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Submitted: 8/22/21 • Approved: 8/22/21 • Last Updated: 8/25/21 • R449836-G449834-S3
Leon C.
1935-1994
Please see military marker
Joyce Marie
1938-1992
Please see closeup view
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Leon
Borger News Herald - February 2, 1994
Funeral services for Leon Eugene Russell, 58, of Borger, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Gregg Simmons, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Russell died Monday, Jan. 31, 1994 at his home. He was a mechanic for Payton Machine Shop and a Borger resident since 1949.
Mr. Russell was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of First Baptist Church and a graduate of Borger High School.
Survivors include two sons, Leslie Russell and Brett Russell, both of Borger; two daughters, Denise Godwin, of Birmingham, Ala., and Carmen Estep, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; a brother, Tom Russell, of Albuquerque, N.M.; and seven grandchildren.
Casket bearers will be Gerald Payton, George Payton, Wayne Powell, Jerry Hudson, Wes Aikens and Ronnie Klaus.
*Obituary Joyce
Borger News Herald - June 9, 1992
Funeral services for J. Marie Russell, 53, Borger, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gregg Simmons, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Russell died Friday, June 5, 1992 in her home.
A native of Bernice, La., she had been a Borger resident since 1946. She was a waitress and seamstress. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Grace Sunday School class.
Survivors include her husband, Leon of Borger; two sons, Leslie Russell and Brett Russell, both of Borger; two daughters, Denise Godwin of Borger; and Carmen Estep of Oklahoma City, Okla.; three brothers, Thad Tubbs and Barney Tubbs, both of Borger; and Charles Tubbs of Roswell, N.M.; her mother Laura Tubbs of Borger; and seven grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Rodney Tubbs, Ronnie Klause, Robbie Bowling, Joe Montgomery, D.D. Montgomery, and Dewayne Parker.
Contributed on 8/22/21
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