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Submitted: 3/22/21 • Approved: 3/22/21 • Last Updated: 3/25/21 • R400675-G400674-S3
Jerry L.
1939-2014
Please see military marker
Marguerite A.
1943-1995
Married October 19, 1963
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Jerry
Jerry L. Poston
July 14, 1939 - January 8, 2014
Jerry L. Poston, 74, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 in Graham.
Funeral service will be held 2 pm Monday, January 13, 2014 in the Minton Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Graham Crisis Center or the Graham Community Food Bank.
Jerry was born July 14, 1939 in Pampa, Texas to the late Charles and Mary Poston. He served our country in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army serving in Korea and Okinawa before his discharge in 1964. Following his honorable discharge, Jerry joined the Borger Police Department and served the Borger community until his retirement as Chief of Police in 2003. In addition to serving the Borger Police Department, Jerry also worked with the Red Bank Police in Red Bank, New Jersey and several police departments including Dallas. Jerry received an AAS in Law Enforcement from Frank Phillips College, and continued his education at Wayland Baptist University and West Texas A & M University. In addition he had extensive specialized training in his chosen field of law enforcement.
Survivors include his wife, Belinda Britain Poston of Graham; sons, Jerry L. Jr. and his wife, Linore of Dallas, Michael and his wife, Carol of Amarillo; daughters, Keitha Thayer of Stinnett, Kyla Cavazos of New York; grandchildren, Matt and Brandon Poston of Amarillo, Nicholas and Alexander Poston of Dallas, Kirsten and Britain Thayer of Graham; sisters, Emma Poston, Gene Poston, and Bettie Harless.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, January 10, 2014)
*Obituary for Marguerite
Marguerite Poston, 52, Borger, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 1995 in her home.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today (Tuesday) at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Panhandle.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Theresa Catholic Church of Panhandle with the Rev. Gary Sides, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Elizabeth, N.J., she had been a Borger resident since 1964. She was employed in the business office at Frank Phillips College. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church of Panhandle, and past member of Legion of Mary.
She married Jerry Poston on Oct. 19, 1963 at Red Bank, N.J.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Jerry Lynn Poston of Dallas; Michael Allen Poston of Amarillo; two brothers, Richard Malone of Springfield, Mo.; and Edward Malone of Tinton Falls, N.J.; a sister, Kathleen Simons of Little Silver, N.J.; and four grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be Lt. Efton Ford, Lt. John Webb, Lt. David King, Sgt. Berl Bridwell, Sgt. Robert Nugent, and officer John Ray.
Memorials may be made to St. Theresa Catholic Church of Panhandle or Hospice of the Panhandle, 300 S. McGee, Borger, 79007.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, December 26, 1995)
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Contributed on 3/22/21 by neldapat
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