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Submitted: 6/10/21 • Approved: 6/11/21 • Last Updated: 6/14/21 • R426186-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Army
June 1, 1893-March 23, 1974
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER NEWS HERALD - March 24, 1974
Services for William M. Forney, 80, 908 Jackson, who died Saturday morning in North Plains Hospital, will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors Chapel of the Fountains. The Rev. Edgar A. Irvine, pastor of the Bunavista United Methodist Church, will officiate. Dr. Kenneth Jones, pastor of First Christian Church will assist.
Interment will be in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Forney has been a resident of Borger since 1957 and was a retired construction worker.
He is survived by his wife, Agnes, of the home; a son, Jim of 1308 Evergreen; a daughter, Mrs. Eva Prather of Larned, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Nell Zerkel of Lancing, Mich., and Mrs. Cora Clark of Auburn, Ind.; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be Clifford Ferrell, E.L. Burton, Marvin Catron, Walt Weddington, Dillard Collins and Wayne Cleveland.
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U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: William Monroe Forney
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1893
Birth Place: Ashley, Indiana, USA
Residence Place: Great Bend, Kansas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Occupation: Parkersburg Rig And Reel Co
Height: 5 11
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 180
Complexion: Light
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Worthy Monroe Forney
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 80
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1893
Birth Place: Indiana
Residence: USA, Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Death Date: 23 Mar 1974
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father:
Adam Forney
Mother:
Nancy Forney
Certificate Number: 19113
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: William Forney
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1893
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Kansas
Last Residence: 79007, Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: Mar 1974
Contributed on 6/10/21
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