Born: Monday, 27 February 1899, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Died: Wednesday, 15 January 2003, Altus, Ok,
Age at Death: 103 years, 10 months, 19 days
Burial: Restlawn Cemetery
OBITUARY:
Earl Prestridge, 103, long time Altus resident,
died Wednesday at Plantation Village Assisted Living Center. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kincannon Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Boyd Whitehead and the Rev. Frank Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow services at Restlawn Cemetery under the
direction of Kincannon Funeral Home.
He was born Feb. 27, 1899 in Pauls Valley, Indian Territory to Charley Henry and Lull F. (Clowdus)
Prestridge, the last of their 14 children. He married Ethel Watson, March 23, 1919, in Anna, Texas. To this union four children were born.
His wife preceded him in death in April of 1963. In August, 1964, he married Opal Drury in Altus. They made their home in Olustee. She also
preceded him in death in December of 1988. He was a member of the Olustee Methodist Church. He enjoyed being around people and playing
dominoes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, son Ray; grandsons Steve Freeman and Larry Dean Goan, great-granddaughter Terasa
Phelps, seven brothers and six sisters.
He is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Kay and Wilson Riley, Altus, Sue and Bon
Castell, Arlington, Texas; Aubrey Smith, Altus; daughter-in-law Susie Prestridge, Richardson, Texas; step-son and daughter-in-law Forrest
and Loryane Drury, Olustee; step daughter-in-law Ida Mae Drury, Olustee; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; ten
great-great-grandchildren and two great-great-great-grandchildren and many friends. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations
be made to the American Heart Association. The family will receive family and friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday at the Kincannon
Funeral Home.
He married twice.
He married Ethel Nora Watson
Marriage: Sunday, 23 March 1919
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Died: April 1963
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He married Opal Drury
Marriage: 1964
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Died: December 1988
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Earl Richard Prestridge and Ethel Nora Watson had the following children:
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Ray9 Prestridge.
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Kay Prestridge.
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Sue Prestridge.
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Aubrey Prestridge.