Simeon P. BIGGERSTAFF

Simeon P.
1872-1936

Myra M.
1877-1945

Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary Simeon P.
Pneumonia yesterday afternoon claimed S.P. Biggerstaff, 63, who died at his home on 220 North Weatherly. He was an employee of the J.M. Huber Company.

A resident of Borger for the last nine years, Biggerstaff was an active member of the Church of Christ, serving as an elder.

Survivors include his widow and six children, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Lamar of Oklahoma City, Misses Imogene and Gladine; three sons, Cled, Borger, Houston, of Maud, Oklahoma, and Neil, a student at Texas University in Austin.

Also three brothers, R.C. and G.W. of Dallas, and W.E. of Bonham; one sister, Mrs. J.S. McMurry of Wolfe City, and two brothers-in-law, T.O.S. Johnson and M.V. Johnson of Borger.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3:30 at the Church of Christ with the Rev. Earl Woods of Borger and the Rev. Jesse Wiseman of Oklahoma City, officiating. Burial was in Highland cemetery.

Active pallbearers were H.G. Gilliam, Otho Smith, Carl Floyd, J.H. Dale, Shane Dale and Virgil Jones.

Honorary pallbearers are a Mr. Weatherford, Roy Nichols, Floyd Woods, G.Y. Lofland, T.M. Parker, Joe Westbrook, P.D. Williamson, Roy Smith and Marion McIlroy.

Carver-Powell funeral chapel is in charge of arrangements.

(Published in Borger Daily Herald, April 24, 1936)

*Obituary Myra M.
Mrs. Maud M. Biggerstaff, 68, resident of Borger for 18 years, died early yesterday morning at her home, 221 Weatherly.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Church of Christ, where she was a member, at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Jessee Wiseman officiating. Interment in Highland Park cemetery under the direction of Blackburn-Shaw.

Survivors include: Mrs. Lily Delaney, Clovis, New Mexico, Mrs. Bertah McFarland, Oklahoma City, Mrs. Imogene Weaver of Carrizo Springs, and Miss Gladyne Biggerstaff, San Antonio; two sons, Houston of Wichita, Kansas, and Neil Biggerstaff of Washington. D.C. One son, Cled W., was killed in the European Theater of Operations on February 24 of this year.

Mrs. Biggerstaff is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Ethel Creamer of Goodland, Texas, and three brothers Vora and Tolbert S. Johnson, both of Borger, and Ira Johnson of Paducah.

(Published in Borger News Herald, October 21, 1945)
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Last rites for Mrs. Maud M. Biggerstaff, Borger pioneer who died at her residence early Saturday morning, will be conducted at the Church of Christ at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Jessee Wiseman of Amarillo officiating. Interment in Highland Park cemetery under the direction of Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be: Lloyd Winton, Lloyd Davidson, Lee White, Ray Turner, B.B. Powers, E.W. Hopper. Honoray bearers, L.H. Dowell, Bob Bradshaw, J.W. Bradshaw, Joe Westbrook, Martin Savage, Paul Williamson, L.H. Borger.

(Published in Borger News Herald, October 22, 1945)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Maude Shields
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1899
Marriage Place: Fannin, Texas, United States
Spouse: S P Biggerstaff
FHL Film Number: 1293832

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Maud M Biggerstaff
[Maud M Johnson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1877
Birth Place: Indiana
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 20 Oct 1945
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Owen S Johnson
Mother: Mary Haggard

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