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Submitted: 9/7/22 • Approved: 9/8/22 • Last Updated: 9/11/22 • R535984-G535982-S3
John W. Torbit
1907-1999
Guin Tackett Torbit
1913-1978
Married May 18, 1946
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary John W. Torbit
HEREFORD - John W. Torbit, 91, died Thursday, March 4, 1999, at Tulia.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, in Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints with Randy Dickson, branch president,
officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by GilillandWatson
Funeral Home.
Mr. Torbit was born in Hidalgo, Ill. He was a carpenter and a member
of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He married Guin Tackett in 1946 at Raton, N.M. She died in 1978.
Survivors include four sons, Gerald Torbit of Pueblo, Colo., John
Arthur Torbit of Camarillo, Calif., Bill Torbit of Arizona and Pat
Torbit of Tulia; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Online Newspapers 5 March 1999)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: John W Torbit
Gender: Male
Race: White
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1907
Birth Place: Jasper, Illinois, USA
Residence Place: Summitville, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA
Employer: Sumitville Consolidated Mines Incorporated
Weight: 155
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Helen Torbit
Household Members:
Name Relationship
John W Torbit Self (Head)
Helen Torbit Wife
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John W Torbit
Death Date: 4 Mar 1999
Death County: Swisher
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: John W Torbit
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1907
Death Date: 4 Mar 1999
Claim Date: 14 Mar 1970
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