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Submitted: 2/21/21 • Approved: 2/22/21 • Last Updated: 2/25/21 • R391411-G0-S3
January 16, 1934-October 27, 2011
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER — Melvin Eugene Kaylor, Sr., 77, of Borger died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.
Services for will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wesley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Lane, former pastor, assisted by the Rev. Earl Burkholder, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Kaylor was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Bixby, Okla., and had lived in Borger since 1962. He married Betty Price on July 14, 1951, in Lubbock. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers Organization and was in the Old Timers Ping Pong League. Melvin loved fishing, bowling and golfing. He worked 33 years for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
Survivors included his wife, Betty; a son, Melvin E. Kaylor Jr. and wife Jeanie of Borger; a daughter, Roxanna Blakely and husband Steve of Borger; three grandchildren, Meredith Kaylor Sarchet and Brandon, Brad Kaylor and Lydia, Kristin Winegar and Chris; and three great-grandchildren, Kaylor, Adrian and Jacque.
Published in the Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 28, 2011
Contributed on 2/21/21 by neldapat
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