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Submitted: 8/6/21 • Approved: 8/6/21 • Last Updated: 8/9/21 • R444943-G0-S3
October 7, 1909-December 22, 1975
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Sammy Martin Oates, 66, of 13 Riverview, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Larry Nelms, pastor of the Borger Christian Center, officiating.
Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Oates, an area resident since 1931, died at 8:45 p.m. Monday in High Plains Baptist Church in Amarillo.
He was born Oct. 7, 1909 in Fairview.
Survivors include his wife, Dena Mae of the home; three daughters, Sandra Price of Canyon, Shirley Nix of Fairfax, Va. and Maryetta Taylor of Houston; three brothers, three sisters, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Casketbearers will be Joel Davis, Joe Wilson, Dean Randall, Marvin Baker, Harry Price and Buttons Brown.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, December 23, 1975, Page 10)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Sammy Martin Oates
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1909
Birth Place: Wilson, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Panhandle Power And Light Co
Weight: 192
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Dena Mae Oates
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Sammy Oates
Death Date: 22 Dec 1975
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Contributed on 8/6/21
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