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Submitted: 5/11/21 • Approved: 5/13/21 • Last Updated: 5/16/21 • R418043-G418043-S3
Cleo W.
1916-2004
Alberta M.
1925-2008
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*Obituary Cleo
BORGER - Cleo "Tex" Billington, 88, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Keeler Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Anderson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Billington was born March 9, 1916, in Olustee, Okla. He had lived in Borger for seven years, moving here from Gordonville. He was in transportation at Pantex and was a member of Keeler Baptist Church. He enjoyed square and round dance and cued the rounds for PSDA.
Survivors include his wife, Alberta; two sons, Cledon Billington and wife, Barbara, of Amarillo and Scotty Billington and wife, Fran, of Canyon; five daughters, Selenda Billington of Richardson, Arlinda Billington of Galveston, Berta Rodriguez of Houston, Fannie Orr and husband, Sonny, of Borger and Betty Terry and husband, Tom, of Corpus Christi; a brother, Wayne Billington of Borger; a sister, Mary Jo Mars of Borger; 16 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Casket bearers will be Charlie Billington, Jerry Billington, John Scott Mars, Russell Mars, Sonny Orr and Bennie Dale Hickman.
The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Health Care, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Keeler Baptist Church, 627 Gardner St., Borger, TX 79007.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 25, 2004
*Obituary Alberta
BORGER - Alberta M. Billington, 83, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors Minton Memorial Chapel with Ron Murray officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Billington was born June 12, 1925, in Coleman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Fannie Mow; her husband, Cleo Billington; a great-granddaughter, Heather Hamilton; a daughter, JoAnn McLeod; and three brothers.
Survivors include three daughters, Berta Rodriguez and Betty Terrey, both of Corpus Christi, and Fannie Orr of Borger; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Olivia's Angels, BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105.
The family will be at 722 Montana St.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Mow
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1925
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Coleman, Coleman, Texas, USA
Father: Walter Mow
Father Birth Place: Coleman, Texas
Mother: Fannie Halmon
Mother Birth Place: Giddings, Texas
Mother Residence: Coleman
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Alberta Mow
Gender: Female
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1926
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1993
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Cleo W Billington
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 77
Contributed on 5/11/21
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