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Submitted: 7/6/21 • Approved: 7/6/21 • Last Updated: 7/9/21 • R434033-G0-S3
1915-1948
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Charles C. Johnston, 32, former Borger resident for 10 years, was killed in an automobile accident near Kennewick, Wash., about five o'clock yesterday morning. No further details concerning the fatal accident could be learned.
Johnston had been working in Kennewick for the past three months. He was formerly an employee of the Skelly Oil Company in Borger.
Survivors of the deceased are his father, G.G. Johnston, Stockton, Cal.; three brothers, E.R., J.P., and James, all of Bunavista; and one sister, Bessie Lou, Wichita, Kans.
The body will arrive in Borger early Monday and will rest at the Blackburn-Shaw-Brown funeral home pending final funeral arrangements.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 27, 1948)
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Funeral services for Charles C. Johnson, 32, will be held in the chapel of the Blackburn-Shaw Brown funeral home at two p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. R.N. Huckabee, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Johnston, former Borger resident for 10 years, was killed in an automobile accident Thursday near Kennewick, Washington.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 29, 1948)
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Washington Death Index, 1940-1996
Name: Charles C Johnston
Date of Death: 26 Feb 1948
Place of Death: Franklin
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1915
Gender: Male
Certificate: 1969
Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Name: Charles Cleavleland Johnston
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1915
Death Date: 26 Feb 1948
Death Place: Pasco, Franklin, Washington
Father: Grover Cleaveland Johnston
Mother: Lilly Barnes
Spouse: Virginia
FHL Film Number: 2032682
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