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Submitted: 4/1/21 • Approved: 4/1/21 • Last Updated: 4/4/21 • R403906-G0-S3
1899-1993
Mason
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
(Published in Borger News Herald, March 3, 1993)
John Daniel Rutledge, 93, Borger, died Tuesday, March 2, 1993 in Borger Nursing Center.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bunavista Baptist Church with the Rev. Art McAninch, pastor of Fairlanes Baptist Church, and the Rev. Phil Hilton, pastor of Bunavista Baptist Church, officiating.
Masonic graveside services will be under the auspice of Isom Masonic Lodge. Masons are asked to be at the Masonic Lodge an hour before service time.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Batesville, Ark., he had been a Borger resident since 1926. He was a security guard for Phillips Petroleum Company.
He was a member of Fairlanes Baptist Church, a life member of Isom Masonic Lodge and a member of the Gospel Quartet on KGNC Radio in the 1950s.
Survivors include his wife, Ora Mae of the home; two daughters, Carolyn Hines of Borger; and Marie Casey of Amarillo; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Ora Mae Sheffer
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1912
Residence: Huff, Independence, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: J D Rutledge
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Residence: Huff, Independence, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 7 Feb 1930
Marriage License Date: 7 Feb 1930
Marriage County: Independence
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 2209904
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