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Submitted: 7/6/21 • Approved: 7/7/21 • Last Updated: 7/10/21 • R434032-G0-S3
MASTER SERGEANT US Army
Vietnam
February 5, 1933-June 30, 1977
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for Benny Charles Johnston, 44, of 203 E. Adams, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by David Miller, pastor of Borger Christian Center.
Graveside rites will be under the auspices of the V.F.W.
Mr. Johnston died Thursday at his home. He was born Feb. 15, 1933 and had been a lifetime resident of Borger. He was a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant and a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his mother and step-father, a brother and a sister.
Pallbearers will be B.L. Brown, J.A. Bell, Jerry Kelly, Jim Wallace, J.C. Berry, and Richard Kent.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the V.F.W.
(Published in Borger News Herald - July 1, 1977)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Benny Charles Johnston
Date of Birth: 5 Feb 1933
Gender: Male
Birth County: Hutchinson
Father's name: Ben Roy Johnston
Mother's name: Marcia Anna Whitaker
Roll number: 1933_0004
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Benny Charles Johnston
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 44
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1933
Birth Place: Borger, Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 30 Jun 1977
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Ben Johnston
Mother: Marcia Whitaker
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