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About Wilbur Lorenza Eiland:

Registered for WWI draft, Milam Co, Tx
1930 Census - Precinct 4, Milam Co, Tx
Eiland, Wilbur L of Rockdale. Age 89. Died 3/27/1989 (Monday) at his Rockdale home. Graveside funeral services held (Wed) 3/29 in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Rev Doug Springer of Full Gospel Chapel officiated. He was born 9/23/1899 in Gay Hill Comm to M/M William T. & Eliza Smith Eiland. He was a lifelong Milam Co. resident and a maintainer operator for the city of Rockdale, retiring in 1980. Preceded in death by wife, Pauline Pruitt Eiland, 1/16/1975; 2 brothers, Travis Henderson "Tab" Eiland on 4/2/1976; Clifford Clyde Eiland, 2/5/1980; sister, Leona W. Von Gonten on 1/27/1979. Survivors: Son, Wilford EIland of Shreveport, La.

About Pauline (Prewitt) Pruitt:

Name: Pauline Eiland
Death Date: 17 Jan 1975
Death Place: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Gender: Female
Death Age: 65 years 11 months 26 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1910
Father's Name: Henry Pruitt
Mother's Name: Emma Rutherford

Eiland, Pauline of Rockdale. Age 65. Died 1/1975 (Friday) (in paper 1/23/1975) in Richards Memorial Hospital after an illness of many years. Services held (Sunday) in Phillips & Luckey Chapel. Burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Rockdale. Rev. M.E. Brown of Full Gospel Chapel and Rev. Van Blythe of Apostolic Faith Church officiated. She was born 2/11/1909 at Comanche Co. to M/M Henry Pruett. Married W L Eiland on 6/8/1926 in Rockdale. She resided in Rockdale since 1927 and lived most of her life in Milam Co. Survivors: Husband, W L Eiland of Rockdale, mother, Mrs. Emma Pruett of Houston; son Wilford Eiland of Shreveport, La.; borhter Claude (Bill) Pruett of Alief; sister, Mrs. Dora Clack of Houston.