Walter G. Forbes, an employee of Weskem Corp., whose residence was at 409 W. Adams, was found dead early today in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford-Yake area of Lake Meredith.
Sheriff Hugh Anderson, who investigated at 7:30 a.m. today, said Forbes was found slumped behind the wheel of his auto, which apparently had careened off the road as it headed eastward sometime during the early morning hours today.
Sheriff Anderson said no foul play was involved. He speculated that Forbes died of an apparent heart attack.
Forbes was dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital shortly after 8 a.m. today.
Funeral services today were pending with Ed Brown & Son.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 2, 1968)
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Funeral services for Walter Gerald Forbes, 59, office manager of Weskem Corp., and longtime Borger resident, are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church. The Rev. Joe D. Ray, pastor, will officiate.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be directed by Ed Brown & Sons.
Forbes was found dead early Monday in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford Yake Area of Lake Meredith. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Forbes was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and church treasurer. He was a member of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242, A.F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Essie, 409 W. Adams; son, Clinton of Pampa; daughter, Mrs. Phillip Langen of Canyon; four brothers, Woodrow of Mt. Ida, Ark., Guilford of Mena, Ark.; Festel Goff, Mt. Ida, and Dewey Goff, Oden, Ark.; five sisters, Mrs. Clarence Gross, Vacoville, Calif., Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Marvin Mullenix, Oden, Ark., Mrs. Earl Benham, Lamar, Colo., Mrs. Eva Black, Mt. Ida, Ark.; and six grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be: Bob Conley, Bob Hawkins, Ora Herrelson, George Green, Howard Adamson, and J.B. Massingill. Honorary bearers will be all deacons of the First Baptist Church of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, September 3, 1968)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Walter Forbes
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Walter Gerald Forbes
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1909
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: William Porter Forbes
Mother: Vina Fryer
Age at Death: 59
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Sheriff Hugh Anderson, who investigated at 7:30 a.m. today, said Forbes was found slumped behind the wheel of his auto, which apparently had careened off the road as it headed eastward sometime during the early morning hours today.
Sheriff Anderson said no foul play was involved. He speculated that Forbes died of an apparent heart attack.
Forbes was dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital shortly after 8 a.m. today.
Funeral services today were pending with Ed Brown & Son.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 2, 1968)
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Funeral services for Walter Gerald Forbes, 59, office manager of Weskem Corp., and longtime Borger resident, are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church. The Rev. Joe D. Ray, pastor, will officiate.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be directed by Ed Brown & Sons.
Forbes was found dead early Monday in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford Yake Area of Lake Meredith. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Forbes was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and church treasurer. He was a member of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242, A.F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Essie, 409 W. Adams; son, Clinton of Pampa; daughter, Mrs. Phillip Langen of Canyon; four brothers, Woodrow of Mt. Ida, Ark., Guilford of Mena, Ark.; Festel Goff, Mt. Ida, and Dewey Goff, Oden, Ark.; five sisters, Mrs. Clarence Gross, Vacoville, Calif., Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Marvin Mullenix, Oden, Ark., Mrs. Earl Benham, Lamar, Colo., Mrs. Eva Black, Mt. Ida, Ark.; and six grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be: Bob Conley, Bob Hawkins, Ora Herrelson, George Green, Howard Adamson, and J.B. Massingill. Honorary bearers will be all deacons of the First Baptist Church of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, September 3, 1968)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Walter Forbes
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Walter Gerald Forbes
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1909
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: William Porter Forbes
Mother: Vina Fryer
Age at Death: 59
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Walter G. Forbes, an employee of Weskem Corp., whose residence was at 409 W. Adams, was found dead early today in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford-Yake area of Lake Meredith.
Sheriff Hugh Anderson, who investigated at 7:30 a.m. today, said Forbes was found slumped behind the wheel of his auto, which apparently had careened off the road as it headed eastward sometime during the early morning hours today.
Sheriff Anderson said no foul play was involved. He speculated that Forbes died of an apparent heart attack.
Forbes was dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital shortly after 8 a.m. today.
Funeral services today were pending with Ed Brown & Son.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 2, 1968)
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Funeral services for Walter Gerald Forbes, 59, office manager of Weskem Corp., and longtime Borger resident, are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church. The Rev. Joe D. Ray, pastor, will officiate.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be directed by Ed Brown & Sons.
Forbes was found dead early Monday in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford Yake Area of Lake Meredith. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Forbes was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and church treasurer. He was a member of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242, A.F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Essie, 409 W. Adams; son, Clinton of Pampa; daughter, Mrs. Phillip Langen of Canyon; four brothers, Woodrow of Mt. Ida, Ark., Guilford of Mena, Ark.; Festel Goff, Mt. Ida, and Dewey Goff, Oden, Ark.; five sisters, Mrs. Clarence Gross, Vacoville, Calif., Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Marvin Mullenix, Oden, Ark., Mrs. Earl Benham, Lamar, Colo., Mrs. Eva Black, Mt. Ida, Ark.; and six grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be: Bob Conley, Bob Hawkins, Ora Herrelson, George Green, Howard Adamson, and J.B. Massingill. Honorary bearers will be all deacons of the First Baptist Church of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, September 3, 1968)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Walter Forbes
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Walter Gerald Forbes
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1909
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: William Porter Forbes
Mother: Vina Fryer
Age at Death: 59
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Sheriff Hugh Anderson, who investigated at 7:30 a.m. today, said Forbes was found slumped behind the wheel of his auto, which apparently had careened off the road as it headed eastward sometime during the early morning hours today.
Sheriff Anderson said no foul play was involved. He speculated that Forbes died of an apparent heart attack.
Forbes was dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital shortly after 8 a.m. today.
Funeral services today were pending with Ed Brown & Son.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 2, 1968)
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Funeral services for Walter Gerald Forbes, 59, office manager of Weskem Corp., and longtime Borger resident, are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church. The Rev. Joe D. Ray, pastor, will officiate.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be directed by Ed Brown & Sons.
Forbes was found dead early Monday in his automobile on the road from Sanford to the Sanford Yake Area of Lake Meredith. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Forbes was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and church treasurer. He was a member of Isom Masonic Lodge 1242, A.F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Essie, 409 W. Adams; son, Clinton of Pampa; daughter, Mrs. Phillip Langen of Canyon; four brothers, Woodrow of Mt. Ida, Ark., Guilford of Mena, Ark.; Festel Goff, Mt. Ida, and Dewey Goff, Oden, Ark.; five sisters, Mrs. Clarence Gross, Vacoville, Calif., Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Marvin Mullenix, Oden, Ark., Mrs. Earl Benham, Lamar, Colo., Mrs. Eva Black, Mt. Ida, Ark.; and six grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be: Bob Conley, Bob Hawkins, Ora Herrelson, George Green, Howard Adamson, and J.B. Massingill. Honorary bearers will be all deacons of the First Baptist Church of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Tuesday, September 3, 1968)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Walter Forbes
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Walter Gerald Forbes
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1909
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: William Porter Forbes
Mother: Vina Fryer
Age at Death: 59
Death Date: 2 Sep 1968
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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