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Submitted: 7/29/21 • Approved: 7/29/21 • Last Updated: 8/1/21 • R441949-G441948-S3
April 17, 1926-February 16, 2015
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Odessa L. Middleton passed away February 16, 2015 at her home.
Mrs. Middleton was born April 17, 1926 to Henry Lee Griffin and Elma Lee (Alexander) Griffin at Fisher County, Texas. She married O.W. Middleton on June 26, 1948 at Cordell, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Middleton is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a sister Delores Williams and 3 sons: Clifford Lee, Stanley Eugene and Dennis Wayne.
She is survived by a daughter Joy and husband Dennis Lene of Fritch, a brother Steve and wife Betty Griffin of Coleman Texas, a sister Lenora and husband Robert Preston of McLean Texas, 5 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren with 2 on-the -way and 3 great great grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday February 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains in Borger. Burial will follow at Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Middleton will lie in state Wednesday February 18 from 8AM-5PM and Thursday February 19 from 8AM-5pm at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains in Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 19, 2015)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Oddess Lee Griffin
Birth Date: 17 Apr 1926
Gender: Female
Birth Place: McCaulley, Fisher, Texas, USA
Father: Henry Lee Griffin
Father Birth Place: Fisher County, Texas
Mother: Elma Lee Alexander
Mother Birth Place: Taylor County, Texas
Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Odessa Griffin
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1926
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1948
Marriage Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Orville Middleton
Film Number: 002260706
Contributed on 7/29/21
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Record #: 441949