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Submitted: 8/15/22 • Approved: 8/15/22 • Last Updated: 8/18/22 • R531574-G0-S3
August 10, 1863-May 5, 1941
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Information courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: W A Ricketts
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1863
Birth Place: Ellis, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas
Father: W S Ricketts
Mother: Wompler
Age at Death: 77
Death Date: 5 May 1941
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
W.A. Rickett of Hereford, father of Mrs. B.R. Anderson, died at his home last evening, following a year's illness. He had been in a critical condition for the last two weeks, and Mrs. Anderson was at his bedside.
Mr. Anderson left yesterday for the funeral services, which were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Christian church at Hereford.
Besides Mrs. Anderson, two daughters and two sons survive.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, May 6, 1941)
Contributed on 8/15/22 by neldapat
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