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Submitted: 8/30/21 • Approved: 9/1/21 • Last Updated: 9/4/21 • R452837-G0-S3
Texas
CORPORAL US Army
World War I
May 3, 1894-February 7, 1972
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for O. B. Smith, 77, of 200 Tyler St., who died Monday night at Magic Plains Nursing Home, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Ed Brown & Sons Chapel of the Fountains.
The Rev. G.W. Fine, pastor of the East Side Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Smith, a native of Heber Springs, Ark., was a retired employee of Phillips Petroleum Co. He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Phillips Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Howard of Dumas, and Owen of Denver; a daughter, Mrs. Naomi McGuire of Lubbock; and eight grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald - February 8, 1972)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Oscar Smith
Death Date: 7 Feb 1972
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Oscar Bland Smith
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1894
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: John Henry Smith
Mother: Willie Blassingame
Age at Death: 77
Death Date: 7 Feb 1972
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/30/21
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