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Submitted: 12/13/20 • Approved: 12/13/20 • Last Updated: 12/16/20 • R371583-G371583-S3
“Jo”
1900-1987
In Loving Memory
*Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Elizabeth J. "Jo" Atkinson, 86, of 201 N. Roby, Fritch died Saturday at the Borger Nursing Center.
Retired from the Phillips Plains Plant, she was a native of Indian Territory, Ok and lived in Fritch and Borger for the past 44 years.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fritch, Eastern Star OES 811 and Fritch Sunshine Club. Preceded in death by her husband E.A. "Heavy" Atkinson in 1970.
She is survived by a son, Charles A. Atkinson, Fritch; a daughter, Doreen Todd, College Staton, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Blackwell, Kansas, Ok.; brother Glen Davis of Miami, Ok.; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Southern Baptist, Fritch, with Rev. Ron Trussler officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park, under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Home.
(Published in Borger News Herald, March 16, 1987)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Elizabeth Atkinson
Death Date: 14 Mar 1987
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Elizabeth Atkinson
Last Residence:
73932 Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, USA
BORN: 27 Sep 1900
Died: Mar 1987
Contributor: Edith Guynes Stanley
Contributed on 12/13/20 by neldapat
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