Maggard Family
| Eugene Maggard | Fire claims life of Tri City girl |
| Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday
in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery here for former resident Troy
Eugene Maggard, 62, of Burleston, Texas. He died Thursday in the
Medical Plaza Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Friends may call at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Colonial Chapel, Coffeyville, to register. The family may be reached at the home of Shelley W. Smith in South Coffeyville. Funeral Services were held Saturday in Burleston. He was born Aug. 12, 1923, in Yonkers, Okla., to James Monroe and Myrtle Frances Maggard. He grew up and attended school in Coffeyville. Mr. Maggard was a veteran of World War II and returned to Coffeyville following his discharge. On Oct. 26, 1946, he married Peggy Lorene Smith. He worked for the Coffeyville United Bruck and Tile Co. In 1963, they moved to Burleston where Mr. Maggard worked in construction and later formed a construction company with his sons. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Ronnie E., Bobby L. and Darrel K., all of Burleston, and Barry Dean of Alvarado; a daughter, Shelley Mae of Fort Worth; his father of Crowley, Texas; three brothers, Walter of Coffeyville, Homer of Burleston and Wayne of Alvarado; four sisters, Beatrice Howard of Fort Worth and Marie Leonard, Melvie Barret and Frances Adams all of Crowley; and 15 grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by a son, David Leon. | An early morning fire Monday in a Tri City
home claimed the life of Rachel Maggard, 17. Her father, Cecil Maggard,
and step-mother, Jeanette Maggard, escaped from the burning home. According to Tri City Fire Chief Bob Frame, Rachel was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom when the broke out in the home on Highway 99 in Tri City. Mr. and Mrs. Maggard were sleeping in a downstairs bedroom.BR> Her father said he was awakened by a dog barking and tried to get up the stairs to his daughter's bedroom but was driven back by flames. He went outside to try to get in through a bedroom window, "but flames were coming out the window." He suffered burns on his hands. The Maggard's called the Tri City fire department, which responded at 2 a.m. with two trucks and 16 men.Firemem said flames were shooting from the building when they got there. The fire was contained and extinguished by 7. A brother, Cecil Benton Maggard, 19, was sleeping in a camping trailer just outside the home. The Maggard's escaped from the fir with only the clothes on their backs, losing everything else, including a number of antiques. Frame estimated the loss to the building and contents at $95,000. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but is believed to be an electrical short. The 85-year-old building was originally a prune drying shed which had been converted into a home. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. at the Oakland Cemetery. The Maggards are staying with her mother, Ivy Beals, who lives next door and said they plan to live in their camping trailer until they can find another home. Donations of clothing, furniture and household items for the Maggards may be left at Tri City fire hall or call 863-6871. |
| Sutherlin Child Strangles in Bed | Joseph D. Maggard |
| A four month old Sutherlin child apparently
died of strangulation early this morning when its head accidently
lodged between the mattress and head-board of an adult bed at his
home. Dead was Calvin Eugene Maggard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Maggard. Dr. John Donnelly, county medical examiner, said the child was discovered dead at about 8 a.m. today by his parents. He estimated time of death as 2 a.m. The parents last saw the child alive at 11 p.m. Wednesday. According to Donnelly, the child had been sleeping on the adult-size bed which had a tubular frame headboard. Some how the child's head slipped down between the mattress and the headboard and became caught between two of the tubes. Donnelly ruled it was an accidentle death by strangulation. The child was born Feb. 26, 1961, in Roseburg. He is survived by his parents; a brother, Cecil of Sutherlin; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Baker of Oakland; a grandmother, Vida Maggard of LaRussell, Mo.; and great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Carlton of North Bend. Funeral services are pending at Sutherlin-Oakland Mortuary. | REEDS-Joseph D. Maggard, 70, died at 10:53
p.m. Friday, October 15, 1999, at McCune-Brooks Hospital Skilled
Nursing, Carthage, after a long illness. Mr. Maggard was born Feb. 17, 1929, in Douglas County. He had been a long time resident of the Reeds area. He was employed by Carthage Lime Company, where he worked for 25 years before retiring. He maried Frances Kendrick on Feb. 8, 1986, in LaRussell. She survives. Additional survivors include two sond, Rex Maggard, Carthage, and Clarence Maggard, Reeds; three step sons, Justin Shields, Carthage, Jesse Shields, Neosho, and Doug Shields, Key West, Fla.; three brothers, Cecil Maggard, Hermiston, Ore., Eddie Maggard, LaRussell, and Roy Maggard, Jerico Springs; three sisters, Esther Patrick, Carthage, Beulah Clapper, Pierce City, and Florence O'Sullivan, Ava; and one grandchild. Services were held at 3 p.m. today at the Housh Funeral Home Chapel, Sarcoxie. The Rev. Betty Graham officiated. Burial was in Reeds Cemetery. Nephews served as pallbearers. Carthage Press, |
| Vida Maggard | |
| LARUSSELL, Mo. � Vida Mary Maggard, 90, died at
2:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997, at her daughter's home in Golden
City after an illness. Mrs. Maggard was born Jan. 26, 1907, at Koy City, Okla. She was a longtime resident of the Reeds and LaRussell areas. She was a homemaker and a member of Reeds Assembly of God Church. She married Henry B. Maggard on Nov. 4, 1927, at Salina, Okla. He died May 9, 1954. She married Monroe Maggard on Aug. 14, 1983, at Reeds. He died Oct. 9, 1988. Survivors include four sons, Eddie Maggard, LaRussell, Cecil Maggard, Hermiston, Ore., and Joe Maggard and Roy Maggard, both of Reeds; three daughters, Esther Patrick, Carthage, Florence Sullivan, Golden City, and Beulah Clapper, Pierce City; a sister, Beulah Lynch, Broken Arrow, Okla.; 26 grandchildren; 63 great-grand-children; and 18 great-great grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Housh Funeral Home, Sarcoxie. Burial will be in Reeds Cemetery. The Joplin Globe Wednesday, July 16, 1997 |