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Submitted: 8/26/21 • Approved: 8/27/21 • Last Updated: 8/30/21 • R450986-G0-S3
Texas
TECHNICAL SERGEANT US Army
World War II
February 23, 1912-May 6, 1967
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER (Staff) - Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Gateway Baptist Church here for Robert Shields, a 55-year-old Midland barber who died of a gunshot wound in Midland Saturday.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery, directed by Simpson Funeral Home.
Shields was shot while working at his Midland barber shop Saturday.
Charged with murder in connection with the shooting was William Frederick Talafuse, 37, Midland.
Shields' survivors include his mother, Mrs. Lon Shields, Midland; a daughter, Georgia Ann Shields, Midland; a brother, Buster Shields, Borger; and four sisters, Mrs. James Teems, Midland; Mrs. Jim Wedener [sic] and Mrs. J.D. Carter, both of Dumas; and Mrs. Dwight Dyer, Salina, Kan.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - 8 May 1967, Mon - Page 2)
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Robert Shields
Death Date: 6 May 1967
Death County: Midland
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Robert Lois Shields
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1912
Birth Place: Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Midland, Midland, Texas
Father: J L Shields
Mother: Ida Hickman
Age at Death: 55
Death Date: 6 May 1967
Death Place: Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
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