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Submitted: 4/21/21 • Approved: 4/23/21 • Last Updated: 4/26/21 • R411294-G411292-S3
Winfred E.
1917-2003
Please see military marker
Lorene V.
1924-1984
Together Forever
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Winfred
SANFORD - Winfred Vernon, 85, died Friday, May 16, 2003, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Gehm, pastor of Grace Community Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
Mr. Vernon was a resident of Sanford for 60 years. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean conflict.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Miller of Amarillo; two sisters, Malee DuBose of Donna and Leatrice Fojt of La Feria; and a grandson.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, May 19, 2003)
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U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Winfred E Vernon
Birth Year: 1920
Nativity State or Country: Oklahoma
State of Residence: Oklahoma
County or City: Beckham
Enlistment Date: 24 Jun 1940
Enlistment State: Ohio
Enlistment City: Niles
Branch Code: Philippine Scouts
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: 2 years of high school
Marital status: Widower or widow, with dependents
Height: 65
Weight: 653
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Winfred Eugene Vernon
[Winfred E Vernon]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1917
Birth Place: Sayre, Oklahoma
Death Date: 16 May 2003
Father: John E Vernon
Mother: Mary E Henderson
Notes: Jul 1937: Name listed as WINFRED EUGENE VERNON; 23 May 2003: Name listed as WINFRED E VERNON
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Winfred E. Vernon
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Oklahoma
Last Residence: 79106, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 May 2003
*Obituary for Lorene
Lorene V. Vernon, 60, of Phillips Camp in Sanford, died at 2:45 p.m. Thursday in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel with Mr. Bill Dunaway of Fritch officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
A native of Princeton, Texas, she was a homemaker and a Hutchinson County resident for 34 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, W.E.; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Pennington of Amarillo; a sister, Mrs. Viola Scott of Dumas; two brothers, John Blue of Albuquerque, N.M., and Daniel Blue of Salina, Kan.; and one grandson.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, August 24, 1984)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Lorene Virginia Blue
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1924
Birth Place: Princeton, Collin, Texas, USA
Father: Daniel Hardon Blue
Mother: Lester Ivia Recer
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lorene Vernon
Death Date: 23 Aug 1984
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Contributed on 4/21/21 by neldapat
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