Donald O. WILSON

March 28, 1918-May 19, 1968

Our Beloved Father

Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
A 50-year-old Borger man apparently fell 12 feet to his death Sunday afternoon at the Phillips Petroleum Co. Borger Refinery and NGL Petroleum Process Center, Phillips.

Dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital was Donald O. Wilson, 50, of 10 Rickman Heights. He was pronounced dead by physicians at the hospital.

Phillips spokesman Pete Warren said Wilson, an operator at the plant, was found lying below an elevated pipe-lane by an unidentified co-worker. He apparently fell from the pipe-lane and struck his head.

"It's guesswork," said Warren, when queried about exact events involving Wilson's death. "We don't know what happened. Apparently he had been working on the pipe-lane."

Wilson was discovered by the co-worker about 3:45 p.m., Warren said.

A Phillips ambulance was summoned, and Wilson was rushed to the hospital. It was not known whether he was alive or dead before reaching the hospital.

Hutchinson County Sheriff's officers said the death was apparently an industrial mishap, and no investigation was being made this morning.

Wilson had been employed by Phillips for about 18 years. He was a member of the Gardner Street Church of Christ.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Gardner Street Church of Christ, with J.R. Chism officiating.

Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park, under direction of Simpson Funeral Home of Borger.

Survivors include two sons, Benny of Liberal, Kan., and Burl, a student at Southwestern College, Weatherford; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Barbour of Borger and Mrs. Clara Rine of Liberal; four sisters, Mrs. Merle Howard and Mrs. Bernice Conner of Borger, Mrs. Alma Ricks of Hendricks, Okla., and Mrs. Marie Evans of Kemp, Okla.; five grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be C.H. Sparks, P.I. Hunsaker, W.T. Delosier, Bill Philips, Cyburn Nicholas, and Gene Stowers.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, May 20, 1968, Page 2)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Donald Wilson
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1917
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1938
Marriage Place: Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Bettie June Duckworth
Film Number: 002194944

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Donald Orval Wilson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1918
Birth Place: Kemp, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Kemp, Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Kemp, Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: W P A Project
Weight: 130
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Betty June Wilson
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Donald Orval Wilson Self (Head)
Betty June Wilson Wife

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Donald Wilson
Death Date: 19 May 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Donald O Wilson
[Donald Wilson]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1918
Death Date: May 1968
Claim Date: 25 May 1968

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