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Esther E. BLATCHFORD SMITH

Highland Park Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

Ray Earl
July 13, 1902-March 29, 1973

Father
Book of Life

Esther E.
June 10, 1910-March 10, 1984

Mother
Book of Life

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*Obituary Ray
Funeral services for Ray Earl Smith, 71, of 521 W. Lee, are pending with Simpson Funeral Home of Borger.

Smith was dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital at 8:45 p.m. Thursday.

He was born July 13, 1902 in Ray, Mo. He came to Borger in 1944 from Bartlesville, Okla. He worked as a gauger for Phillips Petroleum Company at Rice Plant until he retired in 1963.

Survivors include his wife, Esther of the home; one son, Earl of Aurora, Colo.; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Ramsay of Borger; two brothers, F.W. Smith of Vinita, Okla., G.I. Smith of Grand Junction, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Viola Workman of Bartlesville; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News Herald - March 30, 1973)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Ray Earl Smith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 39
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1902
Birth Place: Andrew, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: National Zinc Co
Height: 5 8
Weight: 165
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: Watson Riley
Household Members: 1

Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ray Smith
Death Date: 29 Mar 1973
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ray Earl Smith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 70
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1902
Birth Place: Ray, Missouri
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 Mar 1973
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Dave Nelson Smith
Mother: Emma Mae Welch
Spouse: Mrs Ray Earl Smith
Certificate Number: 21808

*Obituary Esther
BORGER - Esther Ella "Dot" Smith, 73, died Saturday.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Smith had been a Borger resident since 1944. She was born in Kansas and was a Baptist.

Survivors include a daughter, Jean Ramsay of Borger; a son, Earl W. Smith of Nashville, Tenn.; a brother, J.W. Blatchford of Springfield, Mo.; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

(Published in Amarillo Daily News March 11, 1984)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Esther Smith
Death Date: 10 Mar 1984
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Esther Smith
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 10 Jun 1910
Died: Mar 1984

Contributed on 8/29/21

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Record #: 452298

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Submitted: 8/29/21 • Approved: 8/29/21 • Last Updated: 9/1/21 • R452298-G452296-S3

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