Person Page - 989

     He was born on 26 April 1915 at Clever Creek, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^1,5,3,4 Clarence married Bernadine Bessie Leetch.^7,3,4,8 The cause of his death was given as in a hunting accident when another hunter mistook him for a bobcat.^9,10
     Whitfield Christian died on 15 November 1976, near Centerville, at Leon County, Texas, USA, at age 61. He was a mail carrier according to funeral home records.^{11,12,1,3,4,10}
     Clarence Whitfield Christian was buried at Clever Creek Baptist Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^3,4,8
     Winfield appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Shelby County, Texas in the household of his parents, Charles and Ethel Christian.⁵
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Eagle published in Bryan, Texas, 16 November 1976.¹³

     She was born on 7 February 1920 at Oto, Iowa, USA.^5,8,9,2,10,3 Bernadine married Clarence Whitfield Christian.^1,2,11,3
     Bernadine Bessie Leetch died on 29 May 2011 at Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 91.¹²
     Bernadine B. appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Woodbury Twp., Miller County, Iowa in the household of her parents, Jess and Edna Leetch.⁵
     She was commonly known as Granny Dee.¹³
     Bernadie appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Crow Creek, Hughes County, South Dakota in the household of her parents, Jesse and Edna Leetch.⁶
     In the obituary of Jesse Leetch who died 28 September 1940, his daughter, Bernadine Bessie Leetch of Monroe City, Texas, was listed as a survivor.¹⁴
     Bernadine Christian was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of her mother, Edna Faye Griffith, who died 12 June 1984.¹⁵
     On Feb 20, 2010, friends and relatives gathered in the Clever Creek Baptist Church fellowship hall to celebrate Granny Dee's 90th birthday. Brandon Alford had just returned from his Korean posting on Feb 14th, and was able to attend, en route to his Staff Officer School training in Alabama. The rest of the Moffat and Alford clans also attended.¹³

     He was born on 27 May 1944 at Nueces County, Texas, USA.^1,2
     Charles Whitfield Christian died on 8 September 1960 at Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 16.^4,5,2,3
     Charles Whitfield Christian was buried at Clever Creek Baptist Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^2,6

     She was born on 29 December 1947 at Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^1,2
     Linda Merle Christian died on 9 January 2021 at Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 73.^3,2
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.²
     Linda Merle Christian was buried on 13 January 2021 at Jackson Cemetery, Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas, USA.²

     He was born on 31 August 1867 at Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA,^5,2,6,4; or, in 1867 at Alabama, USA, according to the 1930 census.¹ Charles married Ethel Evans Whittlesey on 5 September 1909 at Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^7,1,5,8
     Charles W. Christian died on 18 November 1956 at Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA, at age 89.^5,2
     Charles W. Christian was buried at Clever Creek Baptist Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas, USA.^5,9,10
     He was commonly known as Charlie Win.^{5,11,12,13,10}
     Charles appeared on the 1870 Federal Census Chattahoochee County, Georgia in the household of his parents, Pinckney and Martha Christian.⁴
     Charles appeared on the 1880 Federal Census Shelby County, Texas in the household of his parents, Pinckney and Martha J. Christian, working on the farm.⁶
     Charles W. and Ethel Christian appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Shelby County, Texas, Precinct 2, Shelby, Texas, enumerated 8 April 1930, described as a farmer on a general farm. Their children: Lela E, Charlie, Winfield, Edith, Dorothy and Bonnie, were listed as living with them. As well as his father-in-law, Oscar A. Whittlesey.¹
     Charles Wyn Christian was identified as the father of Bonnie Mae Modiz in Bonnie's obituary after her death on 21 March 2011 at his memorial page on the web site of, Broussard's Mortuary.¹⁴