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Submitted: 9/7/21 • Approved: 9/8/21 • Last Updated: 9/11/21 • R454975-G0-S3
Texas
SERGEANT US Army
World War II
June 20, 1918-January 3, 1966
Bronze Star Medal
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Funeral services for Melvin L. Tedder, 47, of 103 Froma, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under direction of the Simpson Funeral Home.
Mr. Tedder, a resident of Borger 28 years, died Monday night at North Plains Hospital following a heart attack.
He was an employee of S.B. Hunter Cement Contracting Co. and was a member of the Bible Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jean; a son, Darel and a daughter, Sharon, all of the home; his father, Henry Tedder of Borger; a sister, Mrs. Harve Reddick of Borger, and brothers, Granville of Shiprock, N.M., Glenn of Dallas, Clarence of Lakeview, Cecil Ray of Dumas, Grady of Stinnett, and Howard of Newton, Kan.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, Wednesday, January 5, 1966)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Melvin Tedder
Death Date: 3 Jan 1966
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Melvin L Tedder
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1918
Birth Place: Colorado
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Henry Tedder
Mother: Lela Irene Elmore
Age at Death: 47
Death Date: 3 Jan 1966
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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