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Submitted: 12/21/20 • Approved: 12/22/20 • Last Updated: 12/25/20 • R372870-G372868-S3
G. Kenneth
1909-1972
Louise
1915-1982
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for G. Kenneth
Funeral services for Glenn Kenneth Birdsong, 62, of 105 Hood, in Phillips, a longtime area resident, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Central Baptist Church.
The Rev. Loe [sic] McMahan, minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Dan Gillum, J.C. Mears, Dean Edwards, James Stowers, Robert Goetzinger, S.J. Hall, Larry Baltzer and Jim Blackmon.
Mr. Birdsong, died Saturday afternoon in Sayre, Okla., after suffering an apparent heart attack enroute to Ft. Smith, Ark.
He came to Phillips from Beaver, Okla., in 1943, and was employed by Phillips Petroleum Co. until 1968 when he retired.
A native of Lapel Ind., he was born Dec. 25, 1909.
Mr. Birdsong [sic] was a Methodist.
Survivors are his wife, Louise; two sons, Gary of Sparks, Nev., and Walter of Gatesville; a brother, G.W. of Poteau, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Tillie Hart of Poteau, and nine grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, May 29, 1972)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Glenn Birdsong
Last Residence:
79071 Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas, USA
BORN: 25 Dec 1909
Died: May 1972
*Obituary for Mary
Funeral services for Mary Louise Birdsong, 67, of 521 Lee St., will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. A.J. Holster of Collegeview Baptist Church officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Cemetery by Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors.
She was a native of Beaver, Okla., and an area resident for 39 years. She was a retired Phillips Petroleum clerk after serving 35 years.
Mrs. Birdsong was a member of the First Christian Church in Beaver; she was also a member of the Jane Phillips Sorority.
She is survived by two sons, Gary of Sun Walley [sic], Nev., and Walter of Honolulu; 11 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be W.E. Jenkins, J.C. Mears, Bill Lee, Kenny Yelton, Don Creascy [sic] and W.O. Gentzel.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, December 12, 1982)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary Birdsong
Death Date: 8 Dec 1982
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mary Louise Birdsong
[Mary Louise Goetzinger]
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1915
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: John Goetzinger
Mother: Mary Brown
Age at Death: 67
Death Date: 8 Dec 1982
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 12/21/20 by neldapat
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