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Frank Lee Pulley

Male 1888 - 1974  (85 years)


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  • Name Frank Lee Pulley  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 6 Sep 1888  San Antonio, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Jun 1974  Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Cause: medullary failure 
    Obituary 19 Jun 1974  Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cameron Citizen 
    • FRANK PULLEY

      Frank Lee Pulley, expired at 5:30 Tuesday morning at the Cameron Community Hospital. He has lived in Cameron for the past 60 years. He was born on September 6, 1888 and was a lifetime member of the Missouri Bar Association. He served as city attorney for three terms. He was a charter member of the Elmer Ellis Post of the American legion and was a veteran of World War I.

      Mr. Pulley was a member of the Clarksdale Masonic Lodge, Cameron Chapter of the Kadosh Commandry, Moila Temple, St. Joe, Cameron Omega Shrine, a member of the First Christian Church. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and practised [sic] law since 1914. He was also an attorney for the Cameron Savings and Loan.

      He is survived by his wife, Frances, of the home, and two sons Francis Pulley of Des Moines, lowa, and Gene Warren Pulley of Kansas City, five grandchildren, several brothers and sisters, Mrs. John (Bessie) Smith, Mrs. Tom (Cora) Gibson, whose addresses were not reported, Mrs. Willie (Sadie) Whitsell, Amity, Mrs. Jessie (Myrtle) White, Maysville, Mrs. Edward (Jessie) Harwood, Amity, John Pulley, Amity, Coleman Pulley, Amity, and Hugh Pulley, Englewood, California.

      Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o' clock at the First Christian Church. Rev. John Yonker and Rev. Charles Vinzant will officiate. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery.

      The family will receive friends at the Poland-Thompson Chapel at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

      Masonic services will he conducted at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Obituary
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Obituary
    Burial 20 Jun 1974  Graceland Memorial Cemetery, Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I4847  CCBasic
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2026 

    Father John Warren "Jack" Pulley,   b. 13 May 1858, Nodaway County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1942, Clarksdale, DeKalb County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Francis Lee Patton,   b. 25 Aug 1863, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1952, Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1881  Rochester, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    John and Francis Patton Pulley
    John and Francis Patton Pulley
    Family ID F1286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Neva Alice Nighswonger,   b. 23 Sep 1895, Daviess County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1943, Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1920 
    Children 
     1. Frances Lee Pulley,   b. 4 Jan 1922, Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Gene Warren Pulley,   b. 21 Aug 1926   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2018 

    Family 2 Frances Lucille Stokes,   b. 6 May 1900   d. 1982 (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F7567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2026 

  • Photos
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Grave Marker
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Grave Marker
    Frances Stokes Pulley -- Grave Marker
    Frances Stokes Pulley -- Grave Marker
    Pulley Family -- Grave Marker
    Pulley Family -- Grave Marker

    Documents
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Death Certificate
    Frank Lee Pulley -- Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S64] Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri -- Death Certificates 1910-1975, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ :n.d.), 25 Aug 2026, death certificate 74-012662 (1974), Frank Lee Pulley, accessed 16 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S397] Graceland Memorial Cemetery (Clinton County, Missouri), Missouri, Clinton County -- Graceland Memorial Cemetery, 26 Aug 2026, Frank Lee Pulley marker, photographed by Kristy Rice, 2014. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S542] Missouri. Cameron., Missouri, Clinton County -- The Cameron Citizen Newspaper (Newspapers.com), 26 Aug 2026, "Frank Pulley," 19 June 1974, p. 6, col. 1. (Reliability: 3).