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Submitted: 5/15/21 • Approved: 5/18/21 • Last Updated: 5/21/21 • R418965-G418964-S3
Clarence E.
February 17, 1897-September 14, 1983
Mary Ethel
February 10, 1898-August 21, 1987
Married December 19, 1915
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Clarence
Clarence Edgar Box, 86, of Borger, died Wednesday, September 14. He was the brother of Mrs. V. H. Lindsey and often visited here.
About 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Mr. Box's grandson, Mark Box of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, was killed in a car accident as he was enroute to the funeral, where he was to have sung. He was 27, and studying to become a church song director.
Family member have been told by investigating officer that Mark Box and his family had stopped near Quanah to repair a flat tire, the second within a few miles, and was standing at the back of the car when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
Mr. Box was born and reared at Hollis. He was a retire parts man for First Supply in Borger. He was a Baptist and member of the International Order of Odd Fellows.
Survivors are his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Elaine Oden and Marie Oden, both of Borger; three sons, Loyce Box of Borger, Loel Box (father of Mark Box) and Duane Box, both of Pampa; three sisters: Mrs. Lindsey; Alice Holliman of Hollis and Ola Campbell of Temple; 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
(Published by Wellington Leader, September 22, 1983)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: C E Box
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1897
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1915
Marriage Place: Harmon, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Ethel Barnes
Film Number: 002420069
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Clarence Box
Death Date: 14 Sep 1983
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
*Obituary Mary Ethel
Funeral services for Mary Ethel Box, 80 [sic], 215 N. Deahl, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Minton Memorial Chapel in Borger with Rev. J.D. Seale, pastor, Fellowship Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directores [sic].
Casketbearers will be Kenneth Box, Dinald [sic] Box, Spencer Oden, Frank Steadman, James Laramore.
Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Oden and Marie Oden, both of Borger; three sons, Loyce and Loel, both of Borger, and Kenneth Duane of Pampa; one sister, Mrs. E.L. Keith of Bentonville, Ark.; nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchildren [sic].
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, August 24, 1987)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: C E Box
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1897
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1915
Marriage Place: Harmon, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Ethel Barnes
Film Number: 002420069
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary Box
Death Date: 21 Aug 1987
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Ethel Box
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 10 Feb 1898
Died: Aug 1987
Contributed on 5/15/21
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Record #: 418965