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Submitted: 6/7/22 • Approved: 6/7/22 • Last Updated: 6/10/22 • R518740-G518740-S3
John D. Gilbert
1892-1961
Mason
Callie Combs Gilbert
1894-1978
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary John D.
John Gilbert Rites Today
HEREFORD, Aug. 16 - Funeral services for John David Gilbert, 69, Deaf Smith County resident since 1930, were scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church of Hereford with the Rev. B.L. Davis, pastor, officiating.
Mr. Gilbert, a farmer, died at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday in Deaf Smith County hospital here. He moved to Hereford from Artesia, N.M.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, and was a Mason. He was born Jan. 27, 1892, in Howard County, Ark.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Doyle of Mineral Wells and J.D. Jr. of Hereford; a daughter, Mrs. Navis [sic] Couch of Anton; a brother, H.S., of Flomot; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Burial was to have been in West Park Cemetery here under the direction of Gililland Funeral Home.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 16 Aug 1961, Wed - Page 43)
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Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917
Name: John David Gilbert
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Dierk's Ark, Howard, Arkansas, USA
Father: Thomas Henry Gilbert
Mother: Siller None Gilbert
Certificate Number: 896
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: John David Gilbert
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Arkansas, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Lockney
Residence Place: Floyd County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John David Gilbert
Death Date: 15 Aug 1961
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 45122
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John David Gilbert
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 69
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Howard, Arkansas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 15 Aug 1961
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father:
Henry I Gilbert
Mother:
Siller Gilbert
*Obituary Callie
Funeral services for Callie Z. Gilbert, 83, of 1209 E. Park Ave. will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug Manning, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gilbert, who had resided in Hereford for 28 years, died Monday afternoon in Central Plains Hospital at Plainview.
Born Aug. 31, 1894 in Georgia, Callie Edwards married J.D. Gilbert Sr. Dec. 24, 1941 at Hulver. He preceded her in death in August 1961.
Mrs. Gilbert was also preceded in death by a son, Doyal, who died in 1963.
The Gilberts came to Hereford in 1950 from Artesia, N.M.
Mrs. Gilbert was a homemaker and a Baptist.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marvis Conkin of Anton; a son, J.D. Gilbert Jr. of Hereford; three brothers, Finis Edwards of Dallas, Earl Edwards of Hurst and O.C. Edwards of Goodnight; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Couch of Olton and Mrs. Ruby Bumpus of Plainview; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 77th Year, No. 38, Hereford, Texas, Wednesday, August 23, 1978, Page 2)
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Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Calle Z Gilbert [Calle Z Combs]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1894
Birth Place: Georgia
Residence: Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Aug 1978
Death Place: Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA
Father:
Walter Combs
Mother:
Vicie Chandler
Certificate Number: 69276
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