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Submitted: 3/15/21 • Approved: 3/15/21 • Last Updated: 3/18/21 • R397793-G397792-S3
James Eleven
1890-1983
“Jim”
Bessie Addie
1892-1993
“Ma”
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for James
Services for James Eleven Nix, 92, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Survivors include his wife; a son; two daughters; two sisters; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 6, 1983)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Nix
Death Date: 1 Feb 1983
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
*Obituary for Bessie
Bessie Addie Nix, 100, Jim's Lake, Borger, died Sunday, January 10, 1993 in Jim's Lake at her home.
She was a natiave [sic] of San Saba County, Texas, and a Borger resident since 1926.
Funeral services are pending with Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
She was a member of Church of Christ.
Jim and Bessie Nix arrived in Borger in July, 1926, owned and operated Jim's Grocery 24 hours a day for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Nix, one son, Amzie, and a daughter, Jimmy [sic] Turner.
She is survived by a son, Fred of Paden, Okla.; a daughter, Fannie Cornelius of Borger, and a brother, Cloyce Rankin of Electra; numerous grandsons and granddaughters, several great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and a great-great-great grandchild.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, January 11, 1993)
Contributed on 3/15/21 by neldapat
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