OBITUARY
Feb 25, 1958
Funeral services for Mr.
Jerry Green of Tulsa, Oklahoma were held at 4 p.m., Saturday Feb. 22 in Central
Church of Christ with Rev. J.M. Gilpatrick officiating.
Interment was in Memory Gardens.
A fire and explosion at the
filling station where Mr. green worked was reported at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
He was found standing against the wall with his hands over his head and
his clothes completely burned off. In
the hospital Mr. Green told his wife and father that he had been doing some
cleaning with a can of water that had accidentally been mixed with gasoline.
Ignition came from an open stove.
Mr. Green was born Dec. 17,
1939 in Pampa and attended school here until 1956. He was a senior at Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa,
employed part time at a service station. For
this work he received credit toward his graduation requirements.
Death came at 5:00 a.m.,
Thursday, Feb. 20. Mr. Green is
survived by his wife, June; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Green; a sister, Jan,
and brother, Mickey, all of Tulsa, and by his grandparents, H.N. Jonal of Pampa
and Mr. J.D. Green of Dallas.
(omission of other
relatives)
Pallbearers were Harry Haiduk, Kirk Smith, Glenn Newman, Dewayne Lovinggood, Robert Hartley and Dennis Stafford.