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Submitted: 6/17/21 • Approved: 6/18/21 • Last Updated: 6/21/21 • R428610-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE US Army
June 11, 1929-January 16, 1954
Please see Gillaspy Family Marker
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Final rites were conducted this afternoon at the North Hills Baptist church for Junior Lee Gillespy [sic].
A former resident of Sanford, Gillispy [sic], 24, was killed in an oil field accident in Fellows, Calif. Among the survivors is his wife, the former Charlene Reese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Reese of Borger. Interment was at the local cemetery.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, January 20, 1954, Page 2)
California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Emmitt Gillaspy
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1929
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Death Date: 16 Jan 1954
Death Place: Kern
Mother's Maiden Name: Brazeal
Father's Surname: Gillaspy
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Emmitt Gillaspy Jr
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1929
Death Date: 16 Jan 1954
Cemetery: Highland Park Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Borger, Texas
Last rites for two Tri-City residents will be held Wednesday afternoon at the North Hills Baptist church, with the Rev. Norman Dollar officiating.
Services for G.W. Sanders, 51, who died early Sunday, are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Funeral rites for Junior Lee Gillispy [sic], 24, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Gillispy [sic] was killed in an oil field accident near Fellows, Calif., last Saturday. He is a former resident of Sanford.
Interment for both men will be in the local cemetery.
(Published in Borger News Herald, January 19, 1954)
Contributed on 6/17/21
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Record #: 428610