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Submitted: 2/19/21 • Approved: 2/19/21 • Last Updated: 2/22/21 • R390835-G390835-S3
Isham L.
1913-1976
Florence E.
1914-1992
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Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary for Isham
(Published in Borger News Herald, March 25, 1976)
Funeral services for Isham Loranzer Jones, 62, of 316 Caliche, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating. Gary Dennis, pastor of Johnson Park Church of Christ, will assist.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Jones died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
He was born Nov. 12, 1913 in Zan[d]t County and has been a Borger resident since 1945.
Survivors include his wife, a daughter, his parents, three brothers, four sisters, five grandchildren, and a great grand-daughter.
Pall bearers will be Gary Overby, Terry Elrod, Kenneth Clawson, Phil Lisman, Bob Milum, and Duffy James.
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Isham Loranzer Jones
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1910
Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1931
Marriage Place: Jackson, Oklahoma, USA
Father: W L Jones
Spouse: Florence Elizabeth Fowler
Film Number: 001939910
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Isham Jones
Death Date: 23 Mar 1976
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Obituary for Florence
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 12, 1992)
Florence Elizabeth Jones, 77, Borger, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, June 11, 1992 in High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Johnson Park Church of Christ with Mr. Sam Sidders, minister, and the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Jones was born Sept. 3, 1914 in Chilicothe, and had been a Borger resident for 47 years. She was employed in the maintenance department at Phillips Petroleum Company for 31 years retiring in 1976. She also worked at the Sands Restaurant. She was a member of Johnson Park Church of Christ.
She married Isham Jones in 1945. He died in 1976.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia E. Milum in 1990; a sister, Viola Grittle in 1972; and a great-grandson, 1985.
Survivors include two brothers, L.K. Fowler of Lubbock; and M.C. Fowler of Smyre; a sister, Lucille Stanley of Joliet, Ill.; five grandchildren, including two of Borger; nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Frosty Northup, Stanely Dale, Bruce Roberts, Dennis Milum, Terry Milum and Gary Overby.
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Isham Loranzer Jones
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1910
Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1931
Marriage Place: Jackson, Oklahoma, USA
Father: W L Jones
Spouse: Florence Elizabeth Fowler
Film Number: 001939910
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