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Submitted: 9/17/21 • Approved: 9/18/21 • Last Updated: 9/21/21 • R457382-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
July 23, 1923-October 1, 1986
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Wife Vera Lee
Father of Delton and Brad
Jack Delton Waits, 63, 408 Marcy Drive, Fritch, died Wednesday at St. Anthony's.
A retired heavy equipment operator for Phillips refinery after 44 years services, he was a native of Wills Point, and an area lifetime resident.
He was a veteran of the Army in World War II and a member of the American Legion Post 671.
He is survived by his wife, Vera Lee of the home; two sons, Delton Waits of Childress and Brad Waits of Austin; one sister, Denith Conner of Borger; six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with Rev. Bud Kidwell, Central Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Casketbearers were J.C. Mears, E.G. McGough, C.R. Guynes, K.C. Williams, E.L. Brown, W.J. Lee, and O.L. White.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 3, 1986)
Contributed on 9/17/21
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