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Submitted: 5/25/21 • Approved: 5/25/21 • Last Updated: 5/28/21 • R421645-G421645-S3
John C.
1914-1977
Thelma M.
1931-1990
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*Obituary John
John Clifford Cole, 63, of 4200 Third, Philview, died at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in North Plains Hospital.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Mr. Cole was born March 3, 1914 in Stigler, Okla., and had been an area resident for 35 years. He was an operator for Phillips Petroleum Co., at the Philblack Plant.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma; three sons, J.C. Jr. of Wichita Falls, Mike of the home, and David Harris of Borger; his mother, Mrs. Eda Cole of Tahlequah, Okla.; five brothers, Wilber, C.E., and Felix all of Borger, Dewey of Wichita Falls, and Roy of Tahlequah, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Jessie Smith of Borger; four grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.
Honorary pallbearers will be employees of the Philblack Plant.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 29, 1977)
*Obituary Thelma
Thelma Mae Cole, 58, Borger, died Monday Feb. 5, 1990, in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Highland Park Cemetery with Dr. James Berry, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, officiating.
A homemaker, she was a native of Borger and a lifetime resident. She was a Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Clifford Cole in 1977 and a son, Mike Cole in 1986.
Survivors include a son, David Harris of Borger; a step-son, Junior Cole of Wichita Falls; three daughters, Lynn Harris and Karen Bailey, both of Borger; and Christine Wells of Mesa, Ariz.; two brothers, Joe Watson and Jimmy Watson, both of Stinnett; a sister, Mary Dalton, Plattsmouth, Neb.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 6, 1990)
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Thelma Mae Watson
Date of Birth: 13 Mar 1931
Gender: Female
Birth County: Hutchinson
Father's Name: A H Watson
Mother's Name: Chirsty Boyd
Roll Number: 1931_0008
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Thelma Mae Watson
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1931
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: A H Watson
Father Birth Place: Jackson County, Alabama
Mother: Christy Boyd
Mother Birth Place: Honsdale, Pennsylvania
Mother Residence: Borger
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Thelma Mae Watson
[Thelma Mae Harris]
[Thelma Cole]
[Thelma Blanton]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1931
Birth Place: Borger Hutch, Texas
Death Date: 5 Feb 1990
Father: Albert H Watson
Mother: Christine B Boyd
Notes: Feb 1947: Name listed as THELMA MAE WATSON; Feb 1961: Name listed as THELMA MAE HARRIS; Jan 1964: Name listed as THELMA MAE COLE; : Name listed as THELMA MAE BLANTON; 13 Feb 1990: Name listed as THELMA M COLE
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