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Submitted: 7/11/21 • Approved: 7/11/21 • Last Updated: 7/14/21 • R435750-G0-S3
1908-1973
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Ernest C. Key, 65, of 202 Chickasaw, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday from the First Christian Church with Dr. Kenneth E. Jones, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home of Borger.
Key died early Tuesday morning at his home.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, three stepsons, one brother, two sisters and 13 grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be William A. Ford, Tom Maloney, H.B. Umbarger, Buford Cobb, Robbie Alfred, Leonard Louthan.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 3, 1973)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Ernest C Key
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1908
Birth Place: Sherman, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Taloga, Dewey, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Taloga, Dewey, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Clyde C Coyel
Weight: 170
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Ora Susie Coyel
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Ernest C Key Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ernest Key
Death Date: 2 Oct 1973
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ernest Cleveland Key
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 65
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1908
Birth Place: Grayson, Texas
Residence: Riverview Camp, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 2 Oct 1973
Death Place: Precinct 2, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Mordant D Key
Mother: Laura Fields
Spouse: Florence Key
Certificate Number: 78519
Contributed on 7/11/21
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