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Submitted: 9/14/21 • Approved: 9/14/21 • Last Updated: 9/17/21 • R456794-G0-S3
January 1, 1898-June 14, 1955
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*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for L.C. Umphfres, 57, long time Phillips resident who recently retired and moved to Bentonville, Arkansas will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday at the First Methodist Church at Phillips. The pastor, Rev. Gene Garrison will officiate.
Umphfres died around noon Tuesday at Gravette, Arkansas following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Umphfres; two daughters, Mrs. Velma Ruth Burch of Murphy, N.C., and Mrs. Marcella Parrot of Ada, Oklahoma; and a son Paul of Cactus.
Honorary pallbearers are Wallace Brooks, Don Irwin, John Norman, Lent Brown and Ray Hatley. Selection of active pallbearers is pending.
Burial is scheduled at the Highland Park Cemetery.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, June 15, 1955)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Luther Clarence Umphfres
Race: White
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1898
Residence Place: Nowata, Oklahoma, USA
Relative: Betty Umphfres
Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: L C Umphfres
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1898
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1919
Marriage Place: Nowata, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Nellie Martin
Film Number: 001305666
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Luther Clarence Umphfres
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 44
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1898
Birth Place: Barry, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Employer: Phillips Petroleum Co
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Next of Kin: E D Umphfres
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Luther Clarence Umphfres Self (Head)
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