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Submitted: 6/21/15 • Approved: 7/4/23 • Last Updated: 7/7/23 • R1083816-G0-S3
May 2, 1897-May 7, 1980
John Herbert Acord, aged 83, of Lamar died Tuesday in the Johnson County
Hospital.
He was a retired farmer and a Jehovah Witness.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Geneva Acord; five sons, Dennis Acord of Bakersfield, Calif., Harold Acord of Austin, Texas, Roy Acord and Carl Acord, both of Victoria, Texas, and Dan Acord of Lamar; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Nowotny of Hartman; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Davis of Mulberry; 25 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Father of JoAnne Luvada Acord-Schwartz. Born January 4, 1941 - June 16, 1966.
Funeral services will be held ar 3 p.m. Thursday at Shinn Funeral Home Chapel in Russellville with Wayne Gracey officiating. Burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery.
Visitation has been set for 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shinn Funeral
Home.
[John Herbert Acord is the son of John Turner Acord and Sarah Zulema Kosier, and husband of 1) Ethel Melson and 2) Geneva Ramsey.]
Contributed on 6/21/15 by bill060
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