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Submitted: 3/19/21 • Approved: 3/19/21 • Last Updated: 3/22/21 • R399306-G0-S3
April 14, 1911-December 20, 1986
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
R.L. "Jake" Phares, 75, of 19 Riverview in Borger died at 8:50 p.m., December 20, in Magic Plains Nursing Home in Borger.
A retired operator for Southwestern Public Service Company, he was a native of Amit, Louisiana, and a Borger resident for 45 years.
He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church, a retired operator for Southwestern Public Service Company.
He married Inez Smith, April 25, 1931 in Oakgrove, La.
He is survived by his wife, Inez of the home; three sons, Jerrell, Billy, and Gary Phares, all of Borger; one daughter, Glenda Henson of San Diego, Calif.; one brother, Clayton Phares of Santa Monica, Calif.; two sisters, Helen Reeves of Norwalk, Calif.; and Lois Williamson of Norwalk, Calif., eleven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist Church with Reverend Jimmy Seale, pastor, and Reverend Bob Henson, assisting, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Alexander-Morton Funeral Directors.
Pallbearers will be the grandsons of Mr. Phares.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 22, 1986)
Contributed on 3/19/21 by neldapat
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