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Submitted: 7/16/21 • Approved: 7/16/21 • Last Updated: 7/19/21 • R437533-G437531-S3
Flaud B.
December 7, 1889-April 17, 1960
Lela Myrtle
October 10, 1886-August 9, 1969
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*Obituary Flaud
Funeral services for Flaud B. Layton, 70, Borger pioneer, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Cameron, pastor, and the Rev. James Glenn, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown, funeral director.
Layton died in North Plains Hospital Wednesday morning. Active casket bearers will be Carl Brant, Ben Stokes, Cecil Humphrey, Paul Richardson, Earl Bennett and Johnnie Welch. Honorary pall bearers are M.E. Thompson, John Trammel, Will Gassaway, Joe Reed, Robert Chumbley, R.O. Shough, Wade Gillespie, Creed Bogan, John Maples, Arkie Jones Fred Abel and Ben Wooley.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 28, 1960)
*Obituary Lela
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Myrtle Layton, 82, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday in Ed Brown's and Sons' Chapel of the Fountains.
A resident of this area since 1926, Mrs. Layton died Saturday afternoon in a Wichita Falls hospital. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Mrs.[sic] B.M. Gilliam of Phillips (and Mrs. Myrtle Haas of Amarillo, and 11 nephews.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, August 10, 1969)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Myrtle Layton
Death Date: 9 Aug 1969
Death County: Wichita
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Myrtle Bruce Layton
[Myrtle Bruce Bruce]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1886
Birth Place: Decatur, Wise, Texas
Father: William Bruce
Mother: Mae Cecil
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: May 1969: Name listed as MYRTLE BRUCE LAYTON
Contributed on 7/16/21
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