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Submitted: 1/4/21 • Approved: 1/5/21 • Last Updated: 1/8/21 • R375819-G375817-S3
Kenneth R.
1923-1981
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Leona M.
1926-1991
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Kenneth
Kenneth Clawson, 57, of 300 Caliche, died at 6 a.m. today in his home.
Services are pending with Alexander Funeral Directors.
A gangpusher for the Butadieno Phillips Petroleum Plant, Mr. Clawson was born in Mena, Ark. He had lived in Borger for 35 years.
Mr. Clawson was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Rush Springs, Okla., and was the past commander of VFW Post No. 1789.
Survivors include his wife, Leona; two sons, Randall of Amarillo and Kendall of Arlington; one daughter, Mrs. Venita Hartman of Pampa; one brother, Haskell of Borger; one sister, Mrs. Ruby Garrett of Tulsa, Okla.; his mother, Mrs. Clifford Clawson of Marlow, Okla., and six grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 10, 1981)
*Obituary for Leona
Leona M. Clawson, 64, of Borger, died Saturday morning in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor of Riverview Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Home.
A homemaker, she was a native of Rush Springs, Okla., and a Borger resident for 46 years. She was a member of Bunavista Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons, Kendall Clawson, of Borger, and Randall Clawson, of Amarillo; one daughter, Nita Hawley, of Borger; six brothers, Delbert and Troy Dorman of Lindsey, Okla., Winfred Dorman of Fritch, Glen Dorman of Elk City, Okla., Foy Dorman of Perryton, and Carl Dorman of McAllen; her mother, Esther Dorman of Elk City, Okla.; six grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth R. Clawson, in 1978.
Pallbearers will be Wade Prater, Robert Dorman, Walter Dorman and Tony Dorman.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 13, 1991)
Contributed on 1/4/21 by neldapat
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