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Submitted: 8/12/21 • Approved: 8/13/21 • Last Updated: 8/16/21 • R446744-G0-S3
US Air Force
World War II
September 12, 1922-August 20, 1995
Poppy
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Borger News Herald - August 21, 1995
Morris M. Poole, 72, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995 at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Sammie Rainey, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Home.
A native of Garner, Ark., Mr. Poole had been a resident of Borger for 48 years.
He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Air Force.
A retired Mechanical Supervisor with Phillips Petroleum Company, he was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Mr. Poole was preceded in death by a grandson in 1975.
He married Eddie Harton July 7, 1946 in Arkansas City, Kan.
Survivors include his wife, three sons, Dr. Morris O. Poole of Sweetwater, Stephen Poole of Spearman, Ray Poole of Amarillo; three brothers, M.T. "Bud" Poole of Smackover, Ark., Bill Poole of Amarillo, Thomas Poole of Miami, Okla.; a sister, Virginia Werther of Borger, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Contributed on 8/12/21
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