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Submitted: 11/25/20 • Approved: 11/25/20 • Last Updated: 11/28/20 • R368077-G368074-S3
William O.
October 9, 1905-April 14, 1966
Elva Lee Barkley
February 8, 1911-May 30, 1983
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for William
SPEARMAN - Funeral services for William Otis Sheets, 60 of 421 S. Haney, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday from Spearman Church of Christ with Charles Milmer, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Holt Cemetery under direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
The farmer and stockman was born in Hutchinson County. He was a member of Spearman Church of Christ. He died Thursday morning in Hansford Hospital.
Surviving are hs [sic] wife, Elva Lee; sons, Lowell of Perryton, Durland of Spearman; brothers, Dasel [sic] of Clayton, N.M., Roy of Canadian, Riley of Oklahoma City; sisters, Mrs. R.B. Archer Sr., Mrs. Ervin Hester of Spearman, Mrs. Bob Cator of Sunray, Mrs. Cloyd Ricks of Sulphur, Okla., Mrs. Frank Bynum of Fort Worth, and six grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, April 15, 1966, Page 5)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Sheets
Death Date: 14 Apr 1966
Death County: Hansford
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: William Otis Sheets
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 60
Birth Date: 9 Oct 1905
Birth Place: Hutchison, Texas
Residence: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Death Date: 14 Apr 1966
Death Place: Spearman, Hansford, Texas, USA
Father: Willis Ernest Sheets
Mother: Rowena Eva Leffel
Certificate Number: 30942
Contributed on 11/25/20 by neldapat
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