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Submitted: 6/20/21 • Approved: 6/20/21 • Last Updated: 6/23/21 • R429604-G429604-S3
Hank K.
July 18, 1903-July 27, 1976
Mason
Eva M.
November 26, 1906-December 22, 1994
Order of Eastern Star
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*Obituary Hank
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Hank Grayum
Death Date: 27 Jul 1976
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Funeral services for Hank K. Grayum, 73, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Christian Church of Borger with the Rev. Ed Seal, pastor of the First Christian Church of Stinnett, officiating.
Masonic graveside rites will be conducted under the auspices of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242.
Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Simpsons Funeral Home.
Grayum died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo. He was born July 18, 1903 in Black Rock, Ark., and had been a resident of Borger for 20 years moving here from Shidler, Okla.
He was associated with Skelly Oil Company for 44 years until his retirement in 1964. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Borger.
He was a member of the Lovington, N.M. Masonic Lodge No. 46 and a past master of the Shidler, Okla., masonic lodge No. 509. He is also a member of the Borger Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 811 and was active in the Creative Arts Center work here.
Survivors include his wife, Eva of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Warren Argo of Borger and Mrs. E.C. Roberts of Denver City; two brothers, Dick of Longview and Jim of Gilmer; four sisters, Miss Audrey Grayum of Longview, Mrs. Peg LeBorron of Abbeville, La., Mrs. Ardith Cosper of Healdton, Okla., and Mrs. Ray Baird of Kilgore; nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Luther Fruit, Wendell Moore, Barney Boyd, Larry and Kenneth Argo, and Robin Roberts.
Honorary pallbearers will be the men of the Bible Sunday School Class of the First Christian Church of Borger.
All masons are asked to be at the Masonic Lodge by 1 p.m.
(Published in Borger News Herald, July 28, 1976)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Hank Kermit Grayum
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1903
Birth Place: Blackrock, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Charles T Grayum
Mother: Sadie L Cardwell
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 27 Jul 1976
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
*Obituary Eva
Eva Grayum Porter, 88, Borger, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 1994 in her home.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m today at First Christian Church with the Rev. Tom Harrison, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Sapulpa, Okla., she had been a Borger resident for 42 years. She was a housewife, member of First Christian Church, and Order of Eastern Star No. 811.
She was preceded in death by a son, Ray Grayum in 1948; her first husband, Frank Grayum in 1976; her second husband, J.J. Porter in 1992; and two sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Elinora Argo of Borger; and Billie Roberts of Lorena; a brother, Bob Rice of Sacramento, Calif.; 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Aaron Argo, Larry Don Argo, John Wylie, James Wylie, Brian Swinney, Larry Argo, Gary Argo, and Kenneth Argo.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 23, 1994)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eva Porter
Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Eva Mae Porter
[Eva M Grayum]
[Eva Porter]
[Eva Mae Cummings]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1906
Birth Place: Sapulpa, Oklahoma
[Sapulpa|]
Death Date: 22 Dec 1994
Father: Emmett Cummings
Mother: Ella F Lynch
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Claim Date: 12 Sep 1968
Type of Claim: Duplicate SSN - change or replacement.
Signature on SSN Card: EVA MAE GRAYUM
Additional Information: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 27 Feb 1992: Name listed as EVA MAE PORTER; 11 Sep 1968: Name listed as EVA M GRAYUM; 30 Dec 1994: Name listed as EVA PORTER
Contributed on 6/20/21
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