Funeral services for Joe A.B. Helms, 62, 19 N. Adams, Phillips, are scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Friday from Phillips Methodist Church.

The pastor, the Rev. Rolle Davidson and the Rev. Shad Rue, pastor of First Baptist Church of Tulia will officiate.

Graveside rites will be conducted at Pampa Memory Gardens immediately following the funeral service, under the auspices of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge, 1355. Burial will be directed by Ed Brown & Sons.

Helms was a retired Phillips Petroleum Company foreman, with a 32-year service record. He had resided in Phillips for 34 years, was a member of Phillips Methodist Church and the Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge 1355.

Helms died at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Mt. Ida, Ark., where he had been on an eight-day fishing trip. Cause of death was attributed to a heart attack.

Surviving are his wife, Lola; daughters, Miss Brenda Helms of Amarillo, Mrs. Mary Jo Underwood of Birmingham, Ala.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Frank Barnett, Pampa, Mrs. Wesley Russell of Skellytown; two stepsons, Bill Cofer of Beaver, Okla., Donald Cofer of Kermit. Three sisters, three brothers and two grandchildren also survive.

All members of the Masonic Lodge are requested to report to the Temple on North Hedgecoke at 1 p.m. Friday to participate in the service.

(Published in Borger News Herald, March 16, 1967)
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Funeral services for Joe A.B. Helms, 62, who died Wednesday morning in Mount Ida, Ark., are scheduled at 2:30 p.m. today from Phillips Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Rollo Davis Davidson, and the Rev. Shad Rue, Tulia minister, officiating.

Interment in Pampa Memory Gardens will be under the direction of Ed Brown and Sons Funeral Directors.

Graveside rites will be under the auspices of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge 1355.

Casketbearers will be Bill Kruckenberg, Bill Hays, Pete Stockstill, Gene McGough, Hugh Anderson, Lefty Langley, Tom Montgomery and Bill Dickenson.

Helms had resided in Phillips for 34 ears, at 19 N. Adams Street. He was a retired refinery foreman for Phillips Petroleum Company, with a 32-year service record.

(Published in Borger News Herald March 17, 1967)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Joe Alton Brown Helms
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 30 May 1904
Birth Place: Ennis Ellis, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Phillips, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Phillips, Texas, USA
Employer: L H Fisher
Weight: 175
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: L V Helms
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Joe Alton Brown Helms Self (Head)

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Joe Helms
Birth Date: 30 May 1904
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Oklahoma
Last Residence: 79071, Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas, USA
Death Date: Mar 1967