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Submitted: 7/29/22 • Approved: 7/29/22 • Last Updated: 8/1/22 • R528348-G528346-S3
William H. Patton
August 14, 1918-February 1, 2004
Hellen M. Danforth Patton
October 4, 1918-October 11, 1984
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary William H. Patton
HEREFORD - W.H. "Bill" Patton, 85, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Crosby, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Patton was a member of the Army during World War II. He married Geneva Holden on Nov. 7, 1986, in Roswell, N.M.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Kevin Patton of Friona and Lisle Patton and Richard Patton, both of Dallas; two stepdaughters, Elaine Houston of Vernon and Bettye Cox of Port Lavaca; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice or Hereford Senior Citizens.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 2, 2004
*Obituary Hellen M. Danforth Patton
Services for Helen [sic] Patton, 66, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with Dr. Ron Cook, pastor, and the Rev. Richard Wilbanks, pastor of Christian Assembly Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
She died at 2 p.m. Thursday in the High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo after a brief illness.
She was born in Plainview. The former Helen [sic] Danforth married Bill Patton on March 18, 1943 in Yuma, Ariz. She came to Deaf Smith County in 1930 from Los Angeles.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Christian Assembly Church. She and her husband own Boyd Machine and Supply.
Survivors include her husband; three sons, Lisle of Dallas, Richard of Amarillo and Kevin of Hereford; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Kendall and Mrs. Bill Kendall, both of Hereford, and three grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 84th Year, No. 73, Hereford, Tx, Deaf Smith County, Friday, Oct. 12, 1984, Page 2)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Hellen Margaret Danforth
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1918
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA
Father: H E Danforth
Father Birth Place: Williamstown, Missouri
Mother: Cora Gehres
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Residence: Plainview, Hale, Texas
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Hellen Patton
Death Date: 11 Oct 1984
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Hellen Patton
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1918
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: Oct 1984
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