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Submitted: 5/19/21 • Approved: 5/21/21 • Last Updated: 5/24/21 • R419911-G419911-S3
Earl Elery
1887-1955
Eva Estelle
1885-1955
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Earl
The fifth asphyxiation case this winter resulted in the deaths of an elderly Borger couple when their bodies were discovered last night in an airtight bedroom at 111 West Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Carley were believed dead about seven hours when a daughter discovered their bodies in a bedroom. All Windows in the room were closed and a heater was burning.
Death was caused by a lack of oxygen resulting in an over-accumulation of carbon monoxide.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Godfrey, 1317 Clayton, discovered their bodies around 7:50 p.m. Earlier that morning around 11:30 a.m., Mrs. Godfrey had met her mother and father in downtown Borger. At that time Carley said he was not feeling well and was going home to bed. Shortly after noon Mrs. Godfrey had telephoned her mother and father. It was the last word heard from the asphyxiation victims. Both were found dead in bed.
Survivors of Mrs. Carley include two nieces, Mrs. Aubrey Taylor, San Diego, California and Mrs. Nola Fears, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. J.H. Godfrey, Borger; and two grandchildren.
Carley is survived by his daughter, Borger; two brothers, Howard Carley, Floratown, California and John Carley, Spokane, Washington; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Hoffman, Mrs. Alfred Rogers, Mrs. Alma Thomsen, all of Green Acres, Washington, and Mrs. Frank Zeman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is also survived by two grandchildren.
Carley was 68-year-old and both he and Mrs. Carley were active church workers in the Borger First Baptist Church.
Joint funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Borger. Dr. Winfred Moore will officiate assisted by Rev. J.N. Hunt of San Antonio. Interment will follow in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Other than yesterday's asphyxiations, three others were recorded asphyxiated, in late October. Mrs. J.E. Todd, 404 Coble, suffered asphyxiation while attempting to rescue Mrs. Jake Lyons and her three-year-old daughter, 915-B Roosevelt, who were found in a state of semi-asphyxiation in their apartment. All three were revived, however, making the Carley couple the first fatally asphyxiated victims this winter. City police officers investigated the incident.
(Published in News-Herald, Tuesday, November 29, 1955, Page 1)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Earl E Carley
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Birth Date: abt 1887
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1918
Marriage Place: Jackson, Oklahoma, USA
Father: S C Carley
Spouse: Eva Fears
Film Number: 001939870
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eael E. Carley
Death Date: 28 Nov 1955
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 55961
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Earl E Carley
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1887
Birth Place: Kansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Samuel Clinton Carley
Mother: Virginia Moulic
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 28 Nov 1955
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Earl Elery Carley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1887
Birth Place: Gilford, Kansas
Father: Samuel C Carley
Mother: Virginia J Moubc
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Aug 1945: Name listed as EARL ELERY CARLEY
*Obituary Eva
The fifth asphyxiation case this winter resulted in the deaths of an elderly Borger couple when their bodies were discovered last night in an airtight bedroom at 111 West Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Carley were believed dead about seven hours when a daughter discovered their bodies in a bedroom. All Windows in the room were closed and a heater was burning.
Death was caused by a lack of oxygen resulting in an over-accumulation of carbon monoxide.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Godfrey, 1317 Clayton, discovered their bodies around 7:50 p.m. Earlier that morning around 11:30 a.m., Mrs. Godfrey had met her mother and father in downtown Borger. At that time Carley said he was not feeling well and was going home to bed. Shortly after noon Mrs. Godfrey had telephoned her mother and father. It was the last word heard from the asphyxiation victims. Both were found dead in bed.
Survivors of Mrs. Carley include two nieces, Mrs. Aubrey Taylor, San Diego, California and Mrs. Nola Fears, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. J.H. Godfrey, Borger; and two grandchildren.
Carley is survived by his daughter, Borger; two brothers, Howard Carley, Floratown, California and John Carley, Spokane, Washington; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Hoffman, Mrs. Alfred Rogers, Mrs. Alma Thomsen, all of Green Acres, Washington, and Mrs. Frank Zeman, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is also survived by two grandchildren.
Carley was 68-year-old and both he and Mrs. Carley were active church workers in the Borger First Baptist Church.
Joint funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Borger. Dr. Winfred Moore will officiate assisted by Rev. J.N. Hunt of San Antonio. Interment will follow in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Other than yesterday's asphyxiations, three others were recorded asphyxiated, in late October. Mrs. J.E. Todd, 404 Coble, suffered asphyxiation while attempting to rescue Mrs. Jake Lyons and her three-year-old daughter, 915-B Roosevelt, who were found in a state of semi-asphyxiation in their apartment. All three were revived, however, making the Carley couple the first fatally asphyxiated victims this winter. City police officers investigated the incident.
(Published in News-Herald, Tuesday, November 29, 1955, Page 1)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Earl E Carley
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Birth Date: abt 1887
Marriage Date: 15 Jun 1918
Marriage Place: Jackson, Oklahoma, USA
Father: S C Carley
Spouse: Eva Fears
Film Number: 001939870
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eva Estelle Carley
Death Date: 28 Nov 1955
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 55962
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Eva Estelle Carley
[Eva Estelle Fears]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 70
Birth Date: 9 Nov 1885
Birth Place: Mississippi
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 28 Nov 1955
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Lisha Newton Fears
Mother: Sarah Jane Smith
Contributed on 5/19/21
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