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Submitted: 4/7/21 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R406234-G406232-S3
October 8, 1935-April 25, 1995
“Loves goes on forever”
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Carlene Smith, 59, Borger, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Johnson Park Church of Christ with Mr. Sam Sidders, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
She died Tuesday, April 25, 1995 in her home.
A native of Mead, Okla., she had been a Borger resident for 44 years. She was a housewife, and member of the Johnson Park Church of Christ.
She married Billy Dean Phillips in June, 1951 in Durant, Okla. He preceded her in death in May, 1988. She married Harold "Red" Smith, Jr., in May 1990, and he preceded her in death in March 1995.
She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Jody Josephson.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Nichols of Fritch; a stepdaughter, Patricia Ann Smith of Port Aransas; two stepsons, Ted Smith of Baytown; and Terry Smith of Dumas; two brothers, James Edelen of Gracemont, Okla.; and Kenneth Edelen of Edmond, Okla.; two sisters, Mary Smith of Durant, Okla.; and Hazel Hendrix of McKinney; 12 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be Stephen Dickerson, Kevin Lillard, Richard Knight, Don Lawson, Herman Moss, and Jack Pirtle.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 27, 1995)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Carlene Edelen
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1934
Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1951
Marriage Place: Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Mother: Carl Edelen
Spouse: Billy Dean Phillips
Film Number: 002195036
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Anna C Edelen
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1936
Marriage Date: 18 May 1990
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Harold W Smith Jr
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 57
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Anna C. Smith
BORN: 8 Oct 1936
Died: 25 Apr 1995
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Carlene Edelen
[Carlene Edelen Phillips]
[Anna Smith]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1933
Birth Place: Mead Bryan, Oklahoma
[Mead, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 25 Apr 1995
Father: Carl A Edelen
Mother: Ina P Beal
Notes: Jun 1950: Name listed as CARLENE EDELEN; Apr 1955: Name listed as CARLENE EDELEN PHILLIPS; 25 Oct 1990: Name listed as ANNA CARLENE SMITH; 02 May 1995: Name listed as ANNA C SMITH
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