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Submitted: 6/22/21 • Approved: 6/22/21 • Last Updated: 6/25/21 • R430172-G0-S3
1872-1936
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Robert James (Bob) Hamilton, 63, who died last Tuesday in a local hospital following a brief pneumonia attack were held at the Carver-Powell Funeral Chapel at 2:30 this afternoon.
Since coming to Borger in 1925 Hamilton had worked for several drilling contractors, was one-time manager of the Borger Bowl, and at the time of his death was working with C.S. Johnston of Amarillo on an auto piston and jack patent.
Survivors are two children, Virginia of of [sic] Tulsa and Bill of Pampa; one half-brother, William Milne of Beaumont, a sister, Mrs. G.K. Nelson of St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Victor K. Aubrey, and interment was in Highland Cemetery.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, Thursday, January 16, 1936)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Robert James Hamilton
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 63
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1872
Birth Place: St Johns, New Brunswick
Residence: Borger, Texas, USA
Death Date: 14 Jan 1936
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: James Lyan Hamilton
Spouse: Alice Hamilton
Contributed on 6/22/21
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Record #: 430172