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"Midland Businessman R. Guy Brantley Dies
R. Guy Brantley, 73, Midland businessman since 1947, died this morning at his residence, 1608 W. Pecan St. He ad been in ill health for three years.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Ted Brian, pastor of The First Baptist Church, officiating. Services are under direction of Newnie W. Ellis Chapel.
In Midland, Brantley was a wholesale distributor of beer until he sold the business in 1963. Afterward, he was a beer licensing consultant and maintained office at Midland Air Terminal.
He was born June 12, 1902, in Novice and spent his early life in Throckmorton, and later lived in Breckenridge.
Brantley moved to West Texas in 1920 and lived in Amarillo and Abilene before transferring to Dallas in 1939. He came to Midland eight years later.
He was a past president of the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas.
Brantley held memberships in the First Baptist Church, the Abilene Masonic Lodge, the Suez Temple and Hella Temple of Dallas, and the Midland Shrine Club and Suez Patrol.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Guy Brantley of Midland; a son. R. G. Brantley Jr. of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia B. Smith of Houston; five brothers, Melvin Brantley of Odessa, C. V. Brantley of Monahans, E. B. Brantley of Lovington, N.M., and Z. V. Brantley and D. Brantley, both of Houston, a sister, Mrs. M. L. Wade of Odessa, and seven grandchildren".
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1902 - 1975 (73 years)
