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Submitted: 4/21/21 • Approved: 4/23/21 • Last Updated: 4/26/21 • R411371-G0-S3
1901-1981
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
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
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