Class of 1958
1958 Maroon Spotlight
Joe Magruder
F.F.A. 56-57, F.F.A. Treasurer 56-57, Wrestling 55-58, Lettermen’s Club 56-58.
1958 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Joe Magruder, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Magruder of route one, Perry, plans to enter the Navy after graduation. He was born May 16, 1940, in Shawnee, and has lived in Noble country since 1947. He attended Highland school before entering the city system. Magruder went out for wrestling in 1954-56 and has been in the Future Farmers of america since 1958. His favorite subject is English.
Joe Albert Magruder
May 16, 1940 – August 29, 1981
Joe Magruder, 41, Conroe, Texas, formerly of Perry, died Saturday as the result of a diving accident at New Braunfels, Texas.
Born May 16, 1940, at Perry, he was the son of Harold and Martha Magruder. He was a 1958 graduate of Perry high school and married Linda Eastin in 1958. He worked in the Houston, Texas, area the past eight years and had been an inspector for Protection Mutual Insurance Company.
In addition to his wife, Linda, of the home, Magruder is survived by two sons, Jeffrey, of Conroe, and Devon, of the home; his father, Harold Magruder, Perry; two brothers, Hollis Magruder, Sulphur; and Mike Magruder, Perry; and a sister, Mildred Sue Parrish, Kansas City, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker Funeral home with Rev. Fred Selby, pastor of the First Baptist church of Perry, officiating. Burial will be at Grace Hill cemetery.