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Rose J. Blackwell died April 30, 1986, at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was born August 12, 1906, in Graford, Texas, and moved to Drumright with her husband James in 1941. The Blackwells had moved to Meeker, Ok., for a few years and then back to Drumright where they have made their home since.
Blackwell had been active in the Eastern Star, had been a member of Homemaker Extension Club for over 50 years, a member of the UMW and taught Sunday school at the First Baptist Church in Drumright for many years.
Funeral services were held May 3 at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church, Drumright, with the Rev. Chris Tecmire officiating. Music was provided by organist, Doris Brown and volalists were Thelma Black, Dala Seymore and Johnita Leka.
Pallbearers were Bill Blackwell, Jr., Scott, Barry and Steve Blackwell, Greg Gilbert, Monte Moore and Chris Hutchins.
Her survivors include her husband, James of the home; son Bill Blackwell of Shawnee; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter Margaret Jane Rush, a brother and a sister.
Interment was in the Resthaven Cemetery, Shawnee with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Virginia Ann Blair, 18, of Route 2 Mannford, daughter of Henry and Betty Blair, employee of the Aerlex Fireworks, was killed in the plant explosion, Tuesday, June 25, 1985.
Virginia Ann was born at San Diego, Calif. August 20, 1966. She moved to the Mannford area in 1978. She was a graudate of Mannford High School class of 1985.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Jennings at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 28, 1985. Rev. Bill Larsen officiating and assisting was Rev. J.W. Wright. Music was Linda Litterell, soloist, and Cherry Fisher, pianist.
Survivors are her parents, two sisters, Cheryl and Kemberly, both of the home. Grandparents, Mrs. Celesine Blair of Ringling, Ok., Mrs. Diona Reed of Saint Jo, Tex., and Eugene R. Reed of Comanche, Ok. Pallbearers were Jim Litterell, Kile Litterell, Dale Patterson, M.R. Floyd, C.L. Pratt, Lester Sparks.
Interment under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home of Drumright will be in the Reed Family Cemetery at Saint Jo, Tex.
(Note: See "AERLEX" article on "Lyle Ann Shults Histories Collection", this website.)
Mrs. Hazel Pearle Blose, of 521 North Morrow passed away Friday, October 4 at the Drumright Nursing Home.
Mrs. Blose was born August 24, 1905 at Beggs, Oklahoma. She was married to James Newton Blose July 15, 1926 at Beggs, Oklahoma and they moved to the Drumright area in 1945.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, Monday October 7th, 1985 at 10:30 AM. With Rev. Chris Tecmire and Rev. Francis Boyer officiating. Music was by Mrs. Wilma Mills, Organist, Mrs. Thelma Black, Mrs. Dianna Touchstone, Mrs. Dala Seymore.
Casketbearers were Don Lokey, Bill Stevens, Russell Rickner, Wayne Patton, Jeff Hunter, Bob McClain.
Interment was in the South Cemetery, under the Direction of Bailes Funeral.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 20, 1987 in the First Baptist Church, Drumright, at 10 a.m. for James Newton Blose. Mr. Blose died Monday, March 17, at the Drumright Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
Rev. Chris Tecmire officiated at the services. Vocalists were Kathleen Gibson, Jeff Hunter, Diane Touchstone and Bob Ward. They were accompanied by organist, Donna Bell. Serving as pallbearers were Bob McClain, Ben Lacy, Don Lokey, Bill Stevens and Elmer Holder. Deacons of the First Baptist Church were the honorary pallbearers.
James Newton Blose was born December 23, 1899 at Hillsdale, Penn. Jim moved to Oklahoma in the early 1920's and in 1926, he was united in marriage to Hazel Pearl Harvey. Jim was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church. He had served on the Drumright School Board and served as Scout Master. Jim was retired from Sun Oil Company. His wife, Hazel, preceded him in death in October 1985. Jim is also preceded in death by two daughters, Mary Joy Fine and Jimmilee Chastain.
His survivors include his children, William F. Blose, Corpus Christi, Tx.; Carol Blose Kuykendall, Ventura, Ca.; Michael Blose, Stillwater, Ok.; and Volney Blose, Corpus Christi, Tx. Three sisters, Betty Mumau, Hillsdale, Penn.; Marie Rorabaugh, Burnside, Penn; and June Cronley, Brookville, Penn. One brother, Foster Blose, Hillsdale, Penn. Thirteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Drumright South Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Graveside Memorial Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 1987 for Pamela Annette Bohfren. Services were held at the Oilton Cemetery with Earl E. Wooton presiding. Pre-recorded music was played with selections being "Amazing Grace" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee".
Annette was born December 11, 1950 and passed away on March 30, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Ok.
Survivors are one daughter, Jessica Bohfren of Oklahoma City, one brother, Michael Lambertson, also of Oklahoma City and her grandfather, Guy Nelson who is a resident at the Drumright Nursing Home. She also leaves behind a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceeded in death by her husband, Dwight Bohfren, her mother, Patty Spradlin Turner and her maternal grandmother, Jima Spradlin Nelson.
Annette will be missed by all who loved and knew her.
Robert E. Bonham
Robert E. Bonham, age 81, died Thursday, August 20, 1987, in the Drumright Nursing Home.
Funeral services were held Monday, August 24, 1987 at 10 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church with Robert Tupper officiating. Serving as pallbearers were Gerald Wright, Bobby Lloyd, Richard Mangold, Gary LaFollette, Gene Smith and Ray Holland. Honorary pallbearers were Jay Wagner, Claud Morrow, Clyde Coleman, Bill Phoenix, Jim Brittenham, Bill Scribner and Ray Shaw. Music was provided by organist, Mrs. A.C. Wiemer and vocalists, Ijean Formby and Gloria Curry.
Robert Bonham was born February 2, 1906 in Findlay, Ohio and had made his home in Drumright since August 1933. Mr. Bonham was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Drumright Masonic Lodge #468, Past-President of the Drumright Lions Club and the first Cub Scout Master in Drumright. Bob and his wife, Louvia, were united in marriage in 1933 in Sapulpa, Ok. One son, Robert, preceded him in death in 1983.
He is survived by his wife, Louvia, of the home; one daughter, Ila Maddux, Silver Lake, Kansas; two sisters, Mildred Heard, Bartlesville, Ok.; and Martha O'Leary, Sour Lake, Tx.; one step-brother, William Bonham, Huntington Beach, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Interment was in the South Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
T.C. "Doc" Bonner, 321 W. Noble, Cushing, died early Sunday morning, July 27, 1986, in the Drumright Nursing Home at the age of 85.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 30 at 2 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Deller, pastor, officiating.
Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery where he will be laid to rest beside his wife, Mrs. Ora V. Bonner, who died December 15, 1975.
Funeral services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home.
The son of the late J.M. and Mary Elizabeth Bonner, Doc was born March 1, 1901, in Carrolton, Ga., and was reared and received his early education in the northwest Alabama area.
He was married to Mrs. Ora V. Brown on Decmeber 22, 1921, in Hamilton, Ala. The couple honeymooned at Doc's grandfather's home, which has now been restored and is a landmark on a college campus in Georgia.
To this union, two children were born, Mary Francis and T.C. Jr., both of whom were born at Phil Campbell, Ala.
Doc became a Baptist at an early age, joining the church where his mother was organist. Doc was a member of the choir.
Through the years, Doc has been a Mason, he worked in Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma for Shell Pipeline, first arriving in Maude in 1928. He retired for the first time in 1959 from the Shell Plant in Elk City, after working for them for over 31 years.
Besides a background in the oil industry and real estate, Doc worked as a bookkeeper in his father's sawmills and gins, and he once sold auto parts for Ford Motor Co.
After he retired from Shell, Doc and his late wife, Ora, moved to Skiatook where the Bonners enjoyed themselves and watched the world go by.
But Doc found that there was a need for a real estate broker in Skiatook. He enrolled himself in the Oklahoma School of Business Accountancy, Law and Finance in Tulsa, passed the state realtors exam and began selling real estate.
After five years, Doc decided to retire again. He sold out in 1965, moving to Cushing where his daughter, Mary Francis, still lives. Shortly after moving to Cushing, he opened an office to sell real estate, and he was unretired again. He kept his office for several years before selling out to Lee Roy Kalka.
Doc's accomplishments have been overwhelming. In January of 1980, the Cushing City Commission selected him as Citizen of the Year, and he received a plaque and also a certificate from the State of Oklahoma
In December of 1962 he became the first person to be named Citizen of the Year by the Cushing Daily Citizen.
In addition to his church membership, he belonged to the Oklahoma Writers Federation, "Pen Cushings," Cimarron Valley Pioneer Society, Shell Retirees Club, Oklahoma Pioneer Club, the American Legion; he was a member of the Legislative Committee to the State Board of Realtors; chairman of the Public Relations and Publications Committee of the Oklahoma Association of Realtors and a member of many local real estate bnoards throughout the state.
He had been the Home Equity appraiser for the Veterans Administration, Bank of St. Louis, National Bank of Tulsa, Bell Telephone and some national oil companies.
Survivors include one son T.C. Bonner, Jr. of Fort Collins, Colorado; one daughter Mrs. Mary Francis Brown of Cushing; three granddaughters and one great-grandson all of California; three brothers, Madison, William and John Bonner Jr. all of Phil Campbell, Ala., and two sisters Gussie Sherman and Emma Garner both of Phil Campbell, Ala.
Doc was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and two brothers, Oscar and Loyce Bonner.
Funeral services were held January 24, 1987, at the Drumright Free Will Baptist Church for Martha Elizabeth Bookout. The Rev. Jerry Smith officiated. Music was by Leota Fincher at the organ and vocalists were Ray Drake, Doris Shoemaker and Mrs. Earl Judd. She died January 22 at the Drumright Nursing Home, she was 96.
Bookout was born October 20, 1890, in Missouri to the late Thadeus R. and Rebecca Sturdefant. She was united in marriage March 4, 1906, at Ozark, Missouri. Her husband and three children preceded her in death.
Survivors are Elvis R. Bookout of Bakersfield, Ca.; Letha Hicks and Alta Hicks both of Drumright; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Roy Shoemaker, Vernon Turner, Earl Larkin, Bill Hoggatt, Claude Morrow and Albert Rhodes.
Interment was in the North Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
"ILLNESS, ACCIDENTS, DEATH BESET FOLKS IN AND AROUND JENNINGS" by Mildred Chapman
Paul Borghardt, 79, of Drumright, died Tuesday, February 18. Survivors include his wife, Ada, of the home and a daughter, Paulette Fearon of Dallas, Tex.; a brother, Walter Borghardt, Jr., and a sister, Goldie Borghardt, both of Jennings.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Februaray 20, at Chapman-Black Chapel. Interment was held in Jennings Cemetery under direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home of Cleveland.
Thelma Edna Bourn
Thelma Edna Bourn, born July 21, 1910, died at her home early in December.
She and her husband, Gene, were married July 3, 1932, in Oilton.
She is survived by her husband, Gene; son John of Clovis, New Mexico; daughters Neva Jane Williamson of San Antonio, Texas, and Marie Wise of Florida; two brothers; seven sisters; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church, Oilton. Burial was in Oilton Cemetery under the direction of Peck Funeral Home.
Larry Bowers, 18, Route one, Terlton, died at 9:05 Saturday morning from internal injuries he sustained in a one car accident nine-tenths of a mile north of the Creek- Pawnee county line on highway 48 at 7:23 p.m. Friday night.
According to the Oklahoma Highway patrol, Bowers, who was southbound on the highway, run off the side of the highway, over corrected, flipping the car. The car rolled three times, covering 342 feet. The driver was ejected from the car 67 feet.
Bowers, who would have been a senior this fall at Mannford High School, was taken by Tulsa Lifeflight helicopter to Tulsa Hillcrest Hospital.
From The "News Derrick Journal," Drumright, Oklahoma, July 25, 1984
Larry Dale Bowers
Funeral Services for Larry D. Bowers, 16, Route one, Terlton, were held Monday evening at 2:00 at the Lakeside Southern Baptist Church in Mannford. Bowers, who was very active in sports, FFA and Horticulture at Mannford High School, died Saturday morning at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa from injuries sustained in a one car accident Friday night, July 20, on highway 48 just north of the Creek-Pawnee county line.
He was born in Tulsa, October 9, 1967, and grew up in the Terlton area. He owuld have been a senior at Mannford High School this fall. He was employed by Joe Sowersky Paint and Body Shop on Pleasentville Road.
He is survived by his parents, Jack and Joyce Bowers of the home. Two brothers, Terry Lynn Bowers and twin brother, Gary Dean Bowers of the home. Also two grandmothers, Gladys Bowers and Edna Nichols and a grandfather, Harold Quiggins.
The services were officiated by Dr. Vernon Liles. Burial was in the Oakhill Cemetery, Mannford, under the Direction of the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs.
Pall bearers were Dick Austin, Lynn Williams, Gene Gray, Riley Wilson, Terry McLaughlin, Wayne Burtrum.
Claude William Bowman
Claude William Bowman, formerly of Mannford, Okla., died on Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.
He was born in Slick, Okla. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a former member of the Episcopal Church in Sunnyvale, Calif. He worked as a lineman for Pacific, Gas and Electric.
He is survived by a daughter, Linda Pianzini, of Sunnyvale; two sons, Neil Bowman of Orlando and Clifford Bowman of Liberty Drive, Wash.; six sisters: Nellie Cox of Edinburg, Tex., Rosie Duncan of Mission, Tex., Louise Maulding of Gonzales, Tex., Leona Johnson of Moyers, Okla., Margaret Jones of Mannford, and Betty Heltzel of Tulsa; a brother, Floyd Bowman of Tulsa and 10 grandchildren.
Services were held on Monday at the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Chapel at 1:00 p.m. with the Rev. Carl Walter officiating.
Burial followed at the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service.
Horace M. Box
Funeral services for former longtime Mannford resident Horace Milton Box, 79, were held at 2 pm, Monday, September 8, at the Mannford Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Harry Myers, associate minister of the Broken Arrow Assembly of God, officiated, assisted by Mannford Assembly pastor Don Couch.
Charles Blake was organist and Wilma Spess, soloist. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Bobby Hickson and Bradley, Brandon, Preston, Clyde and Shawn Box.
Interment under the direction of the Kennard Funeral Service, Broken Arrow, was in Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Box was born March 28, 1907, in Hartville, Mo., moving with his family to Coweta at the age of seven. He later moved to Broken Arrow, where he married a Mannford girl, Virginia Frances Clegg, on October 15, 1928.
Moving to Mannford in 1929, they remained in the area for 45 years, rearing a family of six children. Mr. Box worked as a roustabout for the Johnson Oil Co. of Cleveland for many years, spending the last 20 years preceding retirement as a pumper in the oil field.
He and his wife moved back to Broken Arrow in 1974, remaining until his death on September 5, at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa.
Survivors include the widow, Virginia, of the home; four sons, Melvin, San Diego, Cal., Gene, Mannford, Bill, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Clyde of Tulsa; two daughters, Maxine Welchel, Torrance, Cal., and Ann Hickson, Coweta; and a sister, Mary Deitmer, Broken Arrow.
He is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
BOYD -- Eva M., 66, of Mannford, passed away Tuesday. Survived by: husband, Homer of the home; 2 daughters, Penny Boren of Skiatook, Pam Langford of Sand Springs; 3 sons, Jim and Dennis Pulliam and Homer Boyd Jr., all of Mannford; 1 sister, Lllis Reece of Rose, OK; 12 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Friendship Community Church, Mannford. Interment Oak Hill Cemebery, Mannford. Ninde 742-5556.
Funeral services for James A. Bradly were held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 2, 1985 at the First United Methodist Church in Drumright.
Jim was born October 3, 1918 in Juneau, Alaska and died April 29, 1985 at the age of 66 years.
Jim had served his counrty during WW II and Korea. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japenses attacked the island. Before leaving the service, Jim had earned the rank of Captain.
Jim and his wife, Colleen, were united in marriage on October 28, 1959, at Drumright, Oklahoma. In May of 1966 Jim and Colleen moved from San Francisco to Drumright to make their home.
Jim had worked on the Drumright Police Department for a number of years and was the Chief of Police at the time of his retirement. At the time of his death, he was working for the Oilton Police Department. He was a member of the Drumright Masonic Lodge and the Guthrie York Rite.
His survivors include his wife, Colleen, of the home; other relatives and many friends. His parents, one brother and sister preceded him in death.
Officiating at his services were Rev. Don Waters and Rev. Robert Tupper. Music was proded by organist Mrs. A.C. Weimer and vocalists Jeff Hunter and Dala Seymore. Pallbearers were Burney Felton, Olin White, Don Gourley, Darrell Newmon, Joe Collins and Charlie Taylor. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers served as Honor Guard.
Interment was in the Fiarlawn Cemetery, Cushing, Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Don Smith Funeral Home.
VERY MARY BRANCH
Graveside funeral services for Vera Mary Branch, Cleveland resident since 1940, were held Tuesday, June 28, 1988, at Woodland Cemetery with Rev. Rick Conway officiating. Interment was under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Vera was born on June 1, 1912, in Walters, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Andrew Branch and Alma Schehrer. Vera was a member of the First Baptist Church. Vera died at the Cimarron Pointe Nursing Center in Mannford, Oklahoma on June 26, 1988.
Survivors include one brother, Clifford Branch of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
Eva Jane Brashears, 83, of Mannford, died last Tuesday afternoon at the Oak Dale Manor in Sand Springs. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Friendship Community Church with the Rev. Gene Varnell officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs.
Mrs. Brashears was born on July 21, 1900 in Thomasville, Missouri and was the daughter of Oscar and Flora Giles. She was a former teacher and a long time resident of the Mannford community.
Survivors include three daughters: Beth Gilreath and Carol Robbins of Mannford, and Glenda Morgan of Sand Springs; two sons, Don and Kenneth Brashears of Mannford; two sisters, Dana Reeves of St. James, Missouri and Jewell Matas of Venice, Florida; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Eva June Brashears, age 83, of Route One, Mannford, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Oak Dale Manor in Sand Springs. Mrs. Brashears was born on July 21, 1900 in Thomasville, Missouri. She was a former teacher and a longtime member of the Mannford Community.
Services for Mrs. Brashears were held Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Friendship Community Church in Mannford with the Rev. Gene Varnell officiating. Interment followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Mannford under the direction of the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Services of Sand Springs.
Survivors are three daughters, Beth Gilbreath and Carol Robins, both of Mannford. Glenda Morgan of Sand Springs. Two sons, Dan Brashears and Kenneth Brashears, both of Mannford.
Two sisters, Dana Reeves of St. James, Missouri and Jewell Matas of Venice, Florida. Fifteen grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren also survive.
Doris Mae Braswell
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 12, 1988 at the Don Smith Funeral Home for Doris Mae Braswell. Officiating was Rev. Bill Presnell.
Doris was born May 25, 1919 and died March 9, 1988 in a Houston, Tx. hospital after undergoing open-heart surgery.
Her survivors include her daughter, Donna Athey, Baytown, Tx. and one son, Johnny Holmes, Haven, Ks.
Interment was in the Oilton Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brewster of Mannford and Mrs. James Ball (Renee Brewster) just returned from Flint, MI, where they attended Mr. Brewster's mother's funeral (Mrs. Mildred Brewster) who passed away April 21, 1987 following a brief illness at the age of 86. She had been planning to attend her grandson John Brewster's graduateion at ORU this Saturday, May 2nd.
Emery Arbuth Bright, age 85, of 1105 E. 7th St., Cushing, passed away Sunday, February 14, 1988 at the Cushing Regional Hospital.
Emery was born September 5, 1902 at Mulberry, Ark. to John E. and Delilah Bright.
He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Richey July 14, 1923 in Tulsa, Ok. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1971.
After retirement from the Gulf Oil, they moved to Cushing in 1960 and then moved to Shidler where he was Minister of the Church of Christ, returned to Drumright in 1967 to serve as Minister of the Broadway Church of Christ and then to Oilton as Minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three sons: W.D. "Bill" Bright of Drumright, Richard Bright of Woodville, Tx., and Tom L. Bright of West Plains, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Padgett of Cushing; ten grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 1988 with Tom L. Bright officiating.
Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Steven Padgett, Bill Stoots, William D. Bright, Jr., Robert Padgett, Terry Bright and Steven Jones.
Interment was in the Bixby City Cemetery at Bixby, Ok. under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Clayton Lincoln Britcher, 75, Big Springs, Texas, formerly of Drumright, died July 10, 1986. He was born September 1, 1910, at Pawhuska, Ok.
He was preceded in death by his wife Lacha Rowland Britcher on November 11, 1956.
Survivors include sons David Britcher of Midland, Texas; Gary Potter of Houston, Texas; Ronnie Barns of Tulsa and Steve Loveland of Cushing. Daughters Wilma J. Spaulding and Patsy J. Deines of Midland, Texas, and Cheryl Bowen of Cushing. Sisters Bessie Gage and Nellie Darnell both of Drumright, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services were held July 12 at the Bailes Funeral home Chapel. The Rev. Francis Boyer officiated. Music was by Leota Fincher at the organ and soloist was Doris Showmaker.
Grandchildren served as pallbearers.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
W.B. "Bill" Broaddus, age 86, of 1011 South Stanely, Stillwater, died Tuesday, August 28 at his home.
Broaddus was born on November 15, 1897, near Spickard, Missouri, and was the son of May Collins and Emily Sires Broaddus. He was united in marriage to the former Carol Beamquard on September 9, 1923, at Oklahoma City.
He graduated from high school in Ames, Oklahoma, and attended college in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was associated with Continental Baking Company in Oklahoma City, Pueblo, Colorado, Davenport, Iowa and Hutchinson, Kansas. In 1947 they moved to Stillwater where he was a grocery salesman for the Ranney-Davis Mercantile Company of Arkansas City, Kansas.
He was a member of the First Christain Church of Stillwater having served as an Elder, president of the Men's Christian Fellowship and president of the Men's Bible Class.
He was a member of Frontier Masonic Lodge number 48; Stillwater Chapter number 14; Royal Arch Masons; St. John's Commandary, number 8 Knights Templer and Stillwater Council number 50, Mystic Masons.
He was a past patron of Stillwater Chapter number 54, Oklahoma Eastern Star; a past watchman of Noel Shrine number 17 and a past royal patron of Stillwater Court number 32, Order of the Amaranth.
For several years he was active with the Order of Rainbow for Girls, serving as a Board Member and a Rainbow Dad.
Survivors include his wife, Carol, and sons W.B. Broaddus, Jr., Mannford, Joe B. Broaddus and Guy W. Broaddus, both of Sapulpa. He leaves behind 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son Howard, who was killed in 1944 during World War II and his parents.
Funeral services for Broaddus were held Friday, August 31, 1984, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church with the Rev. James Cord officiating. Interment followed in the Sunset Memorial Gardens in Stillwater under the direction of Strode Funeral Home.
Friends who desire may make memorial contributions to Judith Karman Hospice, 720 South Husband, Suite 10, Stillwater, OK 74074.
George Ernest Brock, a resident of Drumright for 19 years, died in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa on March 6, 1985. He was 86 years old and a member of the Baptist Church.
He was born in Benton County, Arkansas on August 22, 1898 and married Beulah McCurley on December 20, 1922. He was retired from Johnson Refinery in Cleveland.
Funeral services were held under the direction of Smith Funeral Home at the Oak Grove Baptist Church on Friday, March 8 at 2:00 p.m. with interment at Cleveland City Cemetery.
George Brock III and Lester Lunday officiated.
Marge Candler was pianist and Robert Anett, soloist. Pallbearers included: Bobby Paul Brock, Paul Magdenburg, Bill Candler, Jr., David Wiles, Steve Magee and Jerry Linder.
He is survived by wife, Beulah of the home; sons, Bob Brock of Drumright, George Brock, Jr. of Cushing and daughter, Jo Ann Wiles of Arlington, Texas; brothers, Joe Bob Brock of El Paso, Texas and Vernon Brock of Miami, Oklahoma; sisters, Mary Griffith, Loco, Oklahoma and Kathryn Jande, Duncan, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Elta Opal Brodell, 87, a lifetime Keystone area resident, died January 22, 1984, at the Oakdale Nursing Home, Sand Springs.
Mrs. Brodell was the widow of Arthur C. Brodell, a pioneer educator of Pawnee County.
She was born in Macon County, Missouri, September 22, 1896, the daughter of Urah and Lily Ross, moving with her family to the Ralston territory in the fall of 1902.
Meeting on a student-teacher basis in Ralston, she and A.C. Brodell were married in Pawnee, December 18, 1915.
Her husband had begun what was to be a 53-year career in education in 1911, teaching first at the one-room West Basin star school north of Mannford. He later taught or held supervisory positions at Ralston, Skedee, Keystone (15 years), Sinnett, Rigsby, and Grandview schools before serving as Pawnee County school superintendent from 1967-71. He preceded her in death on December 5, 1980.
A member of the Cleveland First Christian Church and of the Burean Sunday School class there, Mrs. Brodell was a charter member of the Golden Triangle Garden Club.
Known for the beauty of her flower garden, she opened it on annual tours. It was a memory garden to the extent that many plants and flowers growing there were given to her by friends who lost their homeplaces at the time of the building of Keystone Dam. In recognition of her services to the club, she was made an honorary life member.
Known also for her handiwork, some of her quilts were among those displayed at City Hall during Mannford Heritage Day, June 12, 1976. A favoirite pattern was "The Flower Garden."
She is survived by: one daughter and son-in-law, Delores and John Matthews, Cleveland; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; a sister, Nora Hertizler, 104, of Ralston and by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 26, at 10 a.m. at the First Christian Church, Cleveland. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery, under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Contributions may be made in her memory to the Keystone Crossroads Historical Society; in care of President Eddie Thulin, Rt. 3, Box 1, Mannford.
WYNDELL E. BROGDEN
Wyndell E. Brogden, 58, from Terlton passed away August 1. He had lived in the Terlton area for 15 years.
Brogden was born November 9, 1929 in Shawnee and was a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army.
Brogdon graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1952 and married Shriley Vilas in 1973. Brogden was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of the home. Two sons, Theodore E., of Nuremburg, Germany and Stuart L. of Corinth, Texas. Mother, Thelma Brogden of Shawnee. One brother, Weldon Brogden of Weatherford and two grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday, August 2, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home with the Reverend Jack Woolman and Father Gregory Gyer officiating. Interment was at the Ft. Gibson National Cemetery on Thursday, August 4.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, August 17, 1988
Funeral services for Wyndell E. Brogden, Terlton, were Wednesday, August 3, 1988 at 2 p.m. at Chapman-Black Chapel. Father Gregory Gier of Tulsa and Rev. Jack Woolman of Oklahoma City officiated. Interment was in Fort Gibson National Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Brogden died Monday, August 1, 1988 at the age of 58.
He was born in Shawnee on November 9, 1929 to Lloyd and Thelma Brogden. On October 6, 1973 he married Shirley Blias in Tulsa.
He was a veteran of the Korean conflict and Viet Nam war and a retired lieutenant colonel from the Army field artillery. He had been a resident of the Terlton area the past 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley of the home; two sons, Theodore E. of Nuremburg, Germany and Stuart L. of Corinth, Texas; his mother, Thelma Brogden of Shawnee; one brother, Weldon Brogden of Weatherford and two grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations were made to the Bryant Cancer Center, St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa.
Funeral services were held Monday, Auigust 10, 1987 at 10 a.m. in the Smith Chapel for Andy Brooks. Officiating was Rev. Chris Tecmire. Music was provided by Rose Mary Holder and serving as pallbearers were Claude Douglas, Orion Jennings, Claude Morrow, Jack Rogers, Fay Stout and V.A. Wright.
Andy Brooks was born Jnauary 26, 1896 at Cabool, Mo. and died August 8, 1987 at the age of 91 years. Andy moved to Drumright in 1918 and was retired from the Mobil Oil Company after 39 years of service. Andy is preceded in death by four sons, Forest, Lloyd, Kenneth and Andy Jr.
Andy is survived by his wife Cora, two sisters, Myrtle Obluck and Addie Leasure, both of California; six grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and two daughters-in-law.
Interment was in the Drumright North Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the dirction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held for Troy L. Brower, 79, of Pampa, Texas, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church in Cleveland. Interment was in the Woodland Cemetery.
He was born in Blackburn, Oklahoma January 10, 1906 and died Sunday at Pampa. He was 77. He was the son of the late L.D. and Wynona Brower.
On March 8, 1925 he and the former Velma Elizabeth Coast were married at Avant, OK. He was a retired pulling unit driver and a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; sons Donald Leroy of Carlsbad, New Mexico, Bobby Lindsey of Pampa and Danny Eugene Brower of Kiowa, Kansas; brother Arch of Donovan, Missouri, Avery of Watonga, Okla., Dale of Cleveland and Raymond and Harold Brower both of Drumright; sisters Hazel Trisdale of Fairfax, Okla., Norma Gale Clayton of Hamilton, Ohio and Louise Jacobs of Drumright; 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Private funeral services were held for Delbert Elmer Brown on December 28 at 2 p.m. The Rev. Larry Wallace officiated.
Brown was born near Maramec, Oklahoma, December 17, 1927, to Delbert Leo Brown and Eva Elizabeth Marsh Brown.
He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Brown had over 20 years of service in the United States Air Force. He was also a member of the American Legion of Mannford.
He is survived by his wife Bernice of the home; five brothers; three sisters and children, Nadine Bouse of Oklahoma City, Barbara Layton of Pensacola, Fla., Alan Brown of Woodbridge, Virginia, Deborah Lickliter, Brian Brown and Malcom Brown of Olive, Delbert Wayne Brown of Bristow and Mark Brown of Mannford.
Brown was an employee of McDonnell Douglas Corp. in Tulsa.
Grace Ray Brown, 111 East Noble, passed away Friday, October 30, 1987 in the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
Grace was born October 14, 1907 at Ada, Ok. to Junior H. and Nellie Medlock. She was united in marriage to Ivan E. Brown on May 26, 1929 at Shawnee, Ok. He preceeded her in death on May 9, 1976.
They came to Drumright in 1935 to work for Service Pipeline Company. In 1948, they were transferred to Leveland, Tx. until he retired in 1968 and they returned to make Drumright their home. She was a member of the Methodist Church, UMW and was a Past Worthy Matron of Drumright Order Eastern Stars.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Ivan Eugene and Mary Nell Brown of Tulsa; one brother, Leonard Medlock of Newhaul, Ca.; one sister, Mrs. Edith JJohns of Oklahoma City, Ok.; two grandchildren, Marsha Banks of Tulsa and Kevin Brown of Ft. Smith, Ark.; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday, November 2, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Tupper officiating. Music was by Mrs. Arlie Wiemer at the organ.
Pallbearers were Junior Medlock, Kent Montgomery, Chris Villarma, Tony Villamra and Darrell Montgomery.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 24, 1985 at 2 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Drumright for James Jefferson Brown who died December 23, 1985 at St. John Medical Center.
Jeff was born September 10, 1927 at Cushing, Oklahoma and lived in the Drumright-Olive area most of his life. Jeff and his family had lived in Odessa, Texas for the past twenty years, where he had worked and retired from El Paso Products Co. After retirement, they had moved back to Drumright.
James and his wife, Maudine, were united in marriage on June 15, 1947 at Olive.
Among his survivors are his wife, Maudine, of the home, one son Gary William Brown, Odessa, Texas and his grandson, Christopher Brown of Odessa, Texas.
Officiating at his service was Rev. Marvin Boyles. Serving as pallbearers were Jimmy Anderson, Billy Anderson, Mike Matherly, Larry Cook, Carl Cook and Curt Wright. Interment was in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing, Oklahoma with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Word of the death of Kenneth Brown, publisher of the Drumright Journal from 1935 to 1940 has been received here by friends. Following a brief illness, Brown died on June 21 at Chanute, Kansas, where he made his home.
He came to Drumright from Kingfisher where he had been associated with the Kingfisher Times. He and Orville von Gulker, a Drumright High School journalism instructor, published the Journal in the basement of the Canfield Building at 100 East Broadway. It was formerly owned by Ed Little and later by Harrill and Gordon Rockett.
Brown was a charter member of the Drumright Lions Club, organized in 1936, and a member of the First United Methodist Church. The Brown family lived in the 100 block on East Wood Street.
He is survived by his wife, Opal, and a son, Jack, both of Chanute and several grandchildren.
"SILVER CITY AREA NEWS" by Beulah Barnett
My husband John served as a pallbearer for one of our dear friends, Thomas Brown of Oilton. Brown's memorial services were held Tuesday, May 29th, in the Freewill Baptist Church of Oilton. Burial was in the Oilton cemetery. Brown leaves his wife, Lottie, of the home, one son, Billy Brown of Van Buren, Arkansas, and one granddaughter, who lives in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
John M. Browning
John M. Browning, 81, born December 10, 1903 in Olive, Oklahoma to Sherman and Minnie Browning, passed away in the Drumright hospital October 16, 1985.
He is survived by one son J. W. Browning of Oilton, three daughters, Lorene Allen of Liberty, Kansas, Patsy Calbery and Emnea Deeds of Oilton, four sisters, Cara Simmous of Chase, Kansas, Litha Glisson of Midwest City, Essie Hunt of Great Bend, Kansas, Ruby Dean of Great Bend, Kansas, one brother Orville of Drumright. His wife Nettie and son Bobby preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held October 19, 1985 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Oilton, under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
O.E. Brummett
O. E. Brummett, age 69, of Rt. No. 1 Box 316, Terlton, Okla., passed away December 2, 1985 at his residence.
Mr. Brummett was a member of the Westport Baptist Church and a 32 degree Mason in Lodge No. 9.
He was married to Francis Stewart in Sapulpa on November 21, 1940, and was a veteran of World War II.
Mr. Brummett retired 5 years ago from Conners Correctional Institute, at Hominy, Okla. He was born in Gillham, Arkansas on March 26, 1916 to Walter and Edna Roth Brummett.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Francis Brummett, one son, Alan, of the home, one brother, Mr. Dale Brummett of Prue and several nieces and nephews and three grandchildren.
Services were held Thursday, December 5, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Richard McClure officiating, under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, December 14, 1985
O. E. Brummett, 69, Route 1, Terlton, was given graveside rites at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 5, at Woodland Cemetery. The Rev. Richard McClure, pastor of the Westport Baptist Church, officiated.
Mr. Brummett died at 9:15 a.m. Monday, December 2, in his home. He was employed his last five years at Conners Correction Center, Hominy.
He was born March 26, 1916, in Gillham, Ark., to Walter Brummett and Edna Roth Brummett. He was a military veteran of World War II, a member of the Westport Bapitst Church and a 32nd degree Mason.
Before moving to Terlton 10 years ago, he had lived in McAlester and Sand Springs.
Among his survivors are his widow, the former Frances Stewart, whom he married in Sapulpa November 11, 1940. One son, Alan Brummett of the home; one brother, Dale Brummett of Prue and several nieces and nephews.
William Guy (Pappy) Bryan was born to Finis Marion and Martha Ellen Lemmons Bryan on August 29, 1913 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and died March 1, 1988 in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok.
Guy grew up and went to school in Shamrock, Ok. where he was Valedictorian of his graduating class. Guy received his nickname 'Pappy' when he served his country as a Sergeant in the Army Air Force, statoned in Brazil. He was known as 'Pappy' to all the people who were close to him and gave pet hames to them in return.
He worked for years in the oil fields, retiring from General American Oil Company in 1978. Pappy enjoyed being outdoors, camping, fishing and relaxing and made many good friends across the United States.
Guy married Alma Pearl Fillman on February 4, 1942 in Hayes, Kansas. Together they raised five children: Gary, Sue, Pat, Jorg, and Stacy. One baby, Guylita, was stillborn. His life was blessed in enjoying 11 grandchildren: Guylita, Chris, Terry, Brian, Shannon, Troy, Bridgette, Cody, Jaret, Tia and Lantz.
Guy has 1 sister and 1 brother still living: Bess Horton of Maysville, Ok. and Truman Bryan of Kermit, Tx. His children and their spouses are: Gary and Erma Bryan of Missouri; Sue and Jim Harmon of Oilton; Pat and Gary Armstrong of Mannford; Jorg and Jerry Bateman of Oilton; and Stacy and Mike Braswell of Mannford.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 4, 1988 at 10 a.m. in the Oilton First Baptist Church under the direction fo Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
William J. Budnick, 63, former ranger supervisor at Keystone Dam, was given funeral services in Tulsa recently. Stanley Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Death occurred January 15, in Tulsa.
Mr. Budnick took early retirement from the Corps of Engineers two years ago. He was among the early employees at the local dam office.
Survivors in addition to his wife, Patricia, of the home at 1215 South Utica, are three sons, William J. H., Ponca City, Joseph and Michael, both of Tulsa; four daughters, Kathleen Pendergrass, Alice Budnick and Vanessa Brown, all of Tulsa, and Roberta, Glovatsky, Willston, S.D. and five grandchildren.
William Ted Burchfield
William Ted Burchfield, age 63 of Route 3, Mannford, passed away Tuesday, March 17, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.
Mr. Burchfield was born March 31, 1923 at Meeker, Ok. He was married at Drumright August 15, 1941 to Retha Potter. He served in the Marine Corp. during WWII as a Sargeant on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands and the Occuption of China.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 19, at the Shamrock Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Haling officiating.
Interment was in the Shamrock Cemetery under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Bill Otis Burden were held at 2 p.m., Monday at the Church of Christ in Cushing. Ron Babbit officiated and he was assisted by Conn Sadler. Interment was in the Fairlawn Cemetery.
He was born May 29, 1933, to Otis H. and Olive Mae Burden of Shamrock and died November 30 in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 51.
He was a machinist at Dalton Precision and a member of the Church of Christ, Ninth and Linwood, Cushing.
Survivors were his wife Mildred of the home; parents Otis H. and Olive Mae Burden of Cushing and brother Kelly Burden of Agra.
Pall bearers were Benny Vassar, Larry and Garry Jacobs, Jim Shaw, Gloyd (Floyd?) Yendell, and C.W. Cargill.
Funeral services were under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Lorene Burgess
Lorene Ruth Burgess, formerly of McClintock and Olive community passed away in Turbock, Calif. Feb. 3, 1986. She was the daughter of Everett and Viola Alexander.
Her father preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband Samuel J. Burgess of the home and her son and family of Turbock, CA. Also her mother, Viola Alexander, and two sisters Alma Gregory and Fern Anderson all of Calif.
Funeral services were held at the Whitehurst Norton Chapel at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, 1986, with Rev. Robert Reichert of First Baptist Church officiating.
Pall bearers were: Sam Burgess IV, Earl Anderson, Jeff Jenkins, Ed McCart, Steve Miller, Elton Self and Richard Gregory - honorary pallbearer. Interment was in the Lakewood Memorial Park.
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 21, 1987 at 11 a.m. in the Smith Funeral Home Chapel for longtime Drumright resident, John Burk.
John Burk was born April 9, 1894 in Oklahoma Indian Territory and had made his home in Drumright for the past 64 years. John was retired from the Sinclair Oil Company, having gone to work for them in 1932. He and his wife, Susie, were united in marriage on July 18, 1923.
John is survived by his wife, Susie, of the home. Several nieces and nephews, Wallace and Martha Liechti, Idabel, Ok; John and Mary Liechti, Glenn and Maxine Leichti and Sherman and Margaret Morgan all of Liberty, Miss.; Jane Alexander, Oklahoma City, OK; Lorene and Jimmy Bradford, Alice and Everett Crews and Toni and Robert Wilson all of Kansas City, Missouri. Several great-nieces and nephews, Earl and Mary Liechti, Jacksonville, Ark.; Michael Hohn and Debra Weeks, Tucker, Ga.; Sandra and Hugh Randell, Atlanta, Ga.; Georgia, Susie and Jimmy Vickery, Edmond, Ok.; Jackie and David Oller, Oklahoma City, Ok.; and David Alexander also of Oklahoma City, Ok.
Officiating at his services was Rev. Robert Tupper. Organist was Leota Fincher. Serving as pallbearers were Ervin Wright, Jimmy Vickery, David Alexander and David Oller.
Interment was in the Drumright North Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Murrel Lee Burns, 54, of west of Sand Springs, died Tuesday at a Tulsa hospital.
She was born on February 24, 1930, in Bokchito and moved to Sand Springs from that community 37 years ago. She was a Baptist and employed by Kerr Glass Co. for 21 years until she retired in March.
Survivors include her son, Michael Ray Burns of Sand Springs; three grandchildren; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jestice of Bokchito and five brothers, Doyle of Durant, Danny of Cartwright, Jimmy of Bokchito, Glen of Soper and Karl Jestice of Duncanville, Texas.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Limestone Baptist Church of Sand Springs with the Rev. Bill Collins officiating and at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Church of Christ in Bokchito with the Rev. Burton Clark officiating.
Burial was in Bokchito Cemetery with arrangements by Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs.
Oral Burrow, 400 1/2 E. Broadway, Drumright, died in the Drumright Memorial Hospital on November 20.
He was born December 27, 1908, at Pocahontos, Arkansas.
He is survived by a son, Oral Nelson Burrow; brother Paul Borrow of Kellyville and sisters Sally Shaffer of Drumright, Lawanda Mitchell of Van Nuys, Ca. and Erselle Bradbury of Modesto, Ca.
Bailes handled the body, there were no funeral services.
Jess Burton, age 68 of Mannford, died Sunday, September 22 in Cleveland Hospital. He was born February 17, 1917 in Vaughn, New Mexico, the son of Granville and Ellen Burton.
He married Joy Claypool August 12, 1939 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
He was a veteran of World War Two, having served in the U.S. Navy. He was also a charter member of the Mannford VFW Post 7441 and the Sand Springs VFW.
He is survived by his wife Joy; three daughters, Mrs. Ellen Ray of Mannford, Mrs. Zola Guthrie of Cleveland, and Mrs. Melba Burton of the home; two grandchildren Sandra Edward Guthrie of Sand Springs and Jess Edward Guthrie of Sand Springs; one great grandson Matthew Guthrie; four step grandsons, Anthony, Bruce, Jeff and Tom Guthrie; and several step great grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapman Black Chapel in Cleveland. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Mannford. The Rev. J.B. Tiner officiated.
"Jennings Area News Told" by Mildred Chapman
Howard Butler of Eldorado, Kansas, and formerly of Jennings, died Saturday August 2. His wife was the former Hazel Lindon of Hallett. Burial was Tuesday, August 5 in Eldorado. Our sympathy goes out to the family.
ULUS S. BUTLER
Funeral services for Ulus S. Butler of Mannford were Tuesday, September 20, 1988 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church, Mannford, with the Rev. Gary Smith officiating. Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Butler died Saturday, September 17. He was 82 years of age.
The son of Jesse and Emily Butler, he was born in Marshall, Arkansas, November 20, 1905. He married Leonra L. Lewis November 5, 1927 in Tulsa.
Butler was a member of the First Christian Church of Mannford.
Survivors include two daughters, Bethann Greenwood of Mannford and Ruth Muse of Sublette, Kansas; three brothers, Ralph and Norman of Fairfax and Raymond of Topeka, Kansas; four sisters, Opal Bickham of Chelsea, Anna Gill of Tulsa, Drucilla O'Brien of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and Beulah Benson of Odessa, Texas.
Aldo surviving are 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Butler was preceded in death by a son, Donald; a daughter. Bonnie Varnell, and a sister, Naomi Adkin.
From the "Mannford/Lake Keystone News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, September 28, 1988
ULUS S. BUTLER
Ulus S. Butler: Ulus S. Butler of Mannford, OK was born November 27, 1905 in Harrison, Arkansas. He was married to Lenora L. Lewis on November 5, 1927 in Tulsa, OK. Mr. Butler was a member of the First Christian Church of Mannford. He is survived by 2 daughters: Bethann Greenwood of Mannford, and Ruth Muse of Sublette, KS.; 3 brothers: Ralph and Norman of Fairfax and Raymond of Topeka, KS; 4 sisters: Opal Bickhman, of Chelsea, Anna Gill of Tulsa, Drucilla O'Brien of Shrewsbury, MASS. and Beulah Benson of Odessa, TX. thirteen grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren.
One son, Donald, 1 daughter Bonnie Varnell and 1 sister Naomi Adkin preceded him in death.
Dat eof service was September 20, 1988, at the First Christian Church.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, October 5, 1988
Funeral services for Ulus S. Butler were held Tuesday, September 20, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Christian Church of Mannford. The Reverend Gary Smith officiated. Music was provided by Larry Sparkman. Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
P{allbearers were grandsons Stephen Butler, Canton, Texas; Barry Greenwood, Mannford; Jay Muse, Sublette, Kansas; and Ronald Varnell, Tulsa; and great-grandsons Robert Don Gifford, Mannford and Kenneth Carter Jr., Mannford.
Mr. Butler was a retired farmer and a member of the First Christian Church. He was born in Marshall, Arkansas on November 27, 1905 to Jesse and Emily Butler. He married Lenora L. Lewis on November 5, 1927.
Survivors include two daughters Ruth Muse, Sublette Kansas and Bethann Greenwood, Mannford; three brothers, Ralph Butler, Norman; Carl Butler, Fairfax; Raymond Butler, Topeka, Kansas; four sisters, Opal Bickham, Chelsea; Anna Gill, Tulsa; Drucilla O'Brien, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and Beulah Benson, Odessa, Texas; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
William H. Butler, 59, of Mannford was given funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday, December 23, in the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home Chapel, Sand Springs, with Robert Cheek, chaplain, officiating. Burial was in Mannford Oak Hill Cemetery with Mobley-Dodson handling arrangements.
Mr. Butler died at 11:58 a.m. Thursday, December 19, in Bartlett Hospital, Sapulpa.
A refrigeration and air condition repairman, Mr. Butler was born December 8, 1926 in Attalla, Ala. and was married to Clairadell Harper December 8, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nev. A World War II Army veteran, he was a member of the American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors are his wife, Clairadell, of the home; two daughters, Marie Bolton and Sandra Story, both of Gadsden, Ala.; a son, Bill Butler, Mannford; a stepdaughter, Betty Craig, Whitewright, Texas, and a stepson, Randy Smalling, Lompoc, Calif.; three sisters, Coy Wright and Era Bennett, both of Georgia; and Geraldine Gooden of Ypsilanti, Mich.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, January 1, 1986
William H. Butler, age 59, a Mannford resident, passed away Thursday, December 19, 1985 in Bartlett Hospital in Sapulpa.
He was born on June 9, 1926 in Attalla, Alabama, and married Clairadell Harper on December 8, 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Butler was a member of the American Legion and the D.A.V.
He is survived by his wife, Clairadell, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Bolton and Mrs. Sandra Story, both of Gadsden, alabama; a step-daughter, Mrs. Betty Craig of Whitewright, Texas; one son, Mr. Bill Butler of Mannford and a step-son, Mr. Randy Smalling of Lompoc, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Coy Wright and Mrs. Eva Bennett both of Georgia and Mrs. Geraldine Gooden of Ypsicanti, Mich; and seven grandchildren.
Services were held at the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Chapel at 10:00 a.m. on December 23, 1985 with the Chaplain Robert Chuk officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
(Note: Several names are spelled differently in the second obit. In researching, check both spellings. Also note the difference in the birthdates of Mr. Butler.)
Elsie Buxton
Elsie Pauline Buxton, 3840 Tuxedo Drive, Bartlesville, died July 11, 1986 at the Bartlesville Hospital.
She was born at Quay, Ok., June 25, 1919 to Clarence Earl and Gertrude Mae Snider.
Survivors include a daughter Gertrude Martin, Pawhuska, brother Calvin L. Snider and sister Carrie Roberts of Sand Springs; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m. July 14 at the Oak Hill Cemetery with the Rev. George Brock officiating.
Funeral arrangement were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Paul Byrom, 59, of Rt. 1, Cleveland was given last rites at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 2, in the Cahpman-Black Chapel, Cleveland.
The Rev. Edward Zickefoose, pastor of the Keystone General Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in the Dixie Bear Creek Cemetery south of Cleveland with Chapman-Black handling arrangements.
Death occurred Ocotber 30 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Oklahoma City.
He was born in Blackburn, OK., March 9, 1926, the eighth child of Granville and Clara Byrom. During World War II he served three tours of duty in Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge, then later served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and was wounded in the latter. He spent a total of 16 1/2 years in service of his country which he loved.
He was one of seven Byrom brothers to serve their country during World War II. His oldest brother, S-Sgt. Howard Byrom, died in France on June 13, 1944, one week after the Invasion of Normandy. The Mannford American Legion Post, Howard Byrom, No. 179, is named in his honor. One by one, five younger brothers including Paul, answered the call to serve in the US Army and one entered the Marine Corps.
Survivors are two sons, John Paul Byrom and Ricky Charles Byrom, both of Tulsa, and two daughters, Toy and Lisa Thomas, both of Pawnee; three grandsons, five brothers, Raymond of Keysone, Clarence of Keystone, Albert of Sand Springs, Harold of Mannford and Ernest of Cleveland; one sister, Louise Collins of Springdale, Ark.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Mrs. Charles Bolden's brother passed away suddenly. He was Grady Bysart from Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was 72 years old. He was buried in National Cemetery at Fort Smith. Served in the army 21 years. He leaves his relatives and many friends.
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