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Submitted: 12/2/20 • Approved: 12/3/20 • Last Updated: 12/6/20 • R369511-G369511-S3
Dean
March 26, 1917-August 2, 2003
Opal
September 19, 1905-March 25, 1986
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Dean
Richard Dean Hedgecoke, 86, of Amarillo died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Pringle-Morse School Auditorium in Morse with Ray DeBord and Ed Hedgecoke officiating. Burial will be in Lieb's Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mr. Hedgecoke was born in Endee, N.M., on March 26, 1917, to John and Lela Hedgecoke, the fifth of six children. He was reared in Plemons and Stinnett and was a 1935 graduate of Stinnett High School. He married Opal Hart in 1939 and she preceded him in death. He then married Betty Jo Conrad in 1986. He was a well-respected rancher in Hansford County. He was a friend to many and will be sorely missed. He was a lifelong member of the Texas Cattleman's Association.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his wife; two stepsons, Ray DeBord and wife, Diana, of Bedford and Neal DeBord and wife, Tona, of Amarillo; a stepdaughter, Deana Milliron of Amarillo; numerous nephews, nieces, step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a step-granddaughter, Janice Maupin of Morse.
The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 4, 2003)
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Richard Dean Hedgecoke
[Richard D Hedgecoke]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1917
Birth Place: Endee Quay C, New Mexico
Death Date: 2 Aug 2003
Father: John M Hedgecoke
Mother: Lelia Elkins
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as RICHARD DEAN HEDGECOKE; 06 Aug 2003: Name listed as RICHARD D HEDGECOKE
Contributed on 12/2/20 by neldapat
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