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Submitted: 8/31/21 • Approved: 8/31/21 • Last Updated: 9/3/21 • R453078-G453076-S3
James Wilber
June 17, 1874-August 6, 1945
Cora May
July 25, 1870-May 24, 1953
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary James Wilber
Funeral services for James Wilburn [sic] Snelgrove will be at 2 p.m. today in the First Christian Church. Rev. Wilbur Mindel will officiate. Blackburn-Shaw will direct interment in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Snelgrove, 71, was born in Benton, Arkansas, June 17, 1874. He had been a resident of Borger for 18 years and is survived by his widow and four daughters, Mrs. Roy Smart, Dumas, Texas; Mrs. A.J. Southern, Mingus, Texas; Mrs. W.M. Abbott, Hobbs, New Mexico; and Mrs. Anna Hull, Borger.
The casket bearers will be: Max Mitchell, E.D. Munday, Ed Cartwright, W.W. Gaither, Walter Toews, Jack McBride and Jimmy Mitchell.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, September 9, 1945)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James W. Snelgrove
Death Date: 6 Sep 1945
Death County: Carson
Certificate: 38431
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: James Wilber Snelgrove
Birth Date: 17 Jun
Birth Place: Benton, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Carson, Texas
Age at Death: 71
Death Date: 6 Sep 1945
Death Place: Borger, Carson, Texas, USA
*Obituary Cora May
Final rites for Mrs. Cora Hull Snelgrove, 82, will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Borger First Christian church.
Mrs. Snelgrove, who has been a resident of the Tri-City area since 1927, died Sunday morning in Midland, where she was visiting. In Borger she made her home with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anna Hull of 402 West Adams.
Other survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Roy Smart of Cactus, Mrs. Jimmy Southern of Mingus, and Mrs. C.H. Hamilton of Midland; five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
The Rev. Richard Clayborne, pastor of the First Christian church, will officiate at the services. Interment will be at the local cemetery.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 25, 1953)
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Ohio, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900
Name: Cora Shively
Gender: Female
Spouse: Simeon W. Hull
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1887
County: Paulding
State: Ohio
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Cora M. Snelgrove
Death Date: 24 May 1953
Death County: Midland
Certificate: 26437
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Cora M Snelgrove
[Cora M Shirley]
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1870
Birth Place: Lima, Ohio
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Midland, Midland, Texas
Father: Joseph Shirley
Age at Death: 82
Death Date: 24 May 1953
Death Place: Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/31/21
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