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Submitted: 1/5/21 • Approved: 1/5/21 • Last Updated: 1/8/21 • R376238-G0-S3
1901-1981
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for Leon Clements, 80, of 812 N. Hedgecoke, who died at 5 p.m. Saturday in St. Anthony's Hospital, were at 4 p.m. today in First Church of the Nazarene.
The Rev. Billy Duncan, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
A native of Yowell, Mr. Clements moved to Borger in 1932. He was employed by Phillips Petroleum Co. as a stillman for 17 years. He also owned and operated the '66 Service Station in Shamrock and then later was employed by Hawkins Ice Cream and With Holt's Food. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.
He is survived by his wife, Judith; two sons, Master Sgt. Richard L. of Grissiam AFB, Indiana, and Frank of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Bryant Hutchinson of Dallas and Mrs. Helen Lundgren of Pasadena, Calif.; two brothers, W.W. Clements of Lovington, N.M., and Buck Clements of Lubbock; four sisters, Mrs. Lettie Nelson of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Lona Langley of Borger, Mrs. Nena Bridge of Oxnard, Calif., and Mrs. Ann Williams of Happy; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Buddy Ballard, Jack Dillard, Keith Hart, Don Holt, Doug Meador and Johnny OVRR.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, June 2, 1981, Page 2)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Leon Clements
Death Date: 30 May 1981
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Leon Lafayette Clements
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1901
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Judith Cochran
Father: William Kelly Clements
Mother: Erbana Hawkins
Age at Death: 80
Death Date: 30 May 1981
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
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