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Submitted: 7/11/21 • Approved: 7/11/21 • Last Updated: 7/14/21 • R435718-G435717-S3
Jesse P.
January 17, 1921-February 7, 1985
Please see military marker
Delores I.
July 6, 1924-April 23, 1996
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Jesse
Funeral services for Jesse P. Kerr, 64, of 100 Esterino St., Borger, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Borger with the Rev. Weldon Rives, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be John Ronayne, Warren Argo, Clarence McDaniel, Earl McDaniel, Bill Chowins and Johnny Wheat.
Mr. Kerr died at 6:15 a.m. Thursday at High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo.
A retired maintenance supervisor at the Phillips Petroleum Co. Copolymer Plant, Mr. Kerr was a native of Bartlesville, Okla., and a Borger resident for 40 years.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1789 and American Legion Lodge 671.
He is survived by his wife, Delores; two sons, Joe and Charles of Borger; three daughters, Tina Briscoe of Borger, Mary Cox of Borger and Jimmie Kerr of Littleton, Colo.; a brother, J.J. Kerr of Pasadena, Texas; two sisters, Myrtle Stephenson of Bartlesville, Okla., and Minnie Mae Kerr of Garber, Okla.; and 10 grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, February 8, 1985, Page 2)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Jesse Kerr
Death Date: 7 Feb 1985
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Jesse Kerr
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Born: 17 Jan 1921
Died: Feb 1985
*Obituary Delores
Delores Kerr, 71, Borger, died Tuesday, April 23, 1996 in her home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jon Nichols, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Wynona, Okla., she had been a lifetime Borger resident. She was a housewife, member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and VFW Women's Auxiliary.
Mrs. Kerr graduated from Borger High School in 1942, where she was a member of the 1942 Borger High School girls' basketball all-state team that won the 1942 state championship.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse P. Kerr on Feb 7, 1985 and two brothers, Bud and Jim Vann; and a sister, Nancy Vann.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Kerr and Joe Kerr, both of Borger; three daughters, Jimmie Kerr of Littleton, Colo.; Mary Cox and Tina Briscoe, both of Borger; two sisters, Betty Hall of Mesa, Ariz; and Bonnie Richarde of Oak Hill, Fla.; 15 grandchildren, David Gouge, Kelly Gouge, Daniel Kerr, Heather Kerr, Joshelyn Kerr, Marlo Kerr, Jake Kerr, Jaron Kerr, Lynde Cox, Derek Cox, Dixie Cox, Lacey Cox, Lauren Briscoe, Marcus Briscoe, Lyndal Briscoe; and a great-granddaughter, Martina Gouge.
Casketbearers will be David Gouge, Kelly Gouge, Daniel Kerr, Derek Cox, Marcus Briscoe, Jake Kerr, Jaron Kerr, and Shane McNeese.
Memorials may be made to St. Andrew United Methodist Church.
The family will be staying at 104 Somerset.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 24-25, 1996)
Contributed on 7/11/21
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