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Submitted: 5/26/21 • Approved: 5/29/21 • Last Updated: 6/1/21 • R421857-G0-S3
Texas
CORPORAL Company H 142nd Infantry
World War I
December 15, 1896-October 23, 1954
Purple Heart
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Borger News Herald - October 24, 1954
Funeral services for James A. Collom, 57, who died Saturday following a heart attack will be conducted at 2 p.m., Monday in the First Baptist Church.
Dr. Winfred Moore will officiate, assisted by Dr. Clifton Tennison. The funeral will be under the auspices of the Isom Masonic Lodge 1242. Masons are urged to be present at 1 p.m. for the services.
Collom had been a resident of Borger the past 26 years. He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the Isom Masonic Lodge and the Carpenters Local.
Survivors include his wife, Jettie; two step-children, Roy Ramsey and Mrs. Duke Parsons, both of Borger; two children, Owen Collom of Kirkland, Washington and Mrs. Norene Ogilvie of Borger.
Pall bearers are Ollie Metzger, Frank Deason, C.P. Hutchinson, Charlie Pullen, R.E. Hendren and Leon Jackson. Interment will be in Borger.
Contributed on 5/26/21
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