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Submitted: 5/23/21 • Approved: 5/24/21 • Last Updated: 5/27/21 • R421093-G0-S3
July 26, 1903-July 19, 1953
Please see Childress Family Marker
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Two Borger Men Are Killed In Headon Automobile Mishap
BORGER, July 19 (AP) - Two Borger men were killed early today when their cars collided headon about a mile west of here.
Killed were Demos G. Childress, 49, and J.D. Harris, 31. Both men were driving alone.
Officers said Harris apparently started to pass an automobile and collided headon with the Childress Car.
(Published in Lubbock Morning Avalanche (Lubbock, Texas) - 20 Jul 1953, Mon - Page 1)
Childress had been in Borger for 12 years. Survivors include his wife, Mattie; two daughters, Mrs. Brad Castleman and Mrs. Hank Jones, both of Borger; three brothers, T.L of Borger and H.E. and Arthur of Memphis, and a granddaughter, Loynda Jones of Borger.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Borger, Texas, Monday, July 20, 1953, Page 1,2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Demos George Childress
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 38
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1903
Birth Place: Sanger Denton, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Coble Lease, Phillips, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Coble Lease, Phillips, Texas, USA
Employer: Phillips Pet Co
Weight: 180
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: J W Childress
Household Members: 1
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Demos George Childress
Death Date: 19 Jul 1953
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 30861
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Demos George Childress
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 49
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1903
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Jul 1953
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father:
J W Childress
Mother:
Minnie Lee Witson
Contributed on 5/23/21
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Record #: 421093