Wilma passed away in 1986 [5] and is buried at Eastland City Cemetery in Eastland, Texas. [6]
Sources
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXMQ-5MK : 4 April 2020), Wilma Louise Beard, 05 Dec 1910; citing Eastland, Eastland, Texas, United States, certificate 42896, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,112,540.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5GC-L3Z : accessed 11 April 2020), Wilma L Beard in household of James A Beard, Eastland, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6A, line 5, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2325; FHL microfilm 2,342,059.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4SC-PY9 : 24 December 2019), Wilma L Bennett in household of Geo R Bennett, Midland, Justice Precinct 1, Midland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165-3B, sheet 13B, line 44, family 279, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4105.
↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDMP-DH7 : 5 December 2014), George Ann Bennett, 09 Jan 1938; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVRB-SZ5 : 5 December 2014), Wilma Louise Beard Bennett, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49931336 for Wilma Louise Beard Bennett (5 Dec 1910–16 May 1986), citing Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn Mackey-Byrum (contributor 47126238) .
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