John Houston Forbes
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Johnny Forbes

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     Forbes, John Houston
     Born:  4/23/1935 - Ralls, Texas
     Died:  11/20/1988 at home
 
     Father:Otho Forbes          
     Mother:Gertrude Adams
     Religion: Baptist
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom
CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for Johnny Forbes, 53, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lester B. Griffin officiating.

Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.

He died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at his home after a lengthy illness. Justice of the Peace Clyde Davis ruled natural causes in his death.

Forbes was born in Ralls and attended Crosbyton schools. He was a U.S. Marines Corps veteran and owned a construction company. He married Linda Sue Edwards on March 12, 1956, in Crosbyton.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Hope Bales of Lubbock; and a grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Manard Brown, Donald Parker, Jim Barron, Bart Lynch, Jimmy Dunn, Roy Ratheal, Mabry Greenhaw, Les Hargrove, Jackie Hamersley, Dub Griffin, J.W. Foster and Danny Cornelius.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November 3, 1988
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes




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