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Submitted: 6/27/21 • Approved: 6/27/21 • Last Updated: 6/30/21 • R431682-G431682-S3
1911-1985
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Velma V. Hensley, 74, of 206 Union in Borger, died Friday at her home.
Retired after 20 years with the Borger Independent School District, she was a native of Elk City, Okla. and a Borger resident since 1946.
She was a Methodist. She married Rex Hensley on Oct. 26, 1927 at Strong City, Okla.
She is survived by her husband, Rex, of the home; two daughters, Betty Sanders of Borger, Rexa Hall of Borger; one son, Ronald Hensley of Perryton; five sisters, Valena Gesell of Arnett, Okla., Sylvia Thompson of Moore, Okla., Mozelle Thompson of Tucson, Ariz., Ethel Lynn of El Cajon, Cal., Tootsie Gilliland of Sayre, Okla.; one brother, C.E. Crites of Borger; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Taylor, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
The family will be staying at 306 Santa Fe.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 18, 1985)
Contributed on 6/27/21
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