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Oilman R. F. Duggan Sr. died at home Saturday

Randolph Freeman Duggan Sr., 70, widely known as an independent oil operator, died Saturday at his residence in Cliff Towers Hotel.

He had lived in Dallas thirty-four years and was chairman of the Magnolia Seed, Hardware & Implement Company. His oil interests were principally in South and West Texas and he was instrumental in the development of Slaughter Field in West Texas.

He was a thirty-second-degree Mason, a member of the Hella Temple and a charter member of the Dallas Athletic Club. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.

He was also active in the organization of the old Stamford College at Stamford, Texas, and had been a member of the college's board for several years.

He was born in Seguin, Guadalupe County, and lived in Abilene, where he had an automobile agency, before coming to Dallas.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday[, 24 Dec 1951], at the Campbell Funeral Chapel, 300 West Davis, with the Rev. William H. Dickinson, Jr., associate pastor of Highland Park Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park [Dallas].

Survivors include his wife; a son, R. F. Duggan Jr., Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Julia D. Bliss, Whittier, Calif., and Miss Maxine Duggan, Newport Beach, Calif.; a stepson, J. I. Dixon, Dallas; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Faye Dixon Bender, New York City; and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Charles Tarber, John Robb, Roy Shipp, Bill Shipp, Ed M. Hart, Thomas B. Duggan.—The Dallas Morning News, 23 Dec 1951; Part I, page 12

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Parents:
Alston Duggan (1845 - 1908)
Eliza Permelia Malone Duggan (1851 - 1938)

Spouses:
Tabitha Lou Wilkinson Duggan (1882 - 1946)*
Zeffie Lee Kelly Duggan (1892 - 1972)*

Children:
Maxine C. Duggan (1902 - 1956)*
Randolph Freeman Duggan (1903 - 1990)*
Julia Claudia Duggan Bliss (1907 - 1975)*