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Submitted: 2/13/22 • Approved: 2/13/22 • Last Updated: 2/16/22 • R490494-G490493-S3
James O.
1911-1988
Loving Husband and Grandpa
Please see military marker
Gladys M.
1907-1995
Loving Wife and Grandma
Precious Lord take my hand
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary James
James O. Barden, 77, of Hereford died at 10:40 p.m. Friday in Deaf Smith General Hospital after a brief illness.
Services were held Monday afternoon in Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. H.W. Barlett, pastor, officiating. Burial was in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Barden was born in Oklahoma and moved from Alice to Hereford in 1988. He married Gladys Barkley on Sept. 14, 1974, in Alice. He service in the U.S. Army in World War II and was a retired Southern Pacific Railroad Co. employee and a member of Temple Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Marjorie Cocanougher of Hereford and Gretchen Thomas of Alice; a son, Floyd Tumlinson of Hereford; a brother, Lee; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 88th Year, No. 46, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, TX., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1988, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James O Barden
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1911
Birth Place: Rolla, Kansas, USA
Residence Place: Ben Bolt, Jim Wells, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Ben Bolt, Jim Wells, Texas, USA
Employer: T And N O Railroad
Weight: 135
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: William O Barden
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James O Barden Self (Head)
William O Barden Father
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: James O Barden
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Birth Date: abt 1911
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1974
Marriage Place: Jim Wells, Texas, USA
Spouse: Gladys M Barkley
Case Number: 63221974109952
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James O. Barden
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1911
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Railroad Board (Issued Through)
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 2 Sep 1988
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: James Orson Barden
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1911
Death Date: 2 Sep 1988
Cause of Death: Natural
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 16 Mar 1942
Discharge Date: 16 Oct 1945
Page number: 1
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