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Submitted: 8/22/21 • Approved: 8/22/21 • Last Updated: 8/25/21 • R449712-G449712-S3
Robert Earl
February 9, 1908-October 25, 1981
Sybil Irene
March 23, 1913-February 27, 2012
Married December 24, 1929
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Robert Earl
Services for R.E. Ross, 73, of 408 Danube St., were held at 2 p.m. today in Alexander Chapel of Memories.
The Rev. Weldon Rives officiated. Burial was at Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
A retired gang pusher for Phillips Petroleum Co. he was a native of Sherman County. He had been a Borger resident for 45 years. He was a member of the Phillips United Methodist Church and Odd Fellows & Rebecca Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Sybil; a son, Johnny of Borger; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Phillips of Fritch; three brothers, W.T. of Marietta, Okla., Ira of Phoenix City, Ala., and Lloyl of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Mrs. Ollie Boles of Slaton, Mrs. Alta Humphreys and Mrs. Opal Hampton, both of Borger; even grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials should be made to the American Cancer Society.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 27, 1981)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Robert Earl Ross
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1908
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Sybil Weldon
Father: Andrew Jackson Ross
Mother: Sarrah Akins
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 25 Oct 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
*Obituary Sybil Irene
Sybil Irene Weldon Ross, 98, of Amarillo died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Brown Chapel of the Fountains in Borger with Georgie Cornelsen officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery in Borger.
Mrs. Ross was born March 23, 1913, in Hollis, Okla., to Andrew and Nancy Casey Weldon. She married R.E. Ross on Dec. 24, 1929, in Magnum, Okla.
Survivors include a daughter, Doris Phillips of Amarillo; a brother, James "Pat" Loyl Weldon of Amarillo; a sister, Arlene Martin of Fritch; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Sanford-Fritch Girl's Athletic Department, 538 Eagle Blvd., Fritch, TX 79036; or Lakeview Elementary General Fund, 6704 Lair Road, Amarillo, TX 79118.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 29, 2012.
Contributed on 8/22/21
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