Wilbur Edgar Umberson 
Wilbur Edgar was born on August 21st, 1897 in Roxton, Lamar County, Texas.1 Wilbur Edgar's father was Benjamin McCullough Umberson and his mother was Brazzie Zora Hattie Josephine Penn. His maternal grandparents were William Thomas Penn and Mary Taylor Fletcher. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Marvin Benny, Bartley, Roy Wilson, John Wesley, Mamie Zora and Lona Irene. He was the second oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 89 on September 18th, 1986 in Calcam Hospital, Sulphur, Louisiana. He was buried on September 21st, 1986 in Restland Cemetery, Roxton, Lamar County, Texas.1 1 General Notes
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THE LAMAR COUNTY ECHO, 25 Sep 1986. 'Wilbur E. Emberson of Roxton d ied
Thursday, 18 Sep 1986, at CalCam Hospital in Sulphur, La. Services were
held Sunday, 21 Sep, in Bright-Holland Funeral Home Chapel with Masonic
grav eside rites at Restland Cemetery in Roxton. Mr. Umberson was born 21
Aug 1897 , in Lamar County, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Umberson. He
married Luvela M oore on 7 Sep 1919, in Roxton. She died 21 Aug 1968. He
had lived in Roxton u ntil Sep of 1985 when he moved to Sulphur. He was a
retired farmer and attend ed the Church of Christ in Roxton. He was a 32nd
Degree Mason, a Shriner and former member of the Roxton School Board, the
West Lamar School Board,
direc tor of the First National Bank in Roxton, and a member of the Farm
Bureau. Su rviving are three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Chris) Flynn of
Alexandria, La., M rs. Vernon (Datherine) Atchley of Roxton and Mrs. Jerry
(Barbara) Gibson of S ulphur, La.; one brother, Roy Umberson of Roxton;
two sisters, Lorna Childers of Roxton and Mamie Hollabaugh of Blooming
Grove, Texas; seven grandchildren ; and seven great grandchildren.'
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