James E. Small

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Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral services were held December 23, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. at Ertel Chapel for James E. Small with Rev. James Preston of the Lighthouse Baptist Church officiating.

Burial followed in the Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Colorado.

James Small was born to Worth and Bertha Guernsey Small on January 3, 1921 in Strong City, Oklahoma. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on December 20. He was 66 years old.

His survivors are his wife, Bada I. Small of Cortez; daughter, Pat Mansmusen of Cortez; son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Susie Small of 29 Palms, California; son and daughter-in-law, Don and Donna Small of Cortez; daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Wayne Potter of Cortez; eight grandchildren; his mother, Bertha Sowie of Cortez; one brother, Joe Small of Nashville, Tennessee; as well as numerous friends.