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Submitted: 7/27/21 • Approved: 7/27/21 • Last Updated: 7/30/21 • R441367-G441365-S3
Orville Ray
September 7, 1917-Mary 29, 1966
Velma Naomi
December 10, 1919-December 26, 1988
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Orville
Final rites of Orville R. McDonald, 48, of Phillips, Phillips Petroleum Company employe, are announced for 2 p.m. Wednesday from First Baptist Church, Phillips. The Rev. Norris Onstead, pastor will officiate.
Burial in Highland Park Cemetery will be directed by Minton Mortuary.
Casketbearers are Gene Evans, Dan Reed, Clarence Jenkins, H.A. Shipley, Earnest Brown, C.L. Aaron.
An area resident for 23 years, McDonald died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. He was a member of the Phillips Church.
Surviving are his wife, Velma, of 7 S. Lemp; daughter, Jeannen and son, Orville Jr., both of Canyon; three sisters, Mrs. Lois Parker, Wichita, Kans., Mrs. Lucille Waldroop, Okmulgee, Okla., Mrs. Louise Gaither, St. Louis, Mo.; brother, C.O. McDonald of Okmulgee; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, May 31, 1966, Page 1)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Orville Ray McDonald
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1917
Birth Place: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: N Y A Project
Weight: 138
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Velma McDonald
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Orville Ray McDonald Self (Head)
Velma McDonald Wife
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Orville McDonald
Death Date: 29 May 1966
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Orville R McDonald
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 48
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1917
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 May 1966
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Billy K McDonald
Mother: Dolly Jane Roof
Certificate Number: 32800
*Obituary Velma
Borger News Herald - December 27, 1988
Velma Naomi McDonald Williams, 69, 1711 Clayton, died Monday, December 26 in Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
A retired LVN at North Plains Hospital, she was a native of Okmulgee, Okla. and a Borger resident since 1943.
She was a member of the Central Baptist and the Royal Neighbors of America.
She is survived by her husband, W.L. "Doc" Williams of the home; one daughter, Jeanne Hick of Canyon; a son, Ray McDonald of Fort Worth; two stepsons, John Williams of Angleton, Jim Williams of Kirtland, N.M.; stepdaughter, Juanita Matlock of Borger; a sister, Eva Arnold of Okmulgee, Okla.; fifteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Bud Kidwell, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Contributed on 7/27/21
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