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Submitted: 6/2/21 • Approved: 6/2/21 • Last Updated: 6/5/21 • R423737-G423736-S3
James R.
1904-1963
Estell E.
1907-1991
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*Obituary James
Borger News Herald - December 16, 1963
Funeral services for James Roy Dawson, 59, of 708 N. Cedar, are scheduled at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Ed Brown Chapel of the Fountains.
Officiating will be the Rev. Lee Hillon, pastor of Central Baptist Church. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown Funeral Director.
Dawson was born in Mississippi and came to Borger in 1945, as a carpenter. Dawson was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday in North Plains Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Estelle; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Higgins of Guymon, Okla.; two sons, William and James E., both of Borger; his mother, Mrs. Nora Dawson, Baldwin, Miss.; and eight grandchildren.
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Roy Dawson
Death Date: 15 Dec 1963
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 78288
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: James Roy Dawson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1904
Birth Place: Mississippi
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 15 Dec 1963
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: W J Dawson
Mother: Nora Warren
*Obituary Estell
Funeral services for Estell Dawson, 83, Borger, were at 3 p.m. today at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Bud Kidwell, pastor, Central Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Dawson died Wednesday, April 24, 1991 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
A native of LaFayette, Miss., she had been a Borger resident for 50 years. She was a housewife and a Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Roy Dawson in 1963.
Survivors include two sons, William Dawson and James Dawson, both of Borger; one daughter, Mary Higgins of Dallas; 9 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Ronny Dawson, Randy Dawson, Ricky Dawson, and Jamie Dawson.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 26, 1991)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Etter Dawson
Death Date: 24 Apr 1991
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Etter Estell Dawson
[Estell Hunter]
[Estell Dawson]
[Etter Estell Oliver]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Nov 1907
Birth Place: Lafayette Springs, Mississippi
[Lafayette Sp|]
Death Date: 24 Apr 1991
Claim Date: 21 Aug 1969
Father: B F Oliver
Mother: Molly Gideon
Type of Claim: Evidence other than birth record submitted; U.S. citizen or alien allowed to work.
Signature on SSN Card: Estell Dawson
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: 24 Mar 1977: Name listed as ETTER ESTELL DAWSON; 20 Aug 1969: Name listed as ESTELL HUNTER; 04 May 1991: Name listed as ESTELL DAWSON
Contributed on 6/2/21
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