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Submitted: 8/29/21 • Approved: 8/29/21 • Last Updated: 9/1/21 • R452301-G0-S3
July 13, 1902-March 29, 1973
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
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
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