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Submitted: 3/29/21 • Approved: 3/29/21 • Last Updated: 4/1/21 • R402937-G402937-S3
James Benton
1902-1988
Lillie
1909-1999
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for James
Funeral services for James Benton Rigdon, 86, 104 Antelope, Borger, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Fairlanes Baptist Church with Rev. Art McAninch, pastor, Fairlanes Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Home.
Casket bearers will be Oliver Earnest, Bill Jackson, James Kersey, Harold Eddins, Ronnie Earnest and Earl Earnest.
Mr. Ridgdon [sic] died Friday, Oct. 21, 1988.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, October 23, 1988)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: James B Rigdon
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1902
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1932
Marriage Place: Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Lillie Pickens
Film Number: 002194938
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Rigdon
Death Date: 21 Oct 1988
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James B. Rigdon
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 23 Jul 1902
Died: 21 Oct 1988
*Obituary for Lillie
Lillie O. Rigdon, 90, of Borger, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, in North Plains Care Center in Borger.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Brown Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Rigdon was a native of Cumby and had been a Borger resident for 50 years.
She was a homemaker and a member of Fairlanes Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rigdon was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Rigdon, in 1988; three brothers, Perry Pickens, Arlie Pickens and O.A. Pickens; and one sister, Gladys Earnest.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Friday, November 26, 1999)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Lillie Pickens
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1909
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1932
Marriage Place: Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: James B Rigdon
Film Number: 002194938
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lillie Orene Rigdon
Death Date: 23 Nov 1999
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lillie O. Rigdon
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 5 Feb 1909
Died: 23 Nov 1999
Contributed on 3/29/21 by neldapat
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