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Submitted: 5/21/21 • Approved: 5/22/21 • Last Updated: 5/25/21 • R420481-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
World War II
June 21, 1913-June 5, 1975
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - A.P. "Al" Chaffin, Jr., 61, died Thursday at North Plains Hospital.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Ed Brown and Sons Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Ron Wilson, pastor of the First Christian Church in Elkart [sic] Kan., officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Chaffin was a resident of Borger one year moving here from Waco. He was a retired contractor and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include the widow, Ruth; one son, Donald of Las Vegas, Nev.; his mother, Mrs. Bonnie T. Chaffin of Waco; three brothers, Dr. C.R. Chaffin of Shamrock, G. Boyd Chaffin of Waco and Robert Y. Chaffin of San Antonio; one sister, Mrs. Clayborne B. Dunning of Bruceville; and five grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - Fri, Jun 6, 1975 - Page 45)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Alexander Chaffin Jr
Death Date: 5 Jun 1975
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Alexander Prichard Chaffin Junior
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1913
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Ruth Chaffin
Father: Alexander P Chaffin
Mother: Bonnie T Hamblen
Age at Death: 61
Death Date: 5 Jun 1975
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 5/21/21
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