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Submitted: 6/4/21 • Approved: 6/4/21 • Last Updated: 6/7/21 • R424193-G0-S3
March 22, 1914-September 8, 1983
Mason
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for B.F. Derr, 69, of Borger were at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Borger with the Rev. Paul Taylor, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Brown Funeral Home of Borger.
Mr. Derr died at 8 p.m. Thursday at North Plains Hospital in Borger. He was the father of Eddie Derr of the Walcott Community.
He had been a resident of Borger since 1926 and was a retired employee of Phillips Petroleum Company and a local businessman. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Borger and the Isom Masonic Lodge No. 1242 of Borger.
Other survivors include his wife, Emelyne of the home; a son, Leslie Derr of Borger; a daughter, Marcia Mose of Farmington, N.M.; a brother, Abner Derr of Waco; a sister, Ruth Davis of Waco; and eight grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 83rd Year, No. 50, Hereford, Tx., Deaf Smith County, Sunday, Sept. 11, 1983, Page 2)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Benjamin Derr
Death Date: 8 Sep 1983
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Benjamin Derr
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 22 Mar 1914
Died: Sep 1983
Contributed on 6/4/21
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Record #: 424193