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Submitted: 6/20/21 • Approved: 6/20/21 • Last Updated: 6/23/21 • R429514-G429514-S3
Otis H.
1898-1966
Dellie B.
1901-1988
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*Obituary Otis
Funeral services for Otis Grant, 68, a resident of Borger for 40 years, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church in Skellytown, the Rev. C.M. Rogers officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Simpson's Funeral Home in Borger.
He was a retired oil field worker for the Hutchinson Drilling Co., a veteran of World War I, and a native of Fort Smith, Ark.
Surviving are the widow, Dellie; four sons, Melvin of Amarillo, Dutch of the home, Sterling of Roswell, N.M., Donald of Odessa; one daughter, Mrs. T.C. Anderson of Amarillo; four sisters, Mrs. O.L. Gunter Sr. of Borger, Mrs. Edgar L. Betts of Phillips, Mrs. Helen Platt and Mrs. Pat Berry, both of Houston; one brother, O.J. Grant of Long Beach, Calif.; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Casketbearers are William Gunter, O.L. Gunter Jr., J.C. Gunter, Dave Peabody, Tommy Platt, Edgar Betts.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 15, 1966)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Otis Henry Grant
Birth Date: 22 May 1898
Birth Place: Ft Smith, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Skellytown, Carson, Texas
Father: W G Grant
Mother: Nora Transler
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 13 Nov 1966
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
*Obituary Dellie
Funeral services for Dellie Bell Grant, 87, 412 Roosevelt, were held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church, Skellytown, with Rev. Lit McIntosh, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Home.
Casketbearers were Tommy Anderson, Sterling Grant, Jr., Troy Grant, Gordon Grant, Billy Grant, Don Grant, Trenton Grant.
Survivors include four sons, one daughter, 13 grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 7, 1988)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Dellie B. Grant
Last Residence: 79080 Skellytown, Carson, Texas, USA
BORN: 25 May 1901
Died: 4 Nov 1988
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Dellie Grant
Death Date: 4 Nov 1988
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Dellie Bell Grant
[Dellie B Grant]
[Dellie Bell Leathers]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 May 1901
Birth Place: On A Farm IN, Texas
Death Date: 4 Nov 1988
Father: Burrus Leathers
Mother: Minnie Hinsley
Notes: 26 Jul 1972: Name listed as DELLIE BELL GRANT; 16 Nov 1988: Name listed as DELLIE B GRANT
Contributed on 6/20/21
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