Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com. Published at www.dentonwood.com

Residence

1930, Hood, Texas^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2LX-2BL : 11 March 2018), Rosalee Willhoit, 18 Nov 1919; citing Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States, certificate 55085, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,521,193.
2. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDL6-9LX : 1 January 2015), Rosalee Wilhoit, 18 Nov 1919; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
3. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Sheila (Brown) Delony as remembered 4 Sep 2017.
4. ↑ Rosalee Wilhoit (1919-2016) on Find A Grave: Memorial #163316811 retrieved 15 March 2019
5. ↑ Rosalee Wilhoit Obituary
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMQ1-LZM : accessed 17 December 2019), Rosa L Willhoit in household of John H Willhoit, Precinct 6, Hood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 2A, line 34, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2355; FHL microfilm 2,342,089.

See also:

• Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey