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Submitted: 7/6/21 • Approved: 7/7/21 • Last Updated: 7/10/21 • R434103-G434101-S3
James Weldon
1908-1970
Lois Ethlyn
1911-1984
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*Obituary James
BORGER - Funeral services for Weldon Jolly, 63, of 1120 N. Hedgecoke, a prominent Borger banker, will be at 5 p.m. Saturday in the First United Methodist Church of Borger.
Mr. Jolly died Wednesday morning in the M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.
The Rev. Carlton Thomson will officiate, with burial in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton Mortuary.
Mr. Jolly had lived in Borger about 40 years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He had served on the North Plains Hospital board for 25 years, 15 of which he served as chairman.
Jolly was a director of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Borger, a past president of the Borger Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Borger Lions Club and past exalted ruler of the Elks Club.
He is survived by his wife, Ethlyn; a son, Larry of Birmingham, Mich.; and one sister, Mrs. W.H. Wright of El Cajon, Calif.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 10 Jul 1970, Fri - Page 43)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Jolly
Death Date: 8 Jul 1970
Death County: Harris
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: James Weldon Jolly
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1908
Birth Place: Roanoke, Virginia
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 8 Jul 1970
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Father: T J Jolly
Mother: Ethlyn Jolly
*Obituary Lois
KILGORE - Lois Ethlyn Jolly, 72, of Kilgore died at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday in Kilgore.
Services were at 12 p.m. today in Rader F.H. Chapel in Kilgore.
Local services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Jolly lived in Borger for 40 years prior to moving to Kilgore in 1971. She was a housewife and member of First United Methodist Church in Borger.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Weldon, in 1970.
Survivors include a son, Lawrence W. Jolly of Houston; a brother, L.E. Ostrom of Kilgore; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, February 24, 1984)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lois Jolly
Death Date: 22 Feb 1984
Death County: Gregg
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lois Jolly
Last Residence:
75662 Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, USA
BORN: 13 May 1911
Died: Feb 1984
Contributed on 7/6/21
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