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Submitted: 1/11/21 • Approved: 1/11/21 • Last Updated: 1/14/21 • R377818-G377818-S3
M. R. “Ray”
1921-1975
Dormilee
1924-2005
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for M. R. “Ray”
Funeral services for Marcus Ray Crockett, 58, of Phillips, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church at Phillips with Rev. Jack Ellsey, pastor, officiating. Crockett died at 2:15 a..m. Saturday, at North Plains Hospital.
He was born August 14, 1921, in Delaware, Okla., and came to the Borger area in 1944 from Bartlesville, Okla.
He was a stillman for Phillips Petroleum Company, NGL Department. He was a member of the Phillips United Methodist Church, and a member of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge 1355.
Survivors include the wife, Dormilee, of South Oberfell; a son, Billy Ray, of Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; two daughters, Mrs. Mike Webb, Phillips, and Mrs. Roby Tucker, Amarillo; a brother, Robert, of Vinita, Okla., two sisters, Mrs. Una Overman, Tulsa, Okla. and Mrs. Ruth Scott, Michigan City, Ind., and three grandchildren.
Interment will be at Westlawn Memorial Park, under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home.
Graveside rites will be under the auspices of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge 1355. Pallbearers will be W.D. Brittain, Bill Owen, Bill Phillips, Don Beene, Phil Noland and Clarence Parker.
All Masons are asked to be at the Adobe Walls Lodge Hall at 1 p.m. Monday.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 27, 1975)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Marcus Ray Crockett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1921
Birth Place: Delaware, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Delaware, Nowata, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Delaware, Nowata, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Self
Weight: 187
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: J W Crockett
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Marcus Ray Crockett Self (Head)
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Marcus R Crockett
[Marcus Crockett]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1921
Death Date: Apr 1975
Claim Date: 8 May 1975
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Marcus Crockett
Death Date: 26 Apr 1975
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Marcus Ray Crockett
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 53
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1921
Birth Place: Delaware, Oklahoma
Residence: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 26 Apr 1975
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: J W Crockett
Mother: Maude Fair
Spouse: M R Crockett
Certificate Number: 29091
*Obituary for Dormilee
BORGER - Dormilee Crockett, 81, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2005.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Andrew United Methodist Church with Weldon Rives officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Crockett was born Feb. 26, 1924, in Childers, Okla. She was a member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Billy Crockett of Hereford, Ariz.; two daughters, Kay Reagh and Carol Tucker, both of Amarillo; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Hi Plains Helping Hand, 517-B W. Jefferson, Borger, TX 79007.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 25, 2005)
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Norma Dormilee Rowland
[Norma Dormilee Crockett]
[Norma Crockett]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1924
Birth Place: Coweta Wagne, Oklahoma
[Coweta Wagon??, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 23 Sep 2005
Father: Otis Rowland
Mother: Mary E Barnard
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: DORMILEE ROWLAND
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Sep 1942: Name listed as NORMA DORMILEE ROWLAND; 10 Dec 1974: Name listed as NORMA DORMILEE CROCKETT; 29 Sep 2005: Name listed as NORMA D CROCKETT
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