Funeral Business in Clarendon Historical

Funeral Business in Clarendon Historical (HM1TQ8)

Location: Clarendon, TX 79226 Donley County
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N 34° 56.272', W 100° 53.382'

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For more than a century, this site has been the location of a funeral home, a vital community business serving a widespread area of the Panhandle. Kentucky native Pleasant Andrew Buntin (1849-1941) brought his family to Texas in 1879, settling first in Mobeetie (Wheeler Co.). The Buntins moved to Clarendon in 1888 following the arrival of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad. P.A. Buntin rode a mail route from there through Palo Duro Canyon and Schott Gap (Briscoe Co.) to the Caprock, changing wagons and horses to make the 60-mile round trip in a single day. Buntin also operated a dairy, and he was a charter member of the Methodist church and the Masonic lodge in Clarendon.

At this site in 1899, Buntin established a funeral home, one of the earliest in the Texas Panhandle. He and his wife, Lucy Jane (Gibbs), had four children, and their youngest son Fred continued in the family business. Fred attended Clarendon College and the Dallas School of Embalming, and joined his father's company in 1919. The business territory covered several counties, and notable early burials conducted by the family included pioneer ranchers Charles and Mary Ann (Dyer) Goodnight in the 1920s. During World War II, the civic-minded Buntin Funeral Home provided military service plaques—with blue stars for active personnel and gold stars for casualties—for
families to display in the windows of their homes.

The Buntins sold the business in 1945, although the family name remained in use with others for several years. A number of families have since been associated with the historic operation, including, from 1977, the Robertsons, who for a short time owned another funeral parlor in Clarendon.
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HM NumberHM1TQ8
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Year Placed2007
Placed ByThe Texas Historical Commission
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Date Added Saturday, August 13th, 2016 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 327420 N 3867782
Decimal Degrees34.93786667, -100.88970000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 56.272', W 100° 53.382'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 56' 16.32" N, 100° 53' 22.92" W
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Area Code(s)806
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 222 Sully St, Clarendon TX 79226, US
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