Hubert Haliburton NELMS Family

submitted by Judith Lavonia Hugg Grimes

SSDI listing for Hubert Nelms:

HUBERT NELMS
Born: 23 Jan 1895
Died: Dec 1968, Borger, Hutchinson, TX 79007
SS# 451-32-5601

Hubert Haliburton (H.B.) Nelms and his wife, Rubye VIctoria KITE Nelms lived on California Street in Borger, TX. He died in Amarillo Veteran's Hospital in December 1968, during an ice storm. His second wife Alma Nelms lived in Borger, TX also. They (Hubert and Alma) both lie in Hillcrest Cemetery, Gray County, McLean, TX., and Rubye lies in Borger, in the cemetery in the town off 10th Street.

He was born Jan. 23, 1895 in Arkansas and raised in Oklahoma. He served in World War I and was blown from the trenches and the explosion broke both is arms and legs. He said it was the "landing" that broke his body. He also had mustard gas damage to his vocal cords and spoke very softly. Hubert drove a school bus throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. He was a janitor for the Jr. College and drove their sports bus to competitions. H.B. Nelms never told anyone his name of Haliburton and was a Baptist and a Democrat - in that order.

This is Hubert Nelms, Me (Judy) Mom (Dovie Kite Hugg) and my mom's brother Thurman KITE. all Borger residents.

Rubye Kite and husband Hubert B. NELMS

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