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Submitted: 7/8/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R524145-G524145-S3
Virgil F. Marsh
June 28, 1922-February 13, 1995
Please see military marker
Thelma P. Parker Marsh
November 21, 1917-February 22, 2002
Wed May 26, 1949
*Photo courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Virgil F. Marsh
Virgil Marsh, longtime area farmer, cattleman, dies at 72
Virgil F. Marsh, 72, longtime prominent farmer and cattleman, died Monday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson, pastor, and Shirley Garrison officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Marsh was a past president of Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce (1970) and had been awarded a lifetime membership. He was a past president of the Texas-New Mexico Sugar Beet Growers Association, serving on the board for many years. He served on the board of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, and had been active in Texas Soil & Water Conservation District activities. He was a past president of the Whiteface Booster Club (1972-73).
Mr. Marsh was born in Phoenix June 28, 1922. He graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was captain of the football team his senior year. He received the Governor's Award as the most valuable college player in Arizona in 1948. He married Thelma Parker in 1949 at Las Cruces, N.M.
He coached football at his former high school in Phoenix and at New Mexico State University. He started farming in the Phoenix area in 1951.
He moved to Deaf Smith County in 1953, farming in the north part of the county. He was a veteran, serving in the Army during World War II. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma; two daughters, Sheryl Sargent of Hereford and Kima Light of El Paso; one son, James O. Marsh of Hereford; two sisters, Bernice Kidd of Pearce, Az., Bettie Jo Roach of Glendale, Az.; a half-sister, Lois Jean Daniels of Phoenix, Az.; and five grandsons.
The family requests memorials to King's Manor of the 4-H Scholarship Endowment Fund.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 94th Year, Vol. No. 159, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, February 14, 1995, Page 1,2)
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Arizona, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1880-1935
Name: Virgil Lloyd Marsh
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1922
Birth Place: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Father: Claud A Marsh
Mother: Laura B Marsh
Certificate Number: 313
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Virgil Floyd Marsh
Race: White
Age: 20
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1922
Birth Place: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Residence Place: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Employer: Central Beverages
Height: 5 9
Weight: 190
Next of Kin: Claude Marsh
Household Members Age Relationship
Virgil Floyd Marsh 20 Self (Head)
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Virgil Marsh
Death Date: 13 Feb 1995
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
*Obituary Thelma P. Marsh
HEREFORD - Thelma Marsh, 84, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2002.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church of Hereford with Dr. Tom Fuller officiating. Private family burial will take place. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home of Hereford.
Miss Marsh was born Nov. 17, 1917, in Post, the daughter of James and Eula Parker. She married Virgil Marsh on May 26, 1949, in Las Cruces, N.M. She graduated from West Texas State University with a degree in education.
She taught school at New Mexico State University. She was very active as a leader and board member of the Campfire Girls, a charter board member of the Hereford Day Care Center, a member of various women's golfing associations and a member of First United Methodist Church of Hereford.
She was preceded in death by her husband; and a sister.
Survivors include a son, Jim Marsh and wife, Karen, of Hereford; two daughters, Sherri Sargent and husband, Tom, of Hereford and Kima Light and husband, Jim, of El Paso; a sister, Eula May Jones of Topeka, Kan.; and five grandsons.
The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to the Hereford Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels, 426 Ranger St., Hereford, TX 79045; Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson, Amarillo, TX 79101; or to a charity of choice.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Thelma B. Marsh
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1917
Issue Year: 1963
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Feb 2002
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Thelma Blanch Marsh
[Thelma B Marsh]
[Thelma Blanch Parker]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1917
Birth Place: Post Garza, Texas
Death Date: 22 Feb 2002
Father: James H Parker
Mother: Eula E Hollar
Signature on SSN Card: Thelma Par Marsh
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Aug 1963: Name listed as THELMA BLANCH MARSH; 01 Mar 2002: Name listed as THELMA B MARSH
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