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Submitted: 6/10/22 • Approved: 6/11/22 • Last Updated: 6/14/22 • R519370-G0-S3
1905-1988
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Pope Gossett, 83, of 1516 Brevard died at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Uly 13, 1988, in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo after a brief illness.
Services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday in Rix Chapel with Rev. Lanny Wheeler, chaplain at King;s Manor officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery under direction of Rix Funeral Directors.
Mr. Gossett was born June 2, 1905 in Knox City and married Alice Slater Sept. 7, 1926 in Raton, N.M. He had lived in Hereford for 15 years, moving here from Watrous, N.M.
He was a retired sheriff from Raton and was a member of the New Mexico Sheriff and Police Officers Association. A retired rancher, he was a member of the Lions Club and attended the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Alice, of the home; two sons, Clyde Gossett of Hereford and Bill Gossett of Grand Junction, Colo.; a daughter, Barbara Perkins of Bosque Farms, N.M.; and eight grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 88th Year, No. 8, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, Tx., Thursday, July 14, 1988, Page 2)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Gossett
Birth Date: 2 Jun 1905
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Knox, Texas, USA
Father: John Gossett
Mother: Hannah Gossett
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Pope Gossett
Death Date: 13 Jul 1988
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Pope Gossett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Jun 1905
Death Date: 13 Jul 1988
Claim Date: 14 Mar 1970
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