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Submitted: 6/29/21 • Approved: 6/30/21 • Last Updated: 7/3/21 • R432277-G432276-S3
Charles L.
September 15, 1890-May 11, 1950
Father
Jane E.
May 16, 1891-October 12, 1975
Mother
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Charles
Funeral services for Charles L. Homesley were held at 3 p.m. yesterday in the Church of Christ, second and Deahl, with Ernest McCoy, minister, officiating.
Fifty-nine year-old Homesley died at 5:30 p.m. Friday en route to the North Plains hospital after suffering a heart attack in his home at 705 W. Monroe.
A member of the Church of Christ, he was an employee of the Plains Plant of the Phillips Petroleum Co. and had been a resident of Borger for the past five years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. C.L. Homesley; two sons, Lawrence E., Borger; and A.D., with the U.S. Navy stationed in New York City; a brother, Luther Homesley, El Reno, Okla., two sisters, Mrs. Ben Powell, El Reno, Okla.; Mrs. Ab Miller, Dallas.
Interment was in the Highland Park cemetery under the direction of the Minton Funeral Home.
Active casketbearers were Junior Gordon, Doc Whitely, Morris Cooper, Frank Tipton, Wilfred Wilcox, Clifton Hoff.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 15, 1950)
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U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Charlie Laster Homesley
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1890
Residence Place: Pampa, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Charlie Lester Homesley
Death Date: 11 May 1950
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 23957
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Charlie Lester Homesley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1890
Birth Place: Jackson, Tennessee
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 11 May 1950
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: James E Homesley
Mother: Mattie Drake
*Obituary Jane E.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 13, 1975)
Mrs. Elizabeth Homesley, 84, died Sunday. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Gardner Street Church of Christ, Gary Dennis, minister of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Mrs. Homesley had lived here since 1943. She was born in Weatherford. She was a member of the Gardner Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by two sons, Lawrence E. of Borger and Aubrey of Long Beach, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Haywood of Modesto, Calif., Mrs. Lena Wehunt of Clinton, S.C., and Mrs. [B]essie Huff of Fort Worth; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Contributed on 6/29/21
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