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Submitted: 4/1/21 • Approved: 4/1/21 • Last Updated: 4/4/21 • R403754-G403754-S3
1921-1962
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER, Tex. (UPI) - Mrs. C.A. (Juanita) Ross, 39, one of four persons injured in a gas pipeline explosion, died today at a Borger hospital.
The other three persons, Mrs. V.D. Ross, Mrs. Cora Alexander, 42, and Linda O'Steen, 5, remained in critical condition.
The blast occurred at the Tex-Roy plant pipeline booster station, operated by Phillips Petroleum Co., about five miles east of Borger. A company spokesman said a leaky pipeline apparently formed a pocket of gas that exploded.
The blast and resulting fire destroyed two of the seven homes in the community, seriously damaged another and scorched the rest. A car and pickup truck were demolished and livestock in the area were badly burned, some destroyed.
The flash of the blast was seen four miles away.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - 17 Jan 1962, Wed - Page 1)
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BORGER, Jan. 17 - Mrs. C.A. (Juanita) Ross, one of four persons injured in a gas pipeline explosion, died today at a Borger hospital. She was 30.
(Published in El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 17 Jan 1962, Wed - Page 15)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Juanita Ross
[Juanita Manley]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 40
Birth Date: 23 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Peek, Oklahoma
Residence: Precinct 1, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 17 Jan 1962
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: G W Manley
Mother: Alice Manley
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