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Submitted: 5/25/21 • Approved: 5/25/21 • Last Updated: 5/28/21 • R421587-G421587-S3
A.B. “Britt”
July 6, 1897-April 29, 1960
Laura J.
March 18, 1907-April 16, 1983
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary A. B. “Britt”
Funeral services for A.B. Cleveland will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in the First Christian Church, Borger, with the pastor, the Rev. Clyde Nichols, officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Park cemetery under the direction of Simpson's Funeral Home.
Cleveland, 62, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday in North Plains Hospital. A longtime Borger resident, he lived at 811 Robey, Fritch, at the time of his death. He was employed by the Borger Post Office until his retirement in 1958.
Survivors include his wife, Laura; two daughters, Mrs. Twila Gariepy and Mrs. Sandra Marshall, both of Borger; one brother, W.L. Cleveland of Ganado; a sister, Mrs. Alpha Bond of Chickasaw, Oklahoma and four grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Charles A. Bean, Hugh Anderson, Vernon Moss, Melvin Payne, Robert H. Cory, E.B. Cartwright and Doyce George.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, May 1, 1960, Page 1)
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Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Albert B Cleveland
Age: 29
Birth Date: abt 1897
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1926
Marriage Location: Pineville, McDonald, Missouri
Marriage County: McDonald
Spouse Name: Laura J Forrest
Spouse Age: 19
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1907
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Albert Britton Cleveland
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 44
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1897
Birth Place: Mc Donald, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: Post Office Dept
Weight: 175
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: G H Thornton
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Albert Britton Cleveland Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Britton Cleveland
Death Date: 25 Apr 1960
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 24632
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Albert Britton Cleveland
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1897
Birth Place: Jane, Missouri
Residence: Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 Apr 1960
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: William L Cleveland
Mother: Frances Ray
Contributed on 5/25/21
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