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Submitted: 6/30/21 • Approved: 6/30/21 • Last Updated: 7/3/21 • R432468-G432466-S3
Roy E.
1907-1982
Mason
Coy
1900-1973
Order of Eastern Star
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*Obituary Roy
FRITCH - Services for Roy Howard, 75, of 266 Overland Trail, were at 11 a.m. today in the First Southern Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Trussler, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mr. Howard died at 3 a.m. Saturday in High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo.
A native of Cedartown, Ga., Mr. Howard had been a Fritch resident for 51 years. He was an oilfield supervisor for the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.
He was a member of Bill Dixon Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Howard was preceded in death by his wife, Coy, in 1973.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Lou "Helen" Robustelli of Stamford, Conn.; one brother, Clarence of Cedartown, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. Lula Strickland, Mrs. Willie Kuglar and Mrs. E.D. Wells, all of Cedartown; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, August 2, 1982)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Roy Howard
Death Date: 31 Jul 1982
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Roy Ernest Howard
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 75
Birth Date: 19 Jun 1907
Birth Place: Georgia
Residence: Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 31 Jul 1982
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
*Obituary Coy
FRITCH - Funeral services for Mrs. Coy Howard, 72, of Fritch, who died Tuesday evening in North Plains Hospital at Borger, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the First Southern Baptist Church at Fritch.
The Rev. John Denton, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery in Borger by Simpson Funeral Directors there.
Mrs. Howard had resided in Hutchinson County for 45 years.
Among survivors are her husband, Roy; a son, Jack Fowler of Maybank [sic]; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Robustelli of Stamford, Conn.; four bothers, Lee Hicks of Lindale; Riley of Tyler; Edward of Lindale and Buel of Marshall three sisters, Mrs. Versie Hoodenpyle of Odessa; Mrs. Cleo Noell of Lindale and Mrs. Mae Mitchell of Borger; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 09 May 1973, Wed - Page 15)
Contributed on 6/30/21
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