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Submitted: 5/23/22 • Approved: 5/23/22 • Last Updated: 5/26/22 • R514931-G0-S3
1893-1975
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Alva L. Crissy, 81, Hereford resident since 1953, died Monday at a Wichita Falls Hospital.
Services were condcuted Tuesday afternoon in Gililland-Watson Rose Chapel by the Rev. Eugene Brink, pastor of First Christian Church. Burial was in West Park Cemetery.
A native of Concordia, Kan., Mr. Crissy was a retired security guard at Aikman Elementary School.
He was a member of First Christian Church. He married Effie Fancher in 1959 at Clovis, N.M.
Survivors include the widow, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Roy Jowell of Hereford.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 74th Year, No. 23, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, Texas, Thursday March 20, 1975, Page 3
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Alva L Crissy
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1894
Residence: Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Bessie F Abbott
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Residence: Hiwasse, Benton, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 27 May 1923
Marriage License Date: 26 May 1923
Marriage County: Benton
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1034663
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Alva Lester Crissy
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Age: 49
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1893
Birth Place: Concordia, Kansas, USA
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Atchison, Kansas, USA
Occupation: Midwest Solvents Co
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Complexion: Light
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Alva Crissy
Last Residence:
79045 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Born: 27 Jul 1893
Died: Mar 1975
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Alva Lester Crissy
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1893
Birth Place: Kansas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 17 Mar 1975
Death Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
Certificate Number: 23314
Contributed on 5/23/22 by neldapat
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