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Submitted: 7/7/21 • Approved: 7/7/21 • Last Updated: 7/10/21 • R434305-G434305-S3
Melvin
1899-1984
Thelma W.
1907-1997
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*Obituary Melvin
Graveside services for Melvin Jones, 85, of 813 B Buckner St., will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Don Hughes, pastor of New Testament Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mr. Jones died at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
He was born in Francis, Okla., and lived in Borger from 1942-1973 then moved to San Antonio and moved back to Borger in April. He was a retired boiler with Southwestern Public Service Company and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
He married Thelma Dillion Oct. 12, 1953.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Lee Jones of Houston and Milton Jones of Galveston; six daughters, Ann Franklin of Branchland, W.V., Lucille Lester of Chapmanville, W.V., Loyzell Dobbins of Pittsburg, Pa., Luetta Ball of Borger, Barbara Estes of Enid, Okla., and Sharon Louthan of Borger; four sisters, Gertie Reed of Bearden, Okla., Norma Hunt of Amarillo, Tally Jones of Oklahoma and Ruby Neeley of Kansas; a brother, Lee Jones of Oklahoma; 18 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1984)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Melvin Jones
Death Date: 12 Jun 1984
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Melvin Jones
Last Residence:
79008 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 5 Jan 1899
Died: Jun 1984
*Obituary Thelma
Thelma W. Jones, 90, died Friday September 19, 1997 in Borger Health Care Center.
Funeral services are pending with Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Hamlin, W.V., she had been a Borger resident for 44 years.
She was a housewife.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Jones in 1984 and a daughter, Lucille Lester in 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Lee Jones of Houston and Milton Jones of Galveston; five daughters, Ann Franklin of Branchland, W.V., Loyzell Dobbins of McKees Rocks, Pa., Luetta Ball and Beverly S. Louthan both of Borger; and Barbara Ryane of Artesia, N.M.; 17 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and many great-great grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, September 19, 1997)
Contributed on 7/7/21
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