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Submitted: 3/14/21 • Approved: 3/14/21 • Last Updated: 3/17/21 • R397394-G397394-S3
James J.
February 16, 1926-December 8, 1994
Please see military marker
Velta M.
July 15, 1932-April 4, 1987
Please see closeup view
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for James
FRITCH - James J. "Slim" Murrell, 68, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 1994 in his home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Fritch with the Rev. A.F. Casey officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
A native of Duncan, Okla., Mr. Murrell had been a resident of Fritch since 1948.
He was a technician for Natural Gas Pipeline of Amarillo for 39 years. He was a veteran of WWII in the Navy and was a member of Senior Citizens of Fritch and of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Murrell married Velta Trolinger July 14, 1951 in Clovis, N.M. She preceded him in death April 4, 1987.
Survivors include, two sons, Dennis Murrell and Donnie Murrell, both of Fritch; two daughters, Cathy Snider of Amarillo, and Delena Burks of Fritch; a sister, Christine Roberts of Amarillo; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Friday, December 9, 1994)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Murrell
Death Date: 8 Dec 1994
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Junior Murrell
[James J Murrell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1926
Birth Place: Duncan Steph, Oklahoma
Death Date: 8 Dec 1994
Father: James D Murrell
Mother: Clara D Gray
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Nov 1947: Name listed as JAMES JUNIOR MURRELL; 14 Dec 1994: Name listed as JAMES J MURRELL
*Obituary for Velta
Velta Mae "Mugs" Murrell, 54, 208 South Sheridan, Fritch, died at her home 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Born July 15, 1932, in Liberal, Ks., she moved to Fritch in 1943. She married James Murrell, July 14, 1951, in Clovis, N.M.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fritch.
She is survived by her husband James, of the home; two sons, Dennis and Donnie Murrell, both of Fritch; two daughters, Cathy Snider, Amarillo and Delena Burks, Amarillo; four brothers, Lloyd Trollinger, Banning, Ca.; Louis Trollinger, Houston; Jack Trollinger, Fritch; and Jim Trollinger, of Downey; two sisters, Louise Peel, Menard, and Jean Hockit, Hennessey, Ok.; her mother Tola Mae Trollinger, Banning, and four grandchildren.
Services are pending with Alexander Morton Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 5, 1987)
Contributed on 3/14/21 by neldapat
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