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Submitted: 5/27/21 • Approved: 5/29/21 • Last Updated: 6/1/21 • R422122-G422121-S3
1910-1978
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Graveside services for Mrs. Francis E. Counts, 68, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Romines, pastor of Calvary Baptist officiating.
Mrs. Counts of 802 McPherson died Monday in her home. A resident since 1954, she was born Jan. 23, 1910 in Hammon, Okla.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hannah A. Bender of Randelett, Okla.; a brother, Charley Clay Dykes of Skellytown; and five grandchildren.
Services will be directed by Minton Mortuary.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, September 12, 1978)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frances Counts
Death Date: 11 Sep 1978
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Frances E Counts
[Frances E Dykes]
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1910
Birth Place: Hammon, Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Henry Dykes
Mother: Eliza Jane Hall
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 11 Sep 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Francis Ella McWhorter
[Francis Ella Counts]
[Francis Counts]
[Francis Ella Dykes]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1910
Birth Place: Hanmon Roger, Oklahoma
[Hammon Roger??, Oklahoma]
Death Date: Sep 1978
Father: Henry C Dykes
Mother: Eliza J Hall
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: ELLA MCWHORTER
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Aug 1945: Name listed as FRANCIS ELLA MCWHORTER; Jun 1966: Name listed as FRANCIS ELLA COUNTS; 30 Dec 1987: Name listed as FRANCIS COUNTS
Contributed on 5/27/21
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Record #: 422122