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Submitted: 8/18/22 • Approved: 8/18/22 • Last Updated: 8/21/22 • R531924-G0-S3
March 23, 1955-June 22, 1964
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
HEREFORD - Funeral services for Russell Wilbanks, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilbanks were scheduled at 5 p.m. today in Gililland Funeral Home Rose Chapel.
The services will be conducted by the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery.
The boy was dead on arrival at Deaf Smith County Hospital Monday evening after being struck by a car.
Other survivors include two brothers, Richard and Fred, and three sisters, Tammie, Tommie and Jennie, all of the home.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 25 Jun 1964, Thu - Page 39)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Russell Wilbanks
Death Date: 22 Jun 1964
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Russell Wilbanks
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 9
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1955
Birth Place: Arizona
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Jun 1964
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Richard Wilbanks
Mother: Delta Lyons
Contributed on 8/18/22 by neldapat
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