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Submitted: 3/31/21 • Approved: 3/31/21 • Last Updated: 4/3/21 • R403468-G403468-S3
Orvel G.
1926-2000
Ida M.
1921-2004
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Orvel
BORGER - Orvel G. Roby, 74, died Thursday, March 16, 2000.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Faith Baptist Church in Fritch with the Rev. Don Rice, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Love in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Roby was born in Vernon and had been a Borger resident since 1939. During World War II, he served in the Army. He was employed as a truck driver for G.P. Guinn Inc. and was a member of Faith Baptist Church of Fritch.
He married Ida Owen in 1989 at Fritch. He was preceded in death by a stepson, Danny Dixon, in 1995.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Alfred Brown of Amarillo and Clarence Brown of Palestine; two stepsons, Jimmie Dixon of Morris, Ill., and Gary Dixon of Liberty; three stepdaughters, Linda Tippens of Etoile, Martha McKinnis of Sanford and Joyce Jackson of Liberty; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson, Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Daily News, March 18, 2000
*Obituary for Ida
BORGER - Ida Dixon Roby, 83, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Keeler Baptist Church with Dr. Paul Anderson, pastor, and Bob Thomas, chaplain of Odyssey Health Care, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Roby was born Aug. 17, 1921, in Star City, Ark. She was a presser for Levi Strauss.
Survivors include a son, Jimmy Melvin Dixon of Morris, Ill.; three daughters, Joyce Jackson of Borger, Linda Gray of Etoile and Martha McKinnis of Fritch; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Health Care, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 3, 2004
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