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Oliver Wendell Gabbard

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Oliver Wendell Gabbard

Birth
USA
Death
26 Mar 1977 (aged 18)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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SEE ALSO MEMORIAL NUMBER 37672861 FOR WENDELL GABBARD.


OBITUARY - SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1977 - PAGE 10A

Services for Wendell Gabbert (sic), 18, of Van Buren, who was killed in a car accident in Houston Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Friendly Pentecostal Church in Van Buren. Burial will be in Gill Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 1976 Van Buren basketball team.

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OBITUARY - SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1977 - PAGE 4A

Services for Wendell Gabbert (sic), 18, of Van Buren, who was killed in a car accident in Houston Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Friendly Pentecostal Church in Van Buren. Burial will be in Gill Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 1976 Van Buren basketball team.

Active pallbearers will be Danny and Terry Long, Jackie Hopkins, Ronny Barclay, Frank Wilburn, Roger Dugan, Richard Green, Roger Akins and Jimmy Law.

[end of obituary]

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NEWS ARTICLE - FRONT PAGE OF THE SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1977

A 19-year-old Van Buren resident was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Houston Saturday morning. Wendell Gabbard, 19, a student at Southern Bible College of Houston, was killed when his 1972 Ford Maverick collided head-on with a diesel truck driven by Ray Banks, 24, of Houston. Banks was not injured. According to a Houston police report, Gabbard was traveling south on a Houston city street when the collision occurred. Gabbard was a member of the Friendly Pentecostal Church, and a 1976 graduate of Van Buren high School. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gabbard of Van Buren; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Guinn of Van Buren; three brothers, Charles, David and Bennie, all of Houston; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. R.O. Matlock of Roland. Arrangements are incomplete at Ocker Funeral Home.

[end of article]
SEE ALSO MEMORIAL NUMBER 37672861 FOR WENDELL GABBARD.


OBITUARY - SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1977 - PAGE 10A

Services for Wendell Gabbert (sic), 18, of Van Buren, who was killed in a car accident in Houston Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Friendly Pentecostal Church in Van Buren. Burial will be in Gill Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 1976 Van Buren basketball team.

[end of obituary]
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OBITUARY - SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1977 - PAGE 4A

Services for Wendell Gabbert (sic), 18, of Van Buren, who was killed in a car accident in Houston Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Friendly Pentecostal Church in Van Buren. Burial will be in Gill Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 1976 Van Buren basketball team.

Active pallbearers will be Danny and Terry Long, Jackie Hopkins, Ronny Barclay, Frank Wilburn, Roger Dugan, Richard Green, Roger Akins and Jimmy Law.

[end of obituary]

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NEWS ARTICLE - FRONT PAGE OF THE SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD - FORT SMITH, AR - SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1977

A 19-year-old Van Buren resident was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Houston Saturday morning. Wendell Gabbard, 19, a student at Southern Bible College of Houston, was killed when his 1972 Ford Maverick collided head-on with a diesel truck driven by Ray Banks, 24, of Houston. Banks was not injured. According to a Houston police report, Gabbard was traveling south on a Houston city street when the collision occurred. Gabbard was a member of the Friendly Pentecostal Church, and a 1976 graduate of Van Buren high School. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gabbard of Van Buren; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Guinn of Van Buren; three brothers, Charles, David and Bennie, all of Houston; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. R.O. Matlock of Roland. Arrangements are incomplete at Ocker Funeral Home.

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"Beloved Son"
Oliver Wendell Gabbard
April 14, 1958 - March 26, 1977
Gal 2:18-21 Phil 1:20-23



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