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Submitted: 6/17/21 • Approved: 6/18/21 • Last Updated: 6/21/21 • R428665-G0-S3
US Army
August 11, 1938-August 14, 1991
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Johnnie P. "Hoot" Gipson, 53, Borger, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Gipson died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1991 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
A native of Strawn, he had been a Borger resident for 50 years. He was a truck driver for Zachry Construction.
He was a member of Borger Church of God, graduated from Borger High School, was a member of Moose Lodge, National Guard, and past member of Hutchinson County Sheriff's Posse.
Survivors include his wife, Judy of the home; two daughters, Raedella Russell and Judy Clendennen, both of Borger; three step-sons, Bennie Aikens, Wesley Aikens, and Richie Aikens, all of Borger; two brothers, Eddie Gipson of Alvin; and Oran Gipson of Houston; two sisters, Ethel Earls of Range; and Violet Heath of Tishomingo, Okla.; five grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bill Bryan, Lee Collett, Robert Simpson, Gary Kelly, Bruce Burney, and Neal Sparks.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, August 16, 1991)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Johnnie Paul Gipson
Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1938
Gender: Male
Birth County: Eastland
Father's Name: Juno Harrison Gipson
Mother's Name: Cara Jane Atkins
Roll Number: 1938_0003
Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2014
Name: Johnny P Gipson
Gender: Male
Divorce Age: 36
Birth Year: 1939
Marriage Date: 21 Apr 1965
Divorce Date: 22 May 1975
Divorce Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Velma L Gipson
Number of Children: 1
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Johnny P Gipson
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1939
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1984
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Judy K Huntley
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 34
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Johnnie Gipson
Death Date: 14 Aug 1991
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Contributed on 6/17/21
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