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• Cemetery: Flower Mound, Flower Mound, Denton County, Texas
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Bio:

Name: Billie Frank Mirike

Birth: April 8, 1933
Menard County, Texas

Death: January 9, 1984

Cemetery: Flower Mound Presbyterian Cemetery
Cemetery Location 1501 Flower Mound Road,
Flower Mound, Texas 75028, USA

Section: East, middle section
Plot GPS: 33.01333, -97.05222

Family: Son of James David Mirike and Mary Roberts. The Mirike family consisted of the parents, Billie and 2 siblings, James and Dorothy. At some point the family relocated to Concho, Texas, not far away.
Billie Frank married in May of 1968 in Denton County, Texas. Lavon Sue Frost became his wife and they had three children together. His final home location was in Lewisville, Texas.

Military: Army, Korean War – served from May 4, 1950, until discharge on April 25, 1954

Civilian: Prior to enlisting in the Army, Billie earned a living as a grease worker in the road construction industry.


Sources: Ancestry, Find-a-Grave, Department of Veterans Affairs

Author Information:
May 2024
Tamara Hyland, tamarashyland@gmail.com

Organization Represented: The Flower Mound Chapter, NSDAR

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