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   Lawrence George Fanisher
   BORGER - Lawrence George "Bill'' Fanisher, 76, died Friday, Sept. 5,
   1997.
   
   Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Trinity Church of the Nazarene
   with the Rev. Scott Cundiff, pastor, and the Rev. Dennis Knight of
   Port Neches, officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Devotion at
   Highland Park Cemetery by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of
   Borger.
   
   Mr. Fanisher was born in Elk City, Okla., and moved to Borger in 1953
   with his family. He served in the Marines at Guam and Iwo Jima during
   World War II and was one of the men guarding and protecting the men at
   the famous "Raising the Flag.'' He worked for Phillips for 30 years
   and retired in 1982.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Frances Fanisher; a daughter, Lucille Dow;
   two sons, Larry Fanisher and LeRoy Fanisher; two brothers, Arthur
   Fanisher of Arapaho, Okla., and Earl Wayne Fanisher of West Palm
   Beach, Fla.; four sisters, Fannie Fanisher, Caroline Armstrong, Ruby
   Winn and Drucilla Ferris, all of Elk City, Okla; and seven
   grandchildren.
   
   The family requests memorials be to the Gideons.