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Submitted: 2/25/21 • Approved: 3/1/21 • Last Updated: 3/4/21 • R392659-G392657-S3
Nolan C.
October 26, 1906-August 7, 1976
“Smokey”
Gladys C.
June 27, 1908-June 1, 1970
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary for Nolan
Nolan C. "Smokey" Lanham, 70, of 317 Monroe, died Saturday at his home.
A retired pipefitter, he was a longtime area resident, coming to Borger in 1932 from Oklahoma.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Gateway Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Dale Griffin, pastor of the Central Baptist Church at Carthage, Tex., officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. William Hobson, pastor of the church. The casket will be open only at Simpson's.
Masonic graveside rites will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the auspice of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242. Burial will be by Simpson's Funeral Home.
He was a member of the Gateway Baptist Church and Isom Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include three sons, Carroll of Amarillo, John C. of Dumas, and Kenneth of Borger; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Dwiggins of Phoenix and Mrs. Barbara DeMoss of Borger; one brother, E.V. of Fritch; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lindley of San Antonio, Mrs. Hildred Flowers of San Jose, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jay Brown, Roy Holland, J.C. Stafford, Gene McGough, Warren Rodgers and Cal Yake.
(Published in Borger News Herald - August 8, 1976)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Lanham
Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1906
Birth County: Palo Pinto
Father's name: Tom Lanham
Certificate Number: 119400
Roll number: 1903_0016
Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: N C Lanham
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1906
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1928
Marriage Place: Beckham, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Gladys Griffin
Film Number: 001312937
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Nolan Carroll Lanham
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 69
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1906
Birth Place: Olney, Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 7 Aug 1976
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: John Thomas Lanham
Mother: Alice Reagen
Obituary for Gladys
Final rites for Mrs. Gladys Lanham, 61, of 317 Monroe, are at 2 p.m. Thursday from Gateway Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Griffin, Atoka, Okla., officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. William S. Hobson, pastor.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be directed by Simpson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lanham died Monday. She is survived by her husband, N.C. Lanham, three sons, two daughters, four brothers, sister, and 14 grandchildren.
Casketbearers are Claude Robinson, Elbert Snider, I.L. Burrell, E.D. Barrowman, Ray Brooks and Alfred Williams.
(Published in Borger News Herald - June 3, 1970)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Gladys Griffin
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1909
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1928
Marriage Place: Beckham, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: N C Lanham
Film Number: 001312937
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Gladys Lanham
Death Date: 1 Jun 1970
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Gladys Kathryn Lanham
[Gladys Kathryn Griffin]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1908
Birth Place: Alvarado, Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 1 Jun 1970
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Marion R Griffin
Mother: Ida Holloway
Contributed on 2/25/21 by neldapat
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