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Submitted: 6/27/21 • Approved: 6/28/21 • Last Updated: 7/1/21 • R431702-G0-S3
US Army
January 21, 1923-June 30, 1999
Shared stone with Audrey Odessa
Married September 4, 1951
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - William F. Hess, 76, died Wednesday, June 30, 1999.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Eastlawn Garden of Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Hess was born in Denison and moved to Borger in 1951 from Honey Grove. In 1986, he retired as a crane operator for Texas Pipe and Metal. He was an Army veteran and a Baptist.
He married Odessa Jones in 1951 at Borger.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Pat Smith and Betty Blackwell, both of Borger; two sisters, Pauline Stover of Gainesville and Jean Brantley of Honey Grove; six grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren.
(Obits from Amarillo Online Newspapers 2 July 1999)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Baby Hess
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1923
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Denison, Grayson, Texas, USA
Father: Robert L Hess
Father Birth Place: Lee County, Viriga
Mother: Josie Sallie Story Hess
Mother Birth Place: Bowie County, Texas
Mother Residence: 1013 South Houston Ave, Denison, Texas
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Franklin Hess
Death Date: 30 Jun 1999
Death County: Potter
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Billy Franklin Hess
[Billy F Hess]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1923
Birth Place: Denison Gray, Texas
Death Date: 30 Jun 1999
Father: Robert L Hess
Mother: Josie Story
Notes: Jan 1942: Name listed as BILLY FRANKLIN HESS; 13 Jul 1999: Name listed as BILLY F HESS
Contributed on 6/27/21
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