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Submitted: 4/21/21 • Approved: 4/23/21 • Last Updated: 4/26/21 • R411368-G411366-S3
Jess A.
1901-1981
Ruby R.
1912-1964
In Loving Memory
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Jess
Services for Jess Wakefield, 79, of 302 Caliche, were at 2 p.m. today in Bunavista Methodist Church. The Rev. Weldon Rives, pastor, officiated.
Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery by Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
A retired shift foreman at Phillips Plains Plant, Mr. Wakefield was a native of Chester, Ark. He had been a Borger resident for 41 years. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church.
He is survived by his wife, Victoria; a son, Mack Carter of San Clemente, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Carol Sue Everett of Borger, Mrs. Darlene Marcum of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Suzanne George of Rome, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Versa Gunn of Fort Smith, Ark; six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Wayne Melton, Tom Gross, Mack Carter, V.B. Prater, W.E. Beard and W.M. Reid.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, June 2, 1981, Page 2)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Jess Alger Wakefield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 40
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1901
Birth Place: Mountainburg, Arkansas, USA
Residence Place: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: Phillips Petr Company
Weight: 185
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Versa Gunn
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Jess Alger Wakefield Self (Head)
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Jess Algar Wakefield
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Birth Year: abt 1902
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1966
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Victoria Mcdaniel
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 55
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Jess Wakefield
Death Date: 30 May 1981
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Jess Alger Wakefield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1901
Birth Place: Arkansas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 30 May 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: William A Wakefield
Mother: Martha Jane Harding
Spouse: Victoria McVaniel
Certificate Number: 38790
*Obituary for Ruth
Mrs. Ruth Wakefield, 52, local resident since 1940, who resided at 302 Caliche, Bunavista, died at 7:20 a.m. Saturday in North Plains Hospital here.
Mrs. Wakefield was a member of the First Assembly of God Church of Borger. She is survived by her husband, Jess Wakefield; two daughters, Carold Sue Wakefield of the home and Mrs. Darlene Marcum of Amarillo; one brother, Bill Francis of Tulsa; three sisters, Mrs. Stella Cox of Broken Arrow, Okla., Mrs. Bertha Wakefield also of Broken Arrow and Mrs. Thelma Woods of Tulsa, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday in Ed Brown's Chapel of the Fountains. The Rev. Archie J. Winkle, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church, assisted by the Rev. Lee Hillon, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park, under direction of Ed Brown.
Active casket bearers for the service of Mrs. Wakefield will be L.H. Hickinbotham, Buford Cherry, Paul Sherrill, Elmer Mercer and Charles McFall. Honorary casket bearers will be Dewaine Nicholson, Sanford Stone, Cyburn Nicholas, Lawton Marcum, Ray Springer and Herman Taylor.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, March 8, 1964, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ruby Wakefield
Death Date: 7 Mar 1964
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ruby Ruth Wakefield
[Ruby Ruth Francis]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 52
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1912
Birth Place: Groves, oklahoma
Residence: Bunavista Village, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 7 Mar 1964
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Alfred Francis
Mother: Sarah Shrader
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