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Submitted: 5/30/21 • Approved: 6/2/21 • Last Updated: 6/5/21 • R423011-G0-S3
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS US Navy
World War II
June 24, 1926-July 4, 1991
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for John Willis Cummings, 65, Borger, were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Elvis Peck, pastor of Eternal Light Pentecostal Church, assisted by Mr. Archie Cummings, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Cummings died at 7:20 a.m. Thursday, July 4, 1991 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
A native of Delta County, Texas, he was a longtime area resident. He was a carpenter. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church of Fritch, and American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Elzora Hays Cummings of the home; a son, John W. Cummings, III of Pasadena; three step-sons, E.J. Hays of Hope, Mich.; Tom Hays of El Reno, Okla.; and Jack Hays of Choctaw, Okla.; one daughter, Linda Hill of Salt Lake, Utah; a step-daughter, Lana Wilkinson of Fritch; a sister, Nettie Hooten of Valley Mills; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, July 7, 1991)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Cummings
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1926
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Cooper, Delta, Texas, USA
Father: John Willis Cummings
Father Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother: Dora Bass
Mother Birth Place: Jackson, Mississippi
Mother Residence: Cooper, Texas
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John Cummings
Death Date: 4 Jul 1991
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Contributed on 5/30/21
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