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Submitted: 2/18/21 • Approved: 2/18/21 • Last Updated: 2/21/21 • R390600-G390599-S3
1915-1979
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral service for Mrs. Lavetta Estelle Johnson, 63, of 1106 Lindsey, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating.
Funeral rites will be conducted at the church by members of Spearman Order of the Eastern Star. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton Mortuary.
Mrs. Johnson died Sunday at her home.
She was born Dec. 24, 1915 in Texas and had lived in Borger 20 years. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church and Spearman Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husband, Otis, died Nov. 18, 1978.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Cora Lee Smith of Perryton; a sister, Mrs. Juanita Cook of Spearman; and a brother, V.B. Smith of Tulsa, Okla.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, March 12, 1979)
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Services for Mrs. Lavetta Estelle Johnson, 63, of 1106 Lindsey, were held at 2 p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church.
The Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officated.
Burial was in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton Mortuary.
Mrs. Johnson was born Dec. 24, 1915 in Texas and had lived in Borger 20 years. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church and Spearman Order of the Eastern Star.
Her husband, Otis, died Nov. 18, 1978.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Cora Lee Smith of Perryton; a sister, Mrs. Juanita Cook of Spearman; and a brother, V.B. Smith of Tulsa, Okla.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, March 13, 1979)
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Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: L E Smith
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 29 Apr 1936
Marriage Place: Stephens, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joshua Johnson
Film Number: 002394814
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lavetta Johnson
Death Date: 11 Mar 1979
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lavetta Estelle Johnson
[Lavetta Estelle Smith]
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 63
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1915
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 11 Mar 1979
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Virgil Smith
Mother: Cora Lee Bailey
Contributed on 2/18/21 by neldapat
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