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Submitted: 5/14/21 • Approved: 5/14/21 • Last Updated: 5/17/21 • R418680-G0-S3
November 5, 1923-April 17, 1948
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Eldon A. Boggs, 24, died at 4 a.m. Saturday at his home at 1012 South McGee following a lingering illness.
He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Clen Boggs, 1012 South McGee, and by two brothers, Keith N. Boggs and Doyle E. Boggs, both of Borger.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday in the chapel of the Minton funeral home with the Reverend Alan Harvey-Brooks pastor of the Bunavista Community Methodist church, officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery under the direction of Minton funeral home.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, April 18, 1948, Page 1 Col 6)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Eldon Alvin Boggs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1923
Birth Place: Alamosa, Colorado, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: None
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Clen Boggs
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Eldon Alvin Boggs Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eldon A. Boggs
Death Date: 17 Apr 1948
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 17607
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Eldon A Boggs
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1923
Birth Place: Alamosa, Colorado
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 17 Apr 1948
Death Place: Berger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Clen Boggs
Mother: Fern Burgess
Contributed on 5/14/21
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