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Submitted: 4/4/21 • Approved: 4/5/21 • Last Updated: 4/8/21 • R404958-G404958-S3
L. J.
July 23, 1924-March 27, 2016
Maxine
October 9, 1923-March 18, 2011
Married March 28, 1948
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for L.J.
L.J. Sells
July 23, 1924 - March 27, 2016
L.J. Sells, 91, of Borger, passed away Sunday March 27, 2016 in Borger.
Services will be 10:00 am. Friday at the Church of Christ at Borger with Mark DeRouen of Borger officiating. Burial will follow in the ''Garden of Hope'' at Westlawn Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
L.J. Sells was born July 23, 1924 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to Gade J. and Maggie May (Strange) Sells. He married Lola Maxine Sands on Easter, March 28, 1948 in Plainview. They moved to Borger from Pampa in 1969, and were members of the Church of Christ at Borger. L.J. was owner and proprietor of Sells Trucking Company, retiring in 2001. He loved to golf, fishing, camping, and making homemade ice cream.
Survivors include his two sons, Kent Sells of Canyon, Mark Sells and wife Leigh of Amarillo; his daughter, Renea Ugarte and husband Marc of Glendora, California; his sister, Mozelle Durke of Dallas; 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren with one on the way.
L.J. is preceded in death by his wife, Maxine, March 18, 2011, a daughter in law Janet Sells, three brothers, and two sisters.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, March 28, 2016)
*Obituary for Maxine
BORGER - Maxine Sells, 87, died Friday, March 18, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Church of Christ in Borger with Richard Kasko, minister of Fritch Church of Christ, officiating and Wes Balentine assisting. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Sells was born Oct. 9, 1923, in Ralls. She had been a Borger resident since 1969. She graduated from Petersburg High School and married L.J. Sells on March 28, 1948, in Plainview. She was a homemaker and member of Church of Christ in Borger. She loved Texas Rangers baseball, traveling, camping and craft work.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mamie Sands; a brother, John Sands; and a sister, Murle.
Maxine is survived by her husband, L.J. Sells of Borger; two sons, Kent Randall Sells and wife Janet of Canyon and Mark Gayland Sells and wife Leigh of Amarillo; a daughter, Renea Lynn Ugarte and husband Marc of Glendora, Calif.; three sisters, Allene Short of Tyler, Marie James of Albuquerque, N.M., and Cleo Howerton of Midland; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 20, 2011
Contributed on 4/4/21 by neldapat
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