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Submitted: 9/19/21 • Approved: 9/19/21 • Last Updated: 9/22/21 • R457652-G0-S3
March 14, 1935-July 8, 1943
Asleep in Jesus
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Borger News Herald - July 9, 1943
Funeral services for Zelan Dean Ward, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs.. John L. Ward, who died suddenly in a local hospital yesterday will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Assembly of God church.
He is survived by his parents, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Ward, Erick, Okla.; grandfather, J.M. Alexander, Simiro, Okla.; and seven aunts and six uncles, one of whom is R.E. Ward of Borger.
Zelan Dean had completed the second grade in the Borger schools and was studying cornet in the Borger Junior Band.
Pallbearers will be W.E. Reno, E.W. Martin, W.E. Turner, and M.F. Harrington, and the Rev. J.A. Thomas will officiate.
Burial will be in Highland cemetery with Carver Funeral Home in charge.
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Zelan Dean Ward
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1935
Birth Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: John L Word
Mother: Ora Alexander
Age at Death: 8
Death Date: 8 Jul 1943
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 9/19/21
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