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Submitted: 2/21/21 • Approved: 2/22/21 • Last Updated: 2/25/21 • R391434-G391433-S3
1895-1966
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Mrs. Retta Ruth Kellam, 70, a former resident of Amarillo and a Borger resident for three years, died at 2 a.m. today in the Magic Plains Nursing Home here.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of the Fountains of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
The Rev. Kenneth Jones, pastor of the First Christian Church of Borger, will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Kellam was a member of the West Amarillo Christian Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Roy H. Nichols of Borger; four sisters, Mrs. M.L. Kelley of 3809 Bowie and Mrs. Elmer Tucker of 3511 Lamar, both of Amarillo, Mrs. Bill Schmidt of Houston and Mrs. Lennie Darwin of Vallejo, Calif.; three brothers, Roy Durham of 4209 Crockett in Amarillo, Robert Durham of Houston and E.L. Durham of San Antonio, and three grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times, Amarillo, Texas - Fri. Jan 21, 1966 - Page 10)
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Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Retta Durham
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1921
Marriage Place: Nolan, Texas, USA
Spouse: J C Sebastion
Film Number: 004212772
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Retta Kellam
Death Date: 21 Jan 1966
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Retta Ruth Kellam
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1895
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Age at Death: 70
Death Date: 21 Jan 1966
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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