{"id":6941,"date":"2016-12-17T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6941"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:02:55","slug":"obituary-debord-vernon-king","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6941","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; DeBord, Vernon King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1951<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1951 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1951_DeBord_Vernon.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon DeBord\" \/><br \/>Vernon DeBord<\/h2>\n<p>\ufeffFootball 47-50, Class Secretary 48-49, Student Council 49-50, F.F.A. 47-51, F.F.A. Reporter 49-50, F. F. A. Vice-President 50-51, Perryscope Staff 50-51.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1951 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n<p>Vernon K. DeBord, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. K. DeBord, route one, Perry, plans to enter Oklahoma A. &#038; M. college or become a farmer after graduation.  DeBord, 17, has attended Perry schools 12 years.  He was awarded the junior master farmer degree at the state Future Farmers of American convention this year.  DeBord, a three-year letterman in football, is vice president of the FFA chapter.  He was reporter of the FFA chapter last year.  DeBord also served on the Perryscope staff and has been a member of Teen Town for four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Vernon King DeBord<\/h1>\n<h3>August 17, 1933 &#8211; March 9, 2005<\/h3>\n<p>Vernon &#8220;V.K.&#8221; DeBord, 71, born Aug. 17, 1933 in Perry, OK and died March 9, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK. <\/p>\n<p>He was married to Elizabeth Ann Martin and later married Billie Pierce. He retired from Estes Chemical in 1991. <\/p>\n<p>V.K. was a member of Hillcrest Christian Church. He enjoyed reading, traveling, raising cattle and farming, but he loved going to church. <\/p>\n<p>Preceding him in death was his parents; brother, Charlie; and aunt, Viola DeBord. <\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife of 21 years, Billie; sons, Dale and Teresa DeBord, David and Kim DeBord, Mike and Sandy Pierce, Patrick Pierce; 14 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; special nephew, Edwin (Preach) DeBord; and many other relatives and friends. <\/p>\n<p>Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday at Vondel Smith South Colonial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hillcrest Christian Church, 1501 SW 59th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73119.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26163,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941\/revisions\/26163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}