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Submitted: 1/17/21 • Approved: 1/18/21 • Last Updated: 1/21/21 • R379479-G379478-S3
Rodney R.
July 7, 1936-February 4, 2019
Please see military marker
Barbara A.
January 3, 1937-November 13, 2010
Married August 19, 1956
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Rodney
Rodney R. DeMoss
July 7, 1936 - February 4, 2019
Rodney Ray DeMoss, 82, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019.
A celebration of his life will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in the First Baptist Church of Borger. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. In lieu of flowers his memory may be honored with a gift to the Opportunity Center, 930 Illinois St, Borger, TX 79007
Rodney was born July 7, 1936 in Nowata, Oklahoma to C.H. DeMoss and Ernestine Hall DeMoss. He proudly served in the United States Army. Rodney married Barbara Lanham in August of 1956 in Borger. He retired from Borger Bank at the age of 65. Rodney enjoyed reading western novels. He loved to be in the mountains, but nothing brought more joy to his life than his grandkids and great grandkids.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Barbara; and grandson, Bryan DeMoss.
Survivors include his sons, Brett DeMoss and wife Lynette of Fort Stockton, Texas, Mark DeMoss and wife Susan of Oklahoma City; three grandchildren, Zachary, Noah and Hannah; two great grandchildren, Brooks and Steevi; and sisters, Dorothy Gage, Nancy Taylor and husband Merle all of Colbert, Oklahoma.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, Monday, February 4, 2019)
*Obituary for Barbara
BORGER - Barbara A. DeMoss, 73, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, in Borger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in First Baptist Church of Borger with the Rev. Mark DeMoss, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, officiating and the Rev. Steve Taylor, pastor of First Baptist Church of Borger, assisting. Burial will be in Garden of Good Shepherd in Westlawn Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Barbara was born Jan. 3, 1937, in Borger to N.C. "Smokey" Lanham and Gladys Griffin Lanham. She married Rodney DeMoss on Aug. 19, 1956, in Borger.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Brett DeMoss and wife Lynette of El Campo and Mark DeMoss and wife Susan of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Carold Lanham of Amarillo, John C. "Tuffy" Lanham of Dumas and K.O. Lanham of Borger; a sister, Evelyn Dwiggins of Chandler, Ariz.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
The family suggests memorials be to Oklahoma Baptist Home for Children, 1603 S. Western Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73109.
Published in the Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 16, 2010
Contributed on 1/17/21 by neldapat
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