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Submitted: 9/11/22 • Approved: 9/11/22 • Last Updated: 9/14/22 • R536390-G536388-S3
Earl T. Waits
May 12, 1908-December 3, 1995
Bernice E. Johnson Waits
June 24, 1911-July 4, 2003
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Earl T. Waits
HEREFORD - Earl Taylor Waits, 87, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 1995.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in West Park Cemetery with Tom Bailey of the Central Church of Christ officiating. Arrangements are by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Waits was born in Oxford, Miss. He married Bernice Johnson in 1928 at Wheeler. He moved to Deaf Smith County in 1952 from Collingsworth County, He was a hole operator and attended the Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by a son, Jimmie Waits, in 1976.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Willie Earl Waits of Pine Top, Ariz., and Gene Waits of Oklahoma; and five grandchildren.
The family will be at 400 Mable St.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, December 5, 1995)
Social Security Death Index
Name: Earl T. Waits
Born: 12 May 1908
Died: 3 Dec 1995
*Obituary Bernice E. Johnson Waits
HEREFORD - Bernice Ellen Waits, 92, died Friday, July 4, 2003.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in West Park Cemetery with the Rev. Joe Schultz, chaplain of Kings Manor/Westgate Nursing Home, officiating. Arrangements are by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Waits was born June 24, 1911, in Clovis, N.M. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, William Waits of Surprise, Ariz., and Gene Waits of Edmond, Okla.; two brothers, Carl Andrew of Amarillo and Leonard "Tag" Johnson of Hereford; six grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, July 6, 2003)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Bernice E. Waits
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1911
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 4 Jul 2003
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Bernice E Waits
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1911
Death Date: 4 Jul 2003
Claim Date: 7 Mar 1973
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