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Submitted: 8/3/21 • Approved: 8/4/21 • Last Updated: 8/7/21 • R444054-G0-S3
Texas
CORPORAL US Army
World War II
May 3, 1911-April 26, 1970
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - funeral services for Howard Benjamin Neeley, 58, of Borger, were held this morning in the Bunavista Baptist Church.
The Rev. Robert Lacewell, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton Mortuary.
Mr. Neeley died Sunday morning in North Plains Hospital.
A Borger resident since 1926, he was a veteran of World War II and a retired employe of the J.M. Huber Corp.
Survivors include his wife, Louise; a daughter, Mrs. Judy Ann Howard of Corpus Christi; three brothers, Harold of Borger, John of San Jose and Norman of Shreveport, La., and two grandsons.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 28 Apr 1970, Tue - Page 39)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Howard Benjamin Neeley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 3 May 1911
Birth Place: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: J M Huber Corp
Weight: 140
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 7
Next of Kin: Louise Neeley
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Howard Benjamin Neeley Self (Head)
Louise Neeley Wife
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Howard Neeley
Death Date: 26 Apr 1970
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Howard Benjamin Neeley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 58
Birth Date: 3 May 1911
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 26 Apr 1970
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Harry [sic] Allen Neeley
Spouse: Louise Neeley
Certificate Number: 27982
Contributed on 8/3/21
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