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Submitted: 8/23/21 • Approved: 8/23/21 • Last Updated: 8/26/21 • R450086-G450085-S3
James Lawton
1898-1979
Jewel Lydia
1900-1983
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary James Lawton
Funeral Services for J. Lawton Sands, 81, of 211 W. Grand, were held at 1 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church, with Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating.
Sands, a retired insurance salesman, died late Thursday evening in North Plains Hospital.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Sands was a member of First Baptist Church, Isom Masonic Lodge, and a 50-year member of the Borger Rotary Club.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel, one daughter, two sisters; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, November 11, 1979, Page 16)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Lawton Sands
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1898
Birth Place: Brownington, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Sunray, Moore, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Sunray, Moore, Texas, USA
Employer: Continental Carbon
Weight: 140
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 1
Next of Kin: F M Brady
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Lawton Sands
Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: J Sands
Death Date: 8 Nov 1979
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: J Lawton Sands
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1898
Birth Place: Brownington, Missouri
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 8 Nov 1979
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: James W Sands
Mother: Fannie M Dempsey
Spouse: Jewel Sands
Certificate Number: 96589
*Obituary Jewell Lydia
Services are pending for Jewell Sands, 82, with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Sands died Monday in San Antonio. Mrs. Sands had lived in San Antonio since 1979. She had lived in Borger for 53 years prior to moving. She was born at Port, Okla.
Mrs. Sands was a housewife and a buyer for K.C. Ready to Wear. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Women's Missionary where she served as treasurer, and was also a member of the Women of Rotary and Past Eastern Star.
Survivors include a daughter, Rue Tillery of San Antonio; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, March 1, 1983)
Contributed on 8/23/21
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