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3/27/1956 Amarillo (TX) Globe Times, p. 20
Funeral services for Jerry Calloway, first Negro to make his home in Amarillo, were
conducted this afternoon in Mt. Zion Baptist Church by the Rev. L. B. George, pastor,
assisted by the Rev. C. C. Cyphers.
Burial was in Llano Cemetery under the direction of Austin Funeral Home.
Mr. Calloway, about 85, died Saturday night in Northwest Texas Hospital following a long
illness.
He had lived in Amarillo since 1888, coming here from Georgia with the J. C. Calloway
family.
He had no relatives.
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