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Submitted: 5/23/21 • Approved: 5/23/21 • Last Updated: 5/26/21 • R421020-G421020-S3
Freeman Little
1896-1981
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Bertha Mae
1895-1990
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Freeman
Services for Freeman L. Chapman, 86, of 1316 S. Florida, were at 3 p.m. Saturday in Minton Memorial Chapel.
The Rev. Lyman Wood, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Chapman, a retired driller, died Thursday evening in the local hospital.
A native of Barlow, Ky., he had been a Borger resident for 43 years.
Mr. Chapman was a veteran of World War I and a charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Mrs. Jack Pirtle of Borger; two sons, Kenneth of Borger and Corky of Houston; two brothers, Bill of Midwest, Wy., and Dewey of Tulsa; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, Mrs. Anna B. Dunham and Mrs. Mary Jones, all of Salina, Kan., and Mrs. Bertha Dooley of Metropolis, Ill.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family is staying at 1505 Pellinore.
Pallbearers were Pat Davis, Gordon Nell, Jeff Pirtle, David Chapman, Pat Westerfield and Butch Tipton.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Borger chapter of the VFW.
(Published in Borger News Herald - April 26, 1981)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Freeman L Chapman
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1896
Birth Place: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Bertha Kendrick
Father: Wilson Chapman
Mother: Ann Ward
Age at Death: 85
Death Date: 23 Apr 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
*Obituary Bertha
Mrs. 'Bert' Chapman, 95, died at 8:45 a.m. Monday Nov. 26, 1990, in St. Ann's Nursing Home in Panhandle.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Sheppard, pastor of Faith Covenant Church, officiating.
Burial will be by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Indian Territory Pryor, Okla., she had been a Borger resident since 1938.
She was a homemaker, member of First United Methodist Church and Home Demonstration Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Freeman Chapman in 1981.
Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Chapman of Borger; and Corky Chapman of Gruver; one daughter, Mrs. Micca Pirtle of Borger; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Ann's Nursing Home in Panhandle, First United Methodist Church in Borger, or Meals on Wheels.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, November 27, 1990)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Bertha Chapman
Death Date: 26 Nov 1990
Death County: Carson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Bertha Mae Chapman
[Bertha M Chapman]
[Bertha Mae Kendrick]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1895
Birth Place: Pryor Creek, Oklahoma
Death Date: 26 Nov 1990
Father: Leon N Kendrick
Mother: Abical C Rutherford
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: 25 Aug 1972: Name listed as BERTHA MAE CHAPMAN; 02 Jun 1993: Name listed as BERTHA M CHAPMAN
Contributed on 5/23/21
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Record #: 421020