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Submitted: 6/20/21 • Approved: 6/21/21 • Last Updated: 6/24/21 • R429633-G0-S3
Texas
AIRMAN FIRST CLASS US Air Force
Korea
June 5, 1928-February 3, 1970
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Gaylon Leon Greene, 41, 17 Santa Fe, Phillips, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Phillips First Baptist Church. The Rev. John Street, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Casketbearers are Johnny Wheat, Charles Wilcox, Don Praul, Skyler Aims, Roy Chambers and Kenneth Evans.
Greene died at 5 p.m. Tuesday at North Plains Hospital. He was a member of the Phillips First Baptist Church, an employee of Phillips Petroleum Company and a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Greene is survived by his wife, Barbara Jean, of the home; two daughters, Lorene and Mary Ann, of the home and one son, Gaylon, Jr., of the home; his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Mason of Stinnett; his father, Hubert Greene, Borger; a sister, Mrs. Joan Harper, Colorado Springs; and two half-sisters, Miss Sandra Greene, Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Ginger Townsend, Calif.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Thursday, February 5, 1970)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Gaylon Leon Greene
Date of Birth: 5 Jun 1928
Gender: Male
Birth County: Knox
Father's Name: Hubert Lonzo Greene
Mother's Name: Thelma Lorene Dickey
Roll Number: 1928_0003
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Gaylon Leon Greene
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1928
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Knox, Texas, USA
Father: Hubert Lonzo Greene
Father Birth Place: Texas
Mother: Thelma Lorene Dickey
Mother Birth Place: Texas
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Gaylon Leon Greene
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1928
Birth Place: Gilland, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 5 Jun 1946
Registration Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: Student
Weight: 155
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Lorene Greene
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Gaylon Leon Greene Self (Head)
Lorene Greene Mother
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Gaylon Greene
Death Date: 3 Feb 1970
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Gaylon L Greene
[Gaylon Greene]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1928
Death Date: Feb 1970
Claim Date: 9 Feb 1970
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