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RODDY H. CALLON
Roddy H. Callon, 14 year old son of Rolland and Linda Callon, 214 West Laura, Sapulpa, passed away Sunday, September 28, 1986, after an extended illness.
Roddy was an 8th grade student at Lone Star School and an active member of the Lone Star 4-H Club where he won many awards for his work in the arts and crafts program.
Roddy was a homebound student who received tutoring for the past 2 1/2 years from Mrs. Ema Carver of Lone Star School.
In 1984, Roddy was selected as the first recipient of the Tulsa FOP "Make-A-Wish" program. Randy Orandorf, president and Ron Bartmeir, vice president of the Tulsa FOP presented tickets to Roddy and his family for a trip to Disneyland and Universal Studios.
The Sapulpa Sertomas provided Roddy with a personal computer to use while he was a homebound student.
Also surviving are sister Laura of the home, paternal grandparents, the Reverend Rolland D. and Brydie Callon of Broken Arrow and maternal grandmother Mrs. Willene Langston of Mannford.
Roddy had been a patient and friend of Dr. Charles Cooper of Tulsa since his birth on December 27, 1971.
Services were held Tuesday, September 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Mannford.
Any donations to be made should go to the Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police "Make-A-Wish" program.
Kenneth Camblin of Oilton was born in Farrville, Indiana, March 8, 1908. His parents were Artie and Opal Camblin.
Mr. Camblin passed away December 19, 1985 in St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. Camblin is survived by his wife, of the home, and one daughter, Barbara Jean Martin of Cushing. Also two grandsons, Kenneth W. Martin and Gary D. Martin, both of Cushing. Three great grandsons and one great granddaughter. One brother, Bill Camblin and one sister Mary Johnson, both of Hominy, also survive.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Edith Beard Martin, mother of Barbara Martin. Also his parents and one sister.
Mr. Camblin was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church in Mannford.
Camblin had lived in Oilton for 50 years, where he had been involved in business, including owning the Chevrolet Garage and later the Camblin Machine Shop. He had been retired for the past few years.
Funeral services and burial were in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Saturday, December 21, 1985.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, January 2, 1986
Kenneth E. Camblin, 77, retired long time Oilton businessman, was given memorial rites in the Oilton United Methodist Church Monday, December 23, following funeral services and burial Saturday, December 21, in Bartlesville. The Oilton United Methodist Church and the Mannford Lakeside Baptist Church provided dinners for the family.
Death occurred Thursday morning, December 19, in St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, following two surgeries. He had been in failing health for several years.
He was born March 8, 1908, in Farrville, Indiana to Artie and Opal Camblin. At an early age he moved to Oilton where he was in business 45 years, owning and operating the Chevrolet Garage and later Camblin Machine Shop before his retirement several years ago.
Mr. Camblin was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church in Mannford. He was the son-in-law of the Rev. Arthur Babbitt and the brother-in-law of Gene Babbitt, both of Mannford.
His first wife, the former Edith Beard, preceded him in death December 6, 1976.
Survivors include his wife, Esther, of the home; one daughter, Barbara Jean Martin, Cushing; two grandsons, Kenneth W. Martin and Gary D. Martin, both of Cushing; three great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; one brother, Bill Camblin, and one sister, Mary Johnson, both of Hominy, plus a number of nieces, nephews and friends.
Funeral services for Joseph Ralph Campbell, 121 E. Cherry, Drumright, were held January 7, 10:30 a.m. at the Bailes Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Smith officiated; he was assisted by Gary Zickefoose. Interment was in the Oilton Cemetery. Organist was Leota Fincher and soloist was Mrs. Harry Staires.
He was born in Davenport December 23, 1908, and died January 4 in the Drumright Memorial Hospital. He was 76.
In 1930 he and the former Audrey Lee were married at Oilton. He was retired from Mobil Oil and was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church, Drumright.
He is survived by his wife Audrey of the Drumright home; son Donald Ralph Campbell, of Bristow; daughters Edith Carlton of Mannford and Ellen Roach of Oklahoma City; brothers Lonnie of Chandler, Montie of Drumright, Oren of Oilton; Walter of Oregon and John Campbell of Salem; sister, Mrs. Nora Guinn of Shawnee; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Pall bearers were John, Marvin and Harold Campbell and Kenneth, Ralph and Tom Bray.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Monnie Lee Campbell, born October 23, 1905 in Louisburg, Mo. to Lindy and Wood Campbell, died Saturday, April 23, 1988 in Drumright at his home, at the age of 82 years.
Monnie married Ruby Whitsett on June 3, 1927 in Drumright, Ok. Ruby died after 53 years of marriage to Monnie. From this union are three children, Helen Turner of Drumright; Hearld Campbell of Sapulpa; and Linda Cook of Drumright.
Monnie married Sylvia Whitehead on January 29, 1982.
He is survived by Sylvia, his wife of the home in Drumright; his children, Helen, Hearld and Linda; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He is also preceded in death by a daughter, Ellen Deloris.
Monnie started and pastored the Full Gospel Tabernacle for approximately 35 years.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 25, 1988 in the First Baptist Church in Oilton at 2 p.m. under the direction of Peck Funeral Home in Oilton.
Jessie Crystal Canode
Jessie Crystal Canode, 77, a lifetime resident of Mannford born on March 10, 1910, passed away Monday, April 13, in Tulsa, Ok.
Mrs. Canode, a member of the First Baptist Church, was married to George A. Canode on April 1, 1933 in Claremore, Ok.
She spent 17 years with the Mannford Public School System, retiring in 1972.
Services were held on Wednesday, April 15, 2:00 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Mannford, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Funeral arrangments were under the direction of Mobley-Dodson-Lakeside Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Canode is survived by her son, Melvin R. "Johnnie" Canode, and daughter-in-law, Ann, both of Tulsa; one brother, Ira Bud Reed of Mannford; four sisters: Hazel Tate, Lorene Carr, and Daisy Williams, all of Mannford, and Rose Fox, of Sand Springs; one grandson, Melvin H. Canode, Jr.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George, sister Edna LeMasters, and brother Cecil Eugene Reed.
Officiating at the service was the Rev. Al Lendsey and the Rev. Gene Varnell.
Gene Allen Carder, age 50, Rt. 2 Sand Springs, died May 29, 1984, at the family residence. He was born on November 3, 1933 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was married to Beverly Lincoln on June 25, 1955. He was an owner and operator of a body shop.
Survivors are his wife, Beverly, of the home. Daughters, Dawn McMasters of Sapulpa, Leslee Carter of Sapulpa, a son, Ric J. Carder of Tulsa. Sisters are Pauline Tinker, Chouteau, Oklahoma, Maxine Gaines of Vancouver, Washington, Linda Swartwood, Sand Springs, Patty Grandstaff, Sand Springs, Jo Ann Valentine, of Tulsa.
Brothers are Jim Carder, Tulsa, George Carder, Tulsa, Paul Carder of Vancouver, Washington, Bill Carder, Portland, Oregon, Robert (Sonny) Carder, Vancouver, Washington, Jerry Carder of Sand Springs. Five Grandchildren also survive.
Memorial services were held May 31, 1984 at 10:30 a.m. in the Lawnwood Baptist Church in Tulsa with J.C. Morgan officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs.
Decie Cargill
Decie Cargill, 89, passed away on Saturday, April 30, at a Tulsa hospital.
Mrs. Cargill was born on April 16, 1899 in Cotton Plant, Mississippi and moved to Drumright in the early 1920s. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, on November 30, 1964.
Services were held on Tuesday, May 3, 1988 at the Assmebly of God Church in Mannford with the Rev. Don Couch officiating.
Pallbearers were Russell Rhoades, Howard Murr, Joe Suit, Earl Blake, Gary Winans, and Terry McLaughlin.
Survivors include daughters, Opal McBroom, Mannford; Pauline Harowitz, of Sunnyvale, Caif.; Gladys Towers, of Byers, Okla., Juanita Johnson, of Sapulpa, Okla., Margie Camrack, Guthrie, Okla., Louis Cargill Kearney, of Guthrie, Okla.; son John D. Cargill, of Great Bend, Kansas; brothers Alvie Crosby of Mannford and Deward (Jack) Crosby, of Tulsa; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Drumright North Cemetery.
Funeral services were held June 16 at 2 p.m. at the First Assembly of God Church in Cushing for Floyd H. Cargill. He died June 13, 1986, in the Drumright Nursing Home.
Cargill was born April 17, 1911, in Harrison, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County. He and his wife, Pearl, were united in marriage on July 5, 1929, in Sallisaw, Ok., and moved to Drumright in 1934. Cargill had worked in the oilfields in the Drumright area until his retirement. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Cushing.
Officiating at his services were Frank Cargill, Armon Newburn, Phil Webb and John Grace. Serving as organist was Jo Ann Newburn with vocalists the Aldridge family and soloist LaVonna Ward. Pallbearers were his seven grandsons Larry and Terry McLaughlin; Ron, Randy and Russell Dyer and Tony and Andy Cargill.
Cargill is survived by his wife, Pearl, of the home; daughters Odessa Dyer of Drumright and Pat McLaughlin, Cushing; son Frank Cargill, Elk City, Ok.; brothers Clifford, Southgate, Michigan; Levoyd, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Frank Cargill, Taylor, Michigan; sisters Bertha Gooch, Lovington, New Mexico, and Myrtle Clark, Fisk, Missouri; seven grandsons, three great-grandsons and seven great-granddaughters.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Drumright, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home, Drumright.
Faye Odessa Carnahan was born July 29, 1905, near Munday, Texas, moving to Drumright in 1912 with her parents Benjamin and Maude Staton. She died August 21, 1986, at the Drumright Hospital, at the age of 81.
On December 21, 1921, she married Clarence E. Carnahan in Drumright where they have made their home. He died April 5, 1961.
Survivors include sons Jack of Drumright and Bill Carnahan of Woodward; daughter Wanda McQuillen of Drumright; sisters Lillie Mills of Drumright, Martha Prather of Oilton and Rachel Skaggs of Tulsa; eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Bailes Chapel at 10:30 a.m. August 23, with the Rev. Lester Lunday officiating. Music was by Helen Linduff at the piano and Beulah Cargill and Marlin Askin.
Pallbearers were Wilburn Hope, Randall Cargill, Allen Hausner, Merlin Askin, Carson Flewellen and LeRoy Linduff.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, August 27, 1986
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Fay Carnahan died last Thursday. Her funeral was last Saturday. She was a long time resident of Drumright. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Staten. They lived in the Olive community around 1910 or 1915. She leaves three sisters and one brother. Fay had been ill for some time.
Floyd Franklin Carpenter was born April 2, 1902 in Jennings, Indian Territory and died Monday, Sept. 23, 1985 at the age of 83 yrs.
He worked for Sun Oil Co. for 44 1/2 years. Twenty years were in the Yale District. The remaining 24 1/2 years in the Healdton District. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He married Gertrude Clark on March 25, 1921 and she preceded him in death in May of 1938. He married Virginia Conine in August of 1946 in Duncan.
Survivors include his wife of the home; one son, J.B. Carpenter of Freer, Tx.; four daughters, Geneva Butorac of Houston, Tx., Nellie Williams of Houston, Tx., Dean Diamond of Houston, Tx., Doris Wham of Duncan; one brother, Walter Carpenter of Jones, Oklahoma; two sisters, Myrtle Youstsey of Panama City, Florida, Erma Bell Sweet of Panama City, Florida; nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Graveside services for Dorothy Carrier, Drumright, will be held at 11 a.m. March 27 at the North Cemetery. She was born March 28, 1929, at Joplin, Missouri and died at the Drumright Memorial Hospital March 24.
She and Chuck Carrier were married June 27, 1952, at Joplin. In August of 1971 they moved to this community and opened the Town and Country Grocery Store on West Broadway Street in Drumright. He preceded her in death November 5, 1983. At the time of her death she was employed by the Drumright Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Surviving her are a son Norris Lee Carrier of Drumright; daughter Paula Lynn Davis of Tulsa; brother Leon Schumacher of Tulsa and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Joe Donald Carroll were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Olive. Interment was in the North Drumright Cemetery.
Singer was Janet Barnes and piano music was provided by Susie Krug. Pallbearers were Larry Bohanon, Jim Seward, Ben Weaver, Gary Bluejacket, Howard Bryan and Randy Lasler.
Carroll died June 7. He was the shop superintendent for Gates City Steel Company.
Survivors include his wife Reba of the home; son Joe, Jr. of Tulsa; brother Emery of Drumright; sisters Sue Cox of Tulsa, Dorothy Carpenter of Drumright and Lora Mae Lanly of Oregon.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Kenneth Moore's 11th Street Funeral Home.
Sammy Carroll
Sammie Carroll died February 14, 1986 in the Drumright Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Carroll was born May 27, 1921 in Oilton, Oklahoma and had lived in the Drumright area all of her life.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Carroll February 17, 1986 at the Smith Chapel with Rev. George Brock, III officiating. Serving as organist was Wilma Mills.
Mrs. Carroll is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Kyle, Drumright and Nellie Brown, Hutchison, Kansas. Two sons, Robert T. Wise, Drumright and Richard A. Wise, Norman, Oklahoma. Also surviving is her sister, Virginia Brewster, Drumright and one brother, Wallace Carl, Vivian, Louisiana, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Fairlawn Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of Don Smith Funeral Home.
Sheralee J. Carroll, 56, of Mannford, died Wednesday night, January 18, 1984, in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa.
She was born June 22, 1927, in Mannford to Jesse and Ella Hooper.
She was a Special Education Teacher at the Hissom Memorial Center, and a member of the Mannford First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include: her husband Dick; one daughter, Sarah Ann King, Dallas, Texas; two sons, Richard S. Carroll, Fargo, North Dakota, and Capt. Stuart Carroll, serving in the U.S. Army, Ft. Benning, Georgia; one sister, Phyllis Helberg, Stillwater; one brother, Jesse D. Hooper, Midland, Texas; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, January 21, at 2 p.m. in the Mannford First United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Croniger officiating.
Interment followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford, under the directin of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service, Sand Springs.
Funeral services were held January 15, 1987, at 10 a.m. in the Olive First Baptist Church for John Carson, longtime resident of this area. He died January 12 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 80.
Carson was born August 28, 1906, and had lived in this community all of his life, working at cattle ranching and in the oilfields.
Officiating at his service was pastor Larry Wallace. Pianist was Nell Mann and the vocalist was Loy Carroll. Serving as pallbearers were his grandsons, John Hart, Rick Hughes, Max Gibson, Mike Harper and Larry and Kenny Carson.
He is survived by daughters, Louise Hughes and Carolyn Cochran both of Sapulpa, Hazel Hart of Mannford and Julia Harper of Bristow; sons Kenneth of Mannford and John Carson of Hominy; sister, Mae Anderson of Tulsa; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery, Mannford, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, January 21, 1987
JOHN CARSON
John Carson, 80, of Route 2 Mannford died Monday, January 12, at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa.
Services were Thursday, January 15, 10 a.m. at Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Wallace officiating.
Burial was in Oakhill Cemetery, Mannford, under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Drumright.
Casket bearers were Mr. Carson's grandsons.
Mr. Carson was born August 28, 1906, and lived all of his life in the Drumright area. He was a retired cattle rancher.
Survivors include daughters Louise Hughes and Carolyn Cochran of Sapulpa, Hazel Hart of Mannford and Julia Harper of Bristow; sons Kenneth of Mannford and John of Hominy, Oklahoma; sister Mae Anderson of Tulsa; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Clarence Nelson Carter, 66, Route 2 Mannford, died at his home April 29, 1986, after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was born August 6, 1919, at Sand Springs and has lived in this area all his life.
He was married August 17, 1940, at Sapulpa to the former Odie Irene Clay. One daughter Sandra Kay preceded him in death.
Survivors are his wife Odie of the home; sons Roger Nelson Carter of Bristow and Kenneth Wayne Carter of Mannford; brothers Guy of Oregon, Woodrow and Leonard of Oilton, Lawrence of Georgia and Eugene Carter of Mannford; sisters Lorene Moffitt of Oilton, Dora Cummings of Kansas and Beulah Varnell of Mannford.
Funeral services were held at the Mannford Full Gospel Church at 2 p.m. May 2 with the Rev. J.B. Tiner and Rev. Gary Varnell officiating.
Pallbearers were Cecil Watkins, Harold Ledbetter, Harold Flatt, Wayne Foyle, Clarence Collins and Joe Turner.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Nancy Helen Carter, 59, of Mannford, died at 8:58 p.m. in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, following a two vehicle accident which occurred at approximately 5:06 p.m. 1/2 of a mile East of town.
Also injured in the mishap was Donnie Wilkins, 36, of Pryor, the driver of the semi.
Wilkins was traveling Westbound on Highway 51 when apparently the 500 Dodge Turbo Carter was driving pulled out in front of him, according to Mannford Police Sgt. Sonny Nichols.
Cleveland Ambulance responded to the call as Mannford's Ambulance was out on another call at the time, and transported Wilkins to St. Francis. Also transported at the time was a witness to the accident who passed out.
Carter was transported to St. Francis by Lifeflight.
Wilkins was treated for injuries and released at 11:05 p.m.
No citations were issued at the time.
Delorus Cartwright, age 79, of 523 South 47th West Avenue, Tulsa, passed away Wednesday afternoon in the Doctor's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Cartwright was born on July 13, 1904 in Dover, Arkansas and was the daughter of John S. and Teresa Byrd Donley. She moved to Tulsa in 1944 from Drumright, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Calvary Heights Temple in Tulsa. She was united in marriage to J.W. Cartwright and he preceded her in death in August of 1956.
Survivors are five daughters: Pauline Latta of Tulsa, Juanita Sivdon, Rt. 1, Mounds, Jewel Whittington of Sand Springs, Carolyn Lowery, Waukegan, Ill., and Katherine Irland of Tulsa.
Five sons: Fred Cartwright, Norman Cartwright, Charles Cartwright, Loyd Cartwright and Neal Cartwright, all of Tulsa. Also surviving are 30 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 10 great, great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a son and a brother.
A Home going celebration was held Tuesday morning, April 6th, 1984 in the Calvary Heights Temple in Tulsa with Rev. Charles Richey and the Rev. A.M. Minick officiating. Final committal prayers and interment were held Friday, 1 p.m. in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Drumright, Oklahoma under the direction of the Mobley-Dodson funeral service of Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
Norman Cartwright, 73, of 411 S. 45 West Ave., died June 4th of cancer.
Norman grew up in Drumright and graduated from High School in 1932.
He was part owner of Cartwright Feed Mill on East Broadway at that time. He retired from C.E. Valve Company in Tulsa. He had also worked in the shipyards in Richmond, California during World War II.
He was married to Violet Gelushia, who also grew up in Drumright, in November 1932. He was a member of Calvary Heights Temple Church of God in Tulsa.
He is survived by his wife Violet of the home, a son James in California, a daughter Norma Dean of Beggs, Ok., Barbara of Sapulpa, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Floral Haven Memorial Gardens in Broken Arrow.
Graveside funeral services of Alda M. Casey of Cleveland were held Tuesday, June 28, 1988, at Woodland Cemetery with Norman Easter officiating. Interment was under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Alda was born in Ott, Arkansas, on November 9, 1914. She was the daughter of Ben Barrett and Eva Jane Vaughan. On June 26, 1934, in Cleveland, Oklahoma she married James Hurbert Casey. Mr. Casey preceded her in death on January 1, 1963. Alda was a member of the Church of Christ of Cleveland. She died Sunday, June 26, 1988, at the Cleveland Area Hospital.
Survivors include . . . one son; Dennis of Plymouth, Indiana; two brothers Woody Barrett of Cleveland and Ben Barrett of Dallas; two sisters: Ruth Cook and Vesta Cruzen of Cleveland; and four grandchildren.
Arthur D. Casey
Arthur D. Casey, born April 30, 1950, died August 26, 1985 in the Stillwater Medical Center at the age of 35 years. Survived by his wife Linda Casey of the home, six children Lisa Diane, Randy Dean Casey, Gayla Ann Mick, Ralph Eugene Mick, Arthur Dean Swagger and Deana Larine Swagger. His mother Lavine VanHorn, step father Therel VanHorn of Oilton, one sister, Evelyn Amgell and a brother Dwane Casey.
Preceded him in death his father Arthur Randolph Casey in 1958. Arthur worked for the City of Stillwater for 15 years before his illness.
Funeral was held in the Highland Cemetery in Oilton, Thursday August 29, 1985 at 4 p.m. under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
Dwane Casey, born July 10, 1955, to Arthur and Grace died Dec. 31, 1985, in Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, at age 30. Preceded him in death his father in 1958 and his brother, Arthur Dean, in Aug. 1985. Survived by his mother, Grace Lorrene VanHorn, and Step Father, Therle VanHorn, of Oilton. Four nephews and three nieces.
Funeral services were held Friday Jan. 3, at 2:00 p.m. Graveside rights in the Highland Cemetery Oilton under direction of Peck Funeral Home in Oilton. Officiating, James Peck.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., June 4 at the Oilton First Baptist Church for Ethel Beatrice Casey. Interment was in the Highland Cemetery, under the direction of the Peck Funeral Home.
She was born May 19, 1916, in Alabama, and died June 2, 1986, in the Cushing Regional Hospital, she was 70. Ethel and Delbert Casey were united in marriage November 10, 1932 at Oilton.
Survivors are her children Delbert, Fuchsia, Charley and Donald all of Oilton and Ella Gear of Silver City; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three brothers and five sisters.
She was preceded in death by her husband Delbert Casey, brother James Smith and daughter Jo Ann Green.
Ada M. Castleberry died Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital Funeral services were held Saturday, November 30, at the Smith Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jim Franklin officiating. Wilma Mills served as organist. Pallbearers were Sid Parks, Virgil Anderson, Eddie Mattox, and Harvey Robertson.
Ada was born on March 3, 1905 at Yale, Oklahoma and had made Drumright her home for the past forty years. Ada and her late husband, James J. Castleberry, were united in marriage in 1935 at Cleveland, Oklahoma. James preceded her in death on October 2, 1984.
Her survivors include one daughter, Kaye Leggett, Arizona, one son, Joe Doug Castleberry, Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Four grandchildren, Cynthia Leggett and Derek J. Leggett, and Ginger and Jill Castleberry, and several nieces and nephews. Two daughters, Bettie Jean and Lynda Castleberry died in infancy.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held October 6 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Smith Funeral Home for James J. Castleberry of Drumright. The Rev. Henry Braisher officiated. Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Drumright. Organ music was provided by Wilma Mills.
Castleberry was born to James William and Alice Ledora Castleberry October 14, 1911, in Ballenger, Texas. The family moved to Arkansas and then settled in Drumright, Oklahoma, in 1918.
He attended the Drumright public schools, elementary through high school.
He and the former Ada Cable of Yale, Oklahoma, were married in 1935. To this union were born four children, Bettie Jean and Lynda who died in infancy and Alice Kaye and Joe Doug.
Castleberry worked for various oil companies and retired from the Drumright Gas Company in 1979 with 30 years of service.
He was a veteran of World War II having served with the Army in the South Pacific.
Castleberry died October 2, 1984, following a lengthy illness.
Survivors include his wife Ada of the home; daughter Alice Kaye Leggett of Florence, South Carolina; son Doug Joe Castleberry of Sand Springs; three grandchildren; brother Joe W. Castleberry and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Sid Parks, Eddie Mattox, Charles Randall and Melvin Whetstine.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
"Oak Grove News" by Helen Linduff
Funeral services for Mr. Archie Raymond Cather, 82, were Monday, August 26 at the Hallett cemetery.
Mr. Cather passed away last Thursday in the Cushing Regional Hospital following a brief illness.
Mr. Cather is a brother to Lonnie Cather and an uncle to Marilyn Robinson.
James J. Cathey, age 90 of 424 South Layton, passed away at the Cushing Regional Hospital Saturday November 23, 1985.
Mr. Cathey was born January 24, 1895 at Shawnee Town, Illinois. His parents were John I. and Julia Buskill Cathey. He came to Oklahoma with his family in the early 1900's. Jim served in Company H 19th Infantry during W.W.I., after which he returned to work for Texaco Oil Company until his retirement.
After the death of his first wife in 1965, he married Mrs. Fenton L. Billings on October 4, 1966 at Drumright, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Braodway Church of Christ, and a member of the Senior Citizen Kitchen Band.
He is survived by his wife of the home, two daughters Lorene Tempone of Santa Rosa, California and Mrs. Edna Lemons of Alberquerque, New Mexico. One sister, Mrs. Pearl Mensah of Cherryvale, Kansas. Two stepchildren Mrs. Loraine Mutz of Yukon, Oklahoma and John M. Billings of Spring Hill, Florida. Seventeen grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday November 26, 1985. Officiating was the Minister Frank Williams and Bill Smith of Oklahoma City.
Pallbearers were Herbie Cathey, Ronnie Cummings, Bob Edwards, Jimmy Cummings, Jeff Baskin, and Brandon Cummings.
Interment was in the Bristow City Cemetery at Bristow, Oklahoma under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
"Silver City Area News" by Beulah Barnett
We lost another old timer. He was Mr. Roy Cavins of Oilton. Mr. Cavins lived to be 90 years of age. Mr. Cavins' memorial services were conducted in the Lakeside Funeral Chapel in Sand Springs. I knew Mr. Cavins when I was a very young child growing up in Sand Springs. Mr. Cavins' wife, Josephine, preceded him in death about 20 years ago.
Mr. Cavins was a long time employee of the Sheffield Steel Mill until retirement. Roy and Josephine lived on a farm near the Keystone area. In later years Mr. and Mrs. Cavins owned and operated a cafe in the Oilton area. Mr. Cavins leaves one son, Roy Jr. and a lovely daughter-in-law, Donna, and many good friends over a very wide-spread area.
Glen Lowell Chambers age 48 of Rural Route 2, Sand Springs died Monday afternoon, August 27 (1984) in the St. John's Medical Center, Tulsa.
Chambers was born on November 17, 1935 in Sand Springs and was the son of Lowell Howard and Hazel Guynn Chambers. He was united in marriage to the former Nina Burgess on May 13, 1965, in Sapulpa. He was affiliated with the Baptist Church and the Keystone C.B. Breakers. He was assistant dispatcher to the Keystone Volunteer Fire Department. He was a retired Operating Engineer at Hissom.
Survivors include his wife, Nina, of the home, his son Robert Chambers, of the home, sisters Rosina Harris, McAlester, Louise Wagnor, McAlester, Eunice Campbell, Hugo and Patricia DiChristiafino, also of McAlester.
Brothers include W.J. Chambers, Broken Arrow, Clyde M. Chambers, Hugo, Warren B. Chambers, Sand Springs and Gene Chambers, Sand Springs.
He was preceded in death by a son Steven Eugene Chambers and his parents.
Funeral services for Chambers were held Wednesday morning, August 29 at 10 a.m. in the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Chapel with Martin Potter officiating.
Interment followed in the Woodland Cemetery in Sand Springs under the direction of the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs.
Lois Bell Gosnell Chambers
Lois Bell Gosnell Chambers, 65, of Tulsa passed away on Sunday, November 3, 1985. Mrs. Chambers was a Tulsan for over 40 years.
She is survived by her husband, Osbie Earl, of the home, a daughter, Mrs. Pat McElhannon of Tulsa, one son, Donald Boswell, of Tulsa; two brothers, John D. and Rev. J.B. Tiner, both of Mannford, two sisters, Bonnie Hensley of Winnewood, OK and Iva Cooper of Wetumka, OK.; three step-daughters, Margaret Lowe of Sapulpa, Patricia Stienberg of Jenks, and Earline Young of Sand Springs; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 5, at the Mannford Full Gospel Church. Interment will be in Woodland Cemetery in Sand Springs.
Mrs. Chambers was born on Sept. 9, 1920 in Elmore City, OK to John Lemual Tiner and Sarah Bell Bullard Tiner.
Funeral services for Francis Moss Chance, 411 S. Skinner, Drumright, were held on January 22, 2 p.m. at the Broadway Church of Christ. Ron Babbit, minister of the Cushing Church of Christ, officiated. Interment was in the Drumright North Cemetery.
Chance was born June 6, 1897, in Minter, Texas, to Daniel Boone Chance and Elizabeth Chance. He received his education in Paris, Texas, where he lived most of his childhood.
He died January 19 following a brief illness. He married his childhood sweetheart Dessie Smith on October 1, 1914, in Hugo, Okla. She preceded him in death in 1967 after they had been married over 53 years. Two brothers also preceded him in death.
Chance came to Drumright in 1942, being transferred from Shidler, Okla., with Sinclair Oil Co. He had served as a warehouseman and office clerk for 38 years, he retired in 1962 and has remained in the Drumright area.
He was an active member of the Church of Christ for over 50 years and was in the ministry for more than 30 years. He is survived by one daughter Judy Hutchison and three grandchildren all of Cushing.
In 1968 he married Cletty Watts of Shamrock, Okla. She preceded him in death in 1978. Of this marriage there were three step-sons, R.L. Watts of Edmond, Okla., Lowd Watts of Catoosa, Okla. and Wayne Watts of Tuscumbia, Ala. and one step-daughter Cleo Snell of Drumright.
He is now survived by his present wife, Effie, of the home. They were married in 1980.
Of this marriage there were two step-children Sylvia Brewer and Lacy Crist both of Los Banos, Calif. and one step-son Hubert Roberts of Albuquerque, N.M.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Carmen Lita Irene Chandler, born March 20, 1932 in Welty, Ok. to Millie Blanche and Harvey Thelbert Chandler on August 24, 1951 in Cushing, Ok. From this union is one son, Steven Dwayne Chandler of Oilton.
She is survived by her Baker, died in her home Tuesday, April 19, 1988, at the age of 56 years.
Carmen married Cramer of Oilton and a brother Tom Baker of Maramec, Ok.
She is preceded in death husband, Thelbert; son Steven; granddaughter Nikkl; a sister Anna Mae by her Mother and Father.
Funeral services were held Friday, April 22, 1988 at 2 p.m. in The Freewill Baptist Church in Oilton, under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
(PLEASE NOTE: This obituary is very jumbled up. I have retyped it exactly the way it was printed, and though it doesn't seem to make much sense, it does furnish names for further research.)
Clay C. Chandler, 80, 301 N. Pennsylvania, died April 19, 1986, at the Stillwater Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born October 22, 1905, at Bixby Ok.
He married Jessie Irene Sparks October 20, 1957, at Yuma, Arizona. They moved to Drumright in 1967 after their retirement.
Survivors are his wife Jessie of the home; sons Curtis and Benny of Carson City, Nevada, Harold of Los Angeles, Calif. and Richard Chandler of Rio Linda, Calif.; step-sons Robert of Chattanooga, Tenn. and Raliegh Kuhn of San Diego, Calif; brother Vernon Chandler of Drumright and sister Mrs. Opal Tibbett of Big Springs, Texas.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. April 21 at Bailes Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Larry Wallace, minister of Olive Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in Euchee Valley Memorial Park under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Vernon Turner, Seba Whitehead, Dean and L.C. Smith, Ralph Walls and Larry Chandler.
Funeral services for Charles Ray Chesmore, 49, 419 S. Skinner in Drumright, were held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 2, 1987 in the Linwood Chapel of The Hackler Funeral Home in Cushing.
Dr. James Reynolds, pastor of the Cushing First Baptist Church, was the officiant and burial was directed in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of The Hackler Funeral Home.
Military burial rites were conducted at the graveside by the VFW Post 1118, McWhorter-Weston of Cushing.
Chesmore died Friday morning, February 27, 1987 in the Drumright hospital following an illness of one year.
Chesmore was born October 13, 1937 in Agra, the son of James Chesmore and Vera (Blair) Chesmore. He was reared as a young man in the Agra community, attending the Agra Public Schools and graduating with the class of 1956.
He entered the U.S. Navy that same year, serving in active duty until 1958 and then remaining on inactive status until 1960.
He met and later married the former Carol Ballard on May 7, 1960 in Cushing. They made their home there and he was employed for a number of years by the Burkey Creamery.
For the past two years, the family has made their home in Drumright.
Chesmore was a member of the Park Place Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Carol, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Angela Thompson, Joplin, Mo.; one son, Jody, of the home; and two grandsons.
Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and Monday until the service hour.
Eva Lucille Chickering, 814 North Center Street, passed away in the Cushing Regional Hospital on October 24, 1987 at the age of 83.
She was born May 27, 1904 near Doughtery, Ok. Her parents, James and Mary Robinson, proceed her in death.
She was married in 1921 to Martin Hoyt Roubinson. To this union was born six children. Martin passed away in 1951. She was married to Mike Chickering on September 10, 1956 at Bristow, Ok.
She had been a member of the Church of the Nazarene since 1934. She worked in the Shipyards during WWII and was active in her community operating a nursing home or caring for the sick in their homes.
Survivors are her husband Mike of the home; three sons, Martin Hoyt (Pat) Roubison, Jr. of Sapulpa; Harold Edward Roubison of Andrews, Tx.; Marvin Howard Roubison of Dale, Tx.; three daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Havens of Brownwood, Tx.; Mrs. Deanie McGuire and Mrs. Babe Margaret Womble both of Odessa, Tx.; 13 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. A brother-in-law, Harry Sebastian of Lewisville, Tx.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie Robison and a host of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Church of the Nazarene, at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 26, 1987 with the Rev. K. Ray McDowell officiating.
Pallbearers were Haskell Offutt, Leslie Hazlip, Lawrence Matherly, Robert Hazlip, Kenneth Wilson and Lucian Reasnor.
Interment was in the North Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Ova Lee Clanton of 320 West Walnut in Drumright, Oklahoma passed away April 18, 1985 at Cushing Regional Hospital.
Ova Lee Clanton was born February 13, 1903 at Sunbright, Tennessee to Samuel G. and Tempa Ida Hall. She came to Oklahoma with her family as a child. Married Ned Clanton in 1924 at Oklahoma City and moved to Drumright in 1925, from Yale, Oklahoma. Her husband preceded her in death on November 15, 1975.
She was a 50-year member of the United Methodist Church and was active in several Civic Clubs including the Eastern Stars while her health permitted.
Funeral services, under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home, were held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the United Methodist Church - Rev. Robert Tupper officiating.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were: P.J. Stephenson, Cleo Hutchinson, Bill Scribner, Tom Caldwell, Lucian Mills, Dick Facker. Honorary pallbearers were: Charlie Daniel, Doyle Watson, A.B. Phillips, Haskell King, Jerome Cargill, A.D. Martin.
Her survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Betty Jeanne Stephenson of Drumright; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Oma Ranson and Mrs. A.D. Martin; and one brother, James D. Hall.
Funeral services for Betty Louise Clark, 59, Joplin, Missouri, were held recently at the Mason-Woodard Mortuary Chapel in Joplin. She died in the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa following a sudden illness. Clark is a former Drumright resident.
Gerald Griffin, officiated with Forrest G. Baile assisting. Interment was in Stone Cemetery, east of Joplin.
Clark was born June 25, 1925, in Glenpool, Oklahoma. She had lived in the Joplin area for a year, moving there from Midland, Texas, where she had lived for 31 years. She was a geological secretary for Ralph Lowe Petroleum and Flagg Red Firm Oil Company, retiring in 1980. She was a member of the Racine Christian Church. She married Jack D. Clark on December 1, 1944, in Drumright, Oklahoma.
Survivors other than her husband include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Coodey, Joplin; son George Clark, Conroe, Texas; daughter Patricia Paulk, Midland; brother Jack P. Coodey, Joplin; sister Lois Fine, Duncan, Okla. and five grandchildren.
Charles Raymond Clark, Holdenville, 74, died Monday there. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Church of God, Holdenville. The Rev. Jim Hudson will officiate. Interment will be in the Holdenville Cemetery.
Clark was born April 12, 1910 at Oilton. He had been a resident of the Oilton and Drumright areas before moving to Holdenville in 1950. He and the former Opal Lena Devers were married in Drumright, July 4, 1934. He is retired from the American General Oil Company of Texas.
He is survived by his wife Opal of the home; sons Raymond of Oklahoma City, Elton of Oilton, Johnny of Harrah and Henry Clark of Holdenville; daughters Mae Simmons of Okmulgee, Ruby Mason of Borger, Texas and Neva Rinehart of Oilton; 21 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and sister Olive Whitehead of Oilton.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Hudson Funeral Home of Holdenville, Oklahoma.
Graveside services for Grace Alma Clark, 621 W. Walnut, Drumright, were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Vamoosa Cemetery in Vamoosa, Oklahoma.
She was born to the late Andrew Jackson and Louezar Thomas on August 25, 1898 at Ada and died February 14 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital. On March 19, 1917, she and Edgar Andrew Clark were married at Ada.
Prior to coming to the Drumright area she was a resident of Pawnee, Rock, Kansas.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Her grandsons served as pallbearers.
Survivors include a son Bobby Gene Clark of Drumright; daughters Christina Daugherty of Drumright and Mable Bruno of Shawnee; brother Rupert Thomas of Konawa; sister Ethel Clark of Ada; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Services were held Friday, July 12, in Pawnee for Victor M. Clark who died July 9, 1985 in Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital. He was born to Elmer Lloyd Clark and Emma Grace Long on April 10, 1917 in Pawnee, Oklahoma and had lived most of his life there.
He had been a member of the Methodist Church since early childhood, and had served in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. He had also followed various rodeo circuits early in life and at one time he rode with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. He had operated various businesses in Pawnee and in Stillwater, and later became best known for his Bar-B-Q. He was named "Bar-B-Q King of Oklahoma," by the State Legislature a few years ago.
He was preceded in death by his father Elmer Clark, his sister Hazel Scott and his wife, Rozella Clark.
Survivors include his daughter Mrs. Miles (Nancy) Tucker of Mannford, Oklahoma, his son William Clark of Norman, Oklahoma, his mother Grace Glass of Pawnee, a sister Virginia Manning of Houston, Texas, two grandchildren, Danina and Christopher Tucker, three nieces and one nephew.
Margaret Ann Clay, age 86, widow of the late Dennis Howe Clay, passed away Thursday, March 5th at the Drumright Nursing Home. She was known as "Maggie" by all her friends, was born August 14, 1900 at Joplin, Missouri. Her parents Stonewall and Florence Green and a brother Hice H. Green also preceded her in death.
Margaret and Dennis were married January 1928 at Joplin, Missouri. Dennis passed away February 15, 1982. She was a member of the First Christian Church, order of the Easter Stars, and the Amaranth Chapter in Stillwater.
Survivors include nephews LeRoy Catron, Marvin Catron of Tulsa, Don Catron, Florida, Fred Catron of Dallas, Texas, Charles Culp of Drumright, and two nieces Mrs. Carrol Hatch of North Hollywood, and Mrs. Margaret Ann Maidwell of Fullerton, Calif.
Funeral Services were held Monday, March 9, 1987 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of the Greenhill Mausoleum, with the Rev. Bob Davis officiating.
Entombment was in Greenhill Mausoleum under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
On February 13, at the age of 47 Charles Royce Clemens died. He was born July 24, 1937, in Cushing Masonic Hospital to Roy Clayton and Clara Mallow Clemens. He spent most of his childhood in Cushing, Oklahoma, moving to South Bend, Indiana in 1950.
He served in the United States Navy from January 31, 1955, to June 18, 1958. After leaving the Navy he moved to the Clemens farm east of Oilton.
On August 31, 1963, he married Carolyn Weaver. To this union was born two children.
Clemens is survived by a son, Charles Royce Jr. and one daughter Rebecca Lynn, both of the home and his mother Clara Clemens of Oilton.
In November 1982 his father preceded him in death.
Services were directed by the Peck Funeral Home at the Cimarron Valley Church of God at 1 p.m. on February 15. The American Legion Steele-Turner Post 98 conducted graveside military rites at the Brook's Cemetery east of Oilton.
Funeral services for Nelson Lee Clement, Oilton, were held August 23 in the Chapel of the Bailes Funeral Home. The Rev. Loyd Robertson officiated, he was assisted by Jimmy L. West. Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Oilton.
He was born November 28, 1906, at Lindsay, Oklahoma, and died August 21 in the Drumright Hospital.
He and the former Cora Evelyn Poole were married November 14, 1942, at Alliance, Nebraska.
He is retired from the oil field, having worked for Drumright Well Service and Lease Service in the past. He was a member of the Church of God of Apostolic Faith.
Survivors include his wife Cora of the home; son Thurman Clement of Oilton; daughter Jean Cornett of Pomona, Fla.; sister Mrs. Eddie Gray of Seminole; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Junior Stokes, Claude Douglas, Gunnar Bosquez, Mark and David Tolbert and Robert Bozworth.
Funeral services were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
Lula R. Clinkenbeard, born Dec. 9, 1898, died in the Doctors Hospital Tulsa Sept. 25 at the age of 86 years old. Preceding her in death was her husband Henry Clinkenbeard, father and mother Jery and Alice Rush; three sons, Virgil, Marvin and Jack Clinkenbears; one daughter, Thelma Hodges. She is survived by 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Church of God in Oilton Friday at 10:30 a.m. Officiating was Rev. Bill Ryan, under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
Daniel Cloud Jr. age 37, died June 16 at 11:45 p.m. in Bristow.
He was born February 10, 1948 at Boley, Oklahoma. He is the son of Daniel Cloud, Culver City, California and Nellie Jones, Bristow.
Other survivors are wife Lucy of the home and sons David, Galen, Billy, also of the home and Daniel Shelton of Drumright. One daughter Jennie of the home. Three brothers Chapman Cloud, of Bristow, Stephan of Falls Church, Va., Benny Cloud, Tulsa. One sister Marilyn Cloud, Okmulgee.
He was a member of the Indian Baptist Church, Okmulgee. Was employed by State Wide Services of Broken Arrow.
Funeral services were held Thursday, June 20, at 2:00 p.m. at Schumacher Funeral Home Chapel.
Interment was in the Johnson Family Cemetery under the direction of the Schumacher Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Olen Lee Cobb, 59, Route 2, Cushing, were held at 10 a.m., August 4, 1986, in the Linwood Chapel of the Hackler Funeral Home.
Burial was in the family plot at Euchee Valley Memorial Park.
Cobb died Friday afternoon in the Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital following an illness of several months.
The son of Watson and Josie (Henderson) Cobb, he was born March 14, 1927, at Rush Springs, Okla. He was raised as a young man in Yukon, Okla., attending schools there.
He met and married the former Maxine Barker on January 31, 1953, in Oklahoma City and they made their first home there. He entered the United States Army in 1945, serving until 1952.
Following his discharge he worked in the construction business, moving the family to Cushing in 1969. He continued in the construction business until his illness forced retirement this past spring. He was a member of the Myrtle Masonic Lodge in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include his wife Maxine of the home; daughters Connie Sue Cobb of Oklahoma City and Lana Ledean Cobb of Drumright; son Roy Dean Cobb of Drumright; sister Mamie Lee Kolar of Yukon and one granddaughter.
At the time of his death he was the owner of Cobb's D-X in Drumright.
Private services were held Tuesday, August 11, 1987 at 5:30 in the Don Smith Funeral Home for Mildred D. Coker. Mrs. Coker died August 10, 1987 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital. Officiating was Rev. Chris Tecmire.
Mildred Coker was born April 5, 1903 in Aurora, Nebraska and had made Drumright her home for the past ten years, after moving here from Panama City, Florida. She is preceded in death by her husband, Olive G. Coker. She is survived by her nephew, Bill Peck, San Diego, Calif.; one brother, John Lulow, Eden, Idaho; and one sister, Leonra Peck, San Deigo, Calif.
Committal services were held Thursday, August 13, 1987 at 2 p.m. in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Panama City, Florida with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Adrian Uel Cole, 620 W. Federal, Drumright, were held on January 11 at the West Broadway Church of Christ. J.T. Marlin officiated. He was assisted by Mack Lyon. Interment was in the Little Cemetery at Little, Okla.
Cole was born in Stradford, Oklahoma, August 23, 1932 and died at the Oklahoma City Presbyterian Hospital on January 8.
He was the minister of the Drumright West Broadway Church of Christ.
He is survived by his parents George and Irene Cole of Yale; his wife Nora of the Drumright home; son Roy Cole of Edmond; foster daughter Kathy McAlister of the home and one sister Ruth Shelhope of Midwest City, Okla.
Pallbearers were Les Dinwiddie, Gene Barnes, Roscoe Vaughn, J.C. Cooper, Harold Nichols and Floyd Mizell.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
COLE -- Minnie Robbins, 91, Sand Springs, passed away April 6, 1988. Born South of Old Mannford in 1894 in Indian Territory. Survived by: daughter, Vera Holley, Sand Springs; son, Virgil Cole, Tulsa; 1 remaining sister, Fanny Taylor, Pampa, TX; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Chapel. Interment Woodland. Mobley-Dodson, 245-6644.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 21, 1986, at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church, Drumright, for Bobby Gene Collins. He died October 18 at his home in Bixby.
Officiating at his service was the Rev. Chris Tecmire, with music provided by organist Wilma Mills and vocalists Jeff Hunter and Thelma Black. Serving as pallbearers were Thomas Moore, Bobby Hunziker, Burt Laffoon, Bobby Whitton, Luke Mills, Vernon Hall, Wesley Cook and Bob Shelton.
Collins was born at Earlsboro, Oklahoma, September 19, 1931, to the late Budley and Neva Collins and moved with his family to Hominy in 1946, in 1958 he moved to Drumright where he remained until a year ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Shamrock.
His survivors include his wife Joe Ann Collins and sons Gaylen and Brian and daughter Neva Collins all of the home. And additional children Mrs. Gary (Kathryn) Buffalo of Tulsa; Fletcher and Fredrick of Drumright, Forrest of Cushing and Fleming Collins of Norman; a brother Gerald Collins of Drumright; a sister Mrs. Ernest (Wanda) McHugh of Bixby and three grandchildren, Amanda Buffalo of Tulsa; Fredrick Dunlap of Shawnee and Taria Collins of Drumright.
He was preceded in death by his parents Budley and Neva Collins.
Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery, Drumright, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Jessie P. Collins, 304 S. Penn, Drumright, were held July 17th at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Bailes Funeral Home. The Rev. James Kelley officiated. Interment was in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole. Wilma Mills provided the music.
She was born in Woods County, Texas, on January 16, 1897, and died July 15. She was 87.
Collins was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church, affiliated with the Easter Stars and past president of the BPW Club. She has been a resident of this area since 1927 having moved here from Texas.
Survivors include sons Howard Pryor of Drumright and William of Houston, Texas, and Dave Kestler of Jacksonville, Texas; daughters Virginia Kestler and Betty Miller of Drumright; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Charles Stephenson, Jack James, Tom Caldwell, Dr. Russell Godtel, Jack Walters and Hugh Elledge.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
William Conner born Feb. 18, 1925, died Nov. 13 at his home south of Oilton.
Survived by two sons, Bill and Bobby Conner of Cleveland, three daughters, Sandra Harmon of Tulsa, and Katy Lucas and Carlenda Cox of Cleveland. Four brothers, Theodore, Walter, Earl and Jay; one sister, Violet Papplewell, also 9 grandchildren.
Bill was a Marine in WWII.
Funeral was Nov. 18 at Graveside Been Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, at 2 p.m. Officiating was Rev. Mike McKnight, under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, December 4, 1985
William Conner, born Feb. 18, 1925, died November 13 at his home south of Oilton.
Mr. Conner is survived by two sons, Bill and Bobby Conner of Cleveland; three daughters, Sandra Harmon of Tulsa, Katy Lucas of Cleveland, and Glenda Cox also of Cleveland. Three brothers Theodore, Walter and Earl; two sisters, Violet Popplewell and Fay Killingsworth, and also 9 grandchildren.
Bill was a Marine in WWII. The funeral was November 18, 1985 at Graveside Bear Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma at 2 p.m. Officiating was Rev. Mike McKnight, under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
Funeral services were held Monday, February 10, 1986 in the First Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. for Grace Darling Cook. Grace died at her home February 8, 1986 after a short illness.
Mrs. Cook had made her home in Drumright since 1922. Grace and her late husband, Ripley E. Cook, were united in marriage on May 24, 1922 at Chandler, Ok. Grace was active at the Senior Citizens Center in Drumright and was a member of the Drumright First Baptist Church.
Officiating was Rev. Chris Tecmire with music provided by organist, Wilma Mills and vocalist, Bob Ward. Serving as pallbearers were Wesley Sparks, Don Turner, Buddy Sparks, Roger White, Lewis McClain, and Loren Guyer.
Those surviving are her daughter, Jackie Drew, Coyle, Ok., two sons Robert Cook, Savannah, Georgia and Roland E. Cook, Drumright. One son, Ronald V. Cook preceded her in death. Also surviving is one sister, Beulah Thomas Belton, Texas and one brother Nolan T. Vinson, Cushing, Ok. Ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Flynn Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
John Cook
Funeral services for Stillwater resident John Cook, were held Wednesday, September 21, at 2 p.m. at Strode Chapel Limited, with Larry Eslinger, of Mehan Church officiating. Interment was held at the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home.
Cook died Sunday, September 18. He was 99 years old.
Cook was born on August 4, 1889 in Blairsville, Georgia. The son of Ancell Mountreville and Elizabeth (Walker) Cook. He married Emma Allie Stoneburner in Stillwater on February 12, 1918.
Cook was a truck driver for the City of Stillwater for many years and he also worked for Tripplett Transfer and Storage.
Survivors include three sons, Troy of Stillwater, John of Mannford and Wesley of Tulsa; five daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Spangler of South Carolina, Mrs. Alene Radford of Ponca City, Mrs. Elsa "Connie" Schooley of Ingalls, Mrs. Kenneth (Fern) Ellington of Ingalls and Mrs. Imogene Synos of Bartlesville; 22 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Cook was preceded in death by his wife, two brothers, one sister, two sons and two daughters.
Memorials may be made to the Family Memorial Fund in care of Strode Funeral Home, P.O. Box 487, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076.
Kenneth Cook
Services are pending at Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home in Bristow for Kenneth Cook of Olive who died Saturday.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, February 3, 1988
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Mr. Kenneth Cook passed away recently. His funeral was held in Bristow and was buried in Mannford. He leaves his wife, Marquett, lots of friends and relatives. His wife was Ted VanMeter's daughter. They had been married 19 years. When he retired, they moved back to Olive. She attended school here.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Rilla Lula Cook, 94, of Route 2, Cushing, were held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 4, 1988, at the Followers Church with Gale Ladd officiating. Burial was conducted in the Flynn Memorial Cemetery under the direction of the Hackler Funeral Home.
Casketbearers were Leo Meyer, Raymond Cook, Wesley, Cook, David Arnold, Larry Cook, Joe Frazier, Dale Moffitt and Tommy Elsheimer.
Prelude and postlude were provided on piano by Ruby Gooch, who also accompanied Gayla Bray as she sang, 'Safe In The Arms of Jesus' and 'Will The Angels Come For Me.' She also sang 'Amazing Grace' at the gravside.
A native of Oklahoma, Mrs. Cook was born in Clayton on December 15, 1893, the daughter of the late Frank Davidson and Nellie Ladd Davidson. She was raised near Stillwater.
On January 8, 1913, she was married in Stillwater to Carl Willard Cook, who preceded her in death in 1938. She continued to live in the Cushing and Drumright area until her death on April 2.
Survivors include three daughters: Mrs. Mellie (Lincoln) Ritter of Cushing, Mrs. Leta (Loren) Frazier of Drumright and Mrs. Wilma (Bud) Moffitt of Wellston; three sons: Ralph Cook, Doyle Cook and Alvin Cook, all of Drumright; three sisters: Pearl Leonard of Lubbock, Tx., Hazel Courtright of Fayetteville, Ark., and Eula Pierce of Lamont, Ok.; one brother: Dwight Davidson of Milwaukee, Ore.; 26 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters, one brother and twin daughters.
Funeral services for Alden Barry Coon, 66, who lived off Speck Wright Road, Rt. 1, Mannford, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 5, at Moore's Southlawn Chapel, 51st and Memorial. Jim Reynolds, Congregatonalist minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, under direction of Moore's Funeral Home.
Mr. Coon was found dead at the door stoop of his home Monday, December 2, about 5 p.m., shortly after he had started to put up outdoor Christmas lights. The medical examiner upon preliminary examination attributed the death to a heart attack or stroke. Mr. Coon had been hauling wood and doing other chores earlier in the day and it was initially believed he may have overdone himself during the cold weather.
He had retired two years ago as director of purchasing at Dresser Engineering in Tulsa.
Born in Oak Park, Ill., November 22, 1919, he was graduated with high honors from Lake Forest, Ill., a prep school outside Chicago and later was graduated from Princeton University's Class of 1943 as a pre-medical student. He served three years during World War II in the US Army and instead of finishing his medical school course after service, he took a job with Quaker Oats Co. in Chicago.
The Coon family moved from Akron, Ohio, to Oklahoma in 1953 and from there to Mannford in the spring of 1980.
Among organizations to which he belonged was the Princeton University Club.
Surviving is his wife, Janice "Penny" Coon of the home. The couple was married December 28, 1941, in Alton, Ill. Mrs. Coon has been employed the past 27 years as manager of Russell Stover Candies in Utica Square, Tulsa.
Other survivors are two daughters, five granddaughters, two step-grandsons and two sisters. Daughters are Patricia Ann Ward, who formerly taught Mannford fifth grade but now teaches in Bartow, Fla.; and Lynn Dugan, who lives next door to her parents. Sisters are Dorothy Sime of Chanute, Kan., and Margaret Cockrell of Richardson, Tex.
Roy Delton Copeland, Sr. was born to Melissa and Henry Copeland on March 16, 1891 in Louisiana and died on October 1st in the Drumright Nursing Home at the age of 96 years.
Roy married the former Beulah Mae Patterson in Hominy, Ok. and lived around Oilton for years. Roy and his wife Beulah had three children: Roy D. Copeland, Jr. of Hominy; Dorothy L. Atkinson of Tulsa; and Thomas Copeland, now deceased. Roy is also survived by four sisters, Esther Melton; Alma Blakemore; Mae Hewitt; and Ethel Fraley; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Roy is preceded in death by his wife, Beulah, and one son.
Roy was the Creek County Commissioner for over 25 years.
Funeral services were Monday, October 5, 1987 at the Oilton First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. under the direction of Peck Funeral Home, Oilton.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, October 7, 1987
The following letter was given to us by Dona Smith following the death of Roy Copeland on October 1, 1987. We would like to run it again as it did in 1976.
Dear Editor:
I am enclosing a short tribute to a man I believe to be a true rarity in these times. I know I am only reflecting the views of everyone who knows Roy D. Copeland. I have been privileged to know him for but ten short years and I know there are citizens of Creek County who have known him for fifty years or more.
Obituaries are fine, but it seems to me that they fall far short of an honest compliment to a person who is still living and in complete control of all his senses. Roy Copeland is the kind of man who loves people and I believe it would make him very happy if we were to tell him how much we love and appreciate him for the years of honest service and compassionate treatment he has given us.
Most of us have had at least one personal experience which has affected our lives to the extent that we feel compelled to relate the experience to our closest friend, our spouse or our parents.
Well, I've revealed this experience to my wife, my sons, my daughters and many of my friends and acquaintences. I still have a compulsion to tell everyone and I've taken this approach to satisfy the compulsion. I want to tell the people of Creek County about a wonderful man that lives among them. I want to tell them about my neighbor, R.D. "Roy" Copeland.
Roy and my own father were born on March 16th. Roy in 1891 in Louisiana and my father in 1885 in Montana. I lost my father on Christmas Day, 1943. I found my father's smile, his goodness and his companionship again when I met Roy Copeland in August, 1966.
In July, 1966, I bought eighty acres on the Cimarron inlet to the Keystone Reservoir. I found the rustic, rolling terrain and foliage of the area very appealing and a real departure from the forests of marble and granite which make up Washington, D.C., from whence I had just come. I wanted to get back to the soil again and I wanted my younger son of ten to participate in the development of the land. I had no idea at the time that our biggest harvest would be the friendship of our new neighbors on the Cimarron -- Roy Copeland and his wonderful wife, Ottie.
During the ensuing ten years there have been countless opportunities to observe Roy's lifestyle and the ways he treats others.
I watched him successfully overcome the sorrow and lonliness brought about by the loss of his wife and constant companion. Ottie's death occurred shortly after his decision to retire from public life as County Commissioner, District 2, Creek County. Her death nullified all of their post retirement plans and created an awesome void in his life. His character, faith and fortitude served him well and he came through those trying days in a manner befitting a person twenty or thirty years his junior.
I continue to renew my faith in humanity as a result of his friendship. I have seen others respond to and emulate his Christian ways. He truly lives by the "Golden Rule" and his conduct "rubs off" on his associates.
Roy will be 86 years old on March 16. I know few of 86 years who can match his mental alertness and physical condition. He allowed me to see the written medical report he received from his physician in Tulsa after his last annual physical examination. Penciled in after the signature block were the following words, "It is a pleasure to associate with such a distinguished gentleman. I don't know what you have been doing through the years, but whatever it is, keep it up."
I hope this letter is published because I know there are hundreds - yes, thousands - of people in Creek County who feel as I do. I want to say it for all of us and I want to say it now! Thank you, Roy. Thank you for being what most of us would really like to be -- an honest, kind and compassionate human being. We love you!
W.T. "Bill" Wilborn
P.O. Box 651
Oilton, Ok.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, October 28, 1987
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Mr. Roy Copeland passed away. He was a patient in Drumright Nursing Home. He was 96 years old and was the Creek County Road Commissioner for 25 years. He was a good honest man. No one else would run his office so he filled in as long as he was able. He leaves three sisters, all in their 80's and other relatives and lots of friends.
Raymond Nelson Cornish
Raymond Nelson Cornish, born August 22, 1919, in Fairvalley, Oklahoma, to Pearl and Frank Cornish, died August 9, in the VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, at the age of 68 years.
Raymond married Minerva Blevins on September 1, 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is survived by seven children: Dan of Amarillo, Texas; Vean of Clovis, New Mexico; Delno of Mannford, Billy of Mannford; Tommy of Mannford; Randy Smith of Wichita, Kansas; Ricky Smith of Wichita, Kansas; his wife Minerva of the home in Mannford; 16 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren; one brother, Frank, Jr., and two sisters Faye Isenbart and Blanche Behren.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, one sister Nina May Denley. Raymond was a veteran of World War II. He entered the service on Nov. 12, 1940, and was discharged June 15, 1945. Battles and campaigns: in Normandy Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes Central Europe. He received the following decorations: The American Defense Service Ribbon, Eame Service Ribbon and a Silver Service Star.
The funeral was August 11, graveside in Oak Hill Cemetery in Mannford under the direction of Peck Funeral Home of Oilton.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Sapulpa at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 30 for Mrs. Leo Cornwell, formerly Mildred (Bobbie) Katz. She was a resident of Sapulpa and died in Tulsa on Saturday, July 17. She was the sister of Mrs. Don King and mother of the former judge, Lester Henderson.
Donations can be made to "Leader Dogs for the Blind" at 1039 S. Rochester Road, Rochester, Michigan, 78063.
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Sarah Corsaurt died in her sleep last Thursday night. She is the former Sarah Dailey, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dailey.
Clara Cox
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 18, 1985 at 10 AM in the Oilton Church of Christ for Clara Helen Rush Cox. Clara died November 14, 1985 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
Clara was born May 9, 1909 at Siloam Springs, Arkansas and had lived in Drumright for the past 30 years.
Clara and her husband, P.D. Cox, were united in marriage on October 17, 1929. Her survivors include her husband, P.D. Cox, of the home, one daughter, Wanda White of Sapulpa, two sons, Bill Cox, Midland, Texas and Joe Cox of Drumright. Eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. One sister, Ada Douglas, Drumright and several nieces and nephews.
Officiating were Sonny Pope and Frank Williams with Vernell Edicott, Lenora Hester, Ina Barnes, Wilma Tucker, and Helen Bowling serving as vocalists. Pallbearers were Timothy White, Steven Cox, Gary Demeter, Tom Hammock, Mike Hammock and Danny Cox.
Interment was in the Oilton Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Jerimy Wayne Cox, 3 year old son of Daniel Wayne and Cheryl Sue Cox of 528 North Ohio Street, Drumright, passed away Saturday, July 27, 1985 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital. Jerimy was born at Stillwater, Oklahoma on July 8, 1982.
Survivors are his parents; one brother, Joshua Cox of the home; grandparents, Joe F. and Janice Cox of Drumright; also Bob and Sue Hunt of Oilton; great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. P.D. and Clara Cox of Drumright; Mrs. Roma Martin of Boise City, Oklahoma; also Faye and Leon Hunt of Longdale, Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at the First Baptist Church, with Rev. Chris Tecmire officiating. Music was by Mrs. Diane Touchstone, soloist and Mrs. Dala Seymour at the organ.
Pallbearers were Joe F. Cox, II, Billy E. Hunt, Bobby L. Hunt, Jr., Leslie L. Hunt.
Interment was in Jennings Cemetery at Jennings, Oklahoma under the directon of Bailes Funeral Home.
Mary Ellen Mizer Cox
Mary Ellen Mizer Cox, 55, passed away May 6, 1985 at 6:00 p.m. in her home at Austin, Texas. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 9, 1985 at Central Assembly of God. Burial will be in Austin, Texas.
Survivors include her husband, Jack of the home, one daughter, Barbara Rhodes of Cushing and one grandson, J.D. Rhodes of Cushing. Maternal parents Mr. and Mrs. Noah Mizer of Cushing and two sisters Opal Wilburn of Healdton and Jay Noltensmeyer of Cushing.
"Oak Grove News" by Helen Linduff
Our sympathy to the family of Maxine Coyner.
Funeral services for Maxine Coyner, 47, were held Friday, February 3. She died Tuesday, January 31, 1984.
Survivors include her husband Duane Coyner of the home, three daughters Holly Ammons, Pawhuska, Trina Ham, Drumright and Terri Inlow, Cushing. The Coyners are former Oak Grove residents.
Services for Betty Delores Cramer, 39, Route 1, Sand Springs, were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Fisher Pentecostal Assembly of God Church. Rev. Walter Bledsaw officiated.
Cramer died Wednesday at a Tulsa Hospital after suffering an apparent heat attack. She was born in Oilton, January 18, 1945 and lived in the Sand Springs area for several years. She was affiliated with the Fisher Pentecostal Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include her husband, Melvin Cramer of the home, two daughters, Teresa Whittington of Sapulpa and Melvina Cartwright of Sand Springs. One sister, Marie Devine of Sand Springs and a brother, Gerald Haile of Mannford.
Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford with the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs in charge.
Two Creek County residents drowned in a farm pond near Bristow last week.
James T. Crawford, 43, and his grandson Isreal Crawford, 2, were found dead last Wednesday in a pond approximately three miles north and a mile west of Bristow, according to Creek County Deputy Bill Burtchett.
Burtchett said Crawford's wife called the sheriff's department at 7:03 a.m. Thursday when she became concerned that her husband and grandson had not returned from checking a trot line in a pond Wednesday night.
"At 8:30 p.m., or 9:00 p.m. (Wednesday) they went to check trot lines in a farm pond on their property," Burtchett said.
He said the small boat Crawford and his grandson were in apparently capsized.
Burtchett said Creek County Lt. Jim Pinson discovered the body of the child about 10 feet from the bank of the pond at 7:20 a.m., and Crawford was found dead about 20 minutes later with assistance from the Oklahoma Lake Patrol.
He said Crawford's body was found underneath the small boat with his legs entangled in fishing line.
Mrs. Dovie Ann Creekmore, age 80, passed away on October 21, 1987 at the Stillwater Medical Center.
She was born January 5, 1907 near Garfield, Arkansas. She came to Oklahoma with her parents, the late John R. and Victoria Dawson.
She was married December 6, 1922 in Jenks, Ok. to Charlie E. Creekmore and they moved to Drumright in 1944.
She is survived by 139 loving descendents, including: her husband, Charlie E. of the home; 5 sons, Lonnie, Dewey, Clifford and Charles of Drumright and Ted of Tulsa; 3 daughters, Lucille Elliot of Cushing; and Lela Robinson and Shirley White, both of Drumright; 35 grandchildren, 87 great-grandchildren; and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by one grandson and one great-grandson.
Funeral serivces were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 24, 1987 in the chapel of Bailes Funeral Home with the Rev. Theo Aguilar officiating.
Pallbearers were Daryl, Jeff, Rick, Dewey and Kenny Creekmore, Kenny White, Donald Mills and Timmy Robinson.
Interment was in the North Cemetery in Drumright, Ok. under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, 1987, in the Assembly of God Church, Drumright, for Veda Mae Creekmore. Officiating was Willis Creekmore. Serving as pallbearers were Bobby Castro, Jimmy Randall, Jr., Danny Castro, James Dalke, Moses Price and Harold Brown, Jr.
Veda Mae Creekmore was born March 18, 1922 in Stewart County, Tennessee and died August 17, 1987 at the age of 65 years. Veda and her husband, Lonnie, were united in marriage on March 18, 1944 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They had made their home in the Drumright Community since 1975.
Veda is survived by husband, Lonnie, of the home, four children, Connie Castro, Mansfield, Tx.; Brenda Rusco, Drumright; Darrell Creekmore, Drumright, and Linda Marvelli, Ontario, Calif. Her brothers, Millard Selph; Stewart County, Tenn.; Eldon Selph, Kentucky; Carey Selph, Tenn.; Harold Selph, Erin, Tenn.; and Gordon Selph, Clarksville, Tenn. Three sisters, Estelle Moore, Nashville, Tenn.; Wildon Stanfield, Clarksville, Tenn. and Eva Nixon, Chickasha, Ok. Fourteen grandchildren, three step-children and eight great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Shamrock Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
John Crosby, of 5059 West Admiral in Tulsa, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, December 5 at 2:15 a.m. at the Homestead Nursing Home in Tulsa.
Mr. Crosby was born at Vian, Oklahoma on August 31, 1901, the son of Robert David Crosby and Mary Etta Wesson Crosby.
Survivors include one sister, Decie Cargill of Mannford, two brothers, Dew and Alvie Crosby of Tulsa. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mammie Crosby.
Oma Crosson
Oma Fox Crosson, 76, mother of a Mannford resident, was given funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, in the Cleveland Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Dan Edens officiated.
Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, under direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Mrs. Crosson died May 30 in the Cleveland Hospital. She had been a resident of Cleveland most of her life. She was born June 26, 1909 in West Plains, Mo., to Andy J. and Ida M. Crider Fox. Mrs. Crosson was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors are two sons: Maurice Morley of Weatherford, OK., and Richard Crosson of Mannford; and four daughters, Lorraine Cochran of Cleveland, Louise Tillery of Bakersfield, Calif., Margaret Young of Cleveland and Ruth Martin of Seminole; two brothers, George Fox of Lafayette, La., and Andy Fox of Seminole; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
George Perry Crupper
Mannford resident George Perry Crupper died Wednesday, November 2, at his home in the Mannford area. Crupper was 73 years old.
Crupper had been a resident of the Mannford area for 14 years, moving here from Oklahoma City where he spent 31 years. Crupper was a retired layout man for Flint Steel, and a member of the Lakeview Christian Church.
Survivors include wife Creta, of the home; one son, Perry of Ft. Gibson; one daughter, Cathy Elliot aof Mannford; one brother, Jim of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Ruth Davis of Tulsa, Vionne Minnick of Afton and Dorothy Elston of Pittsburg, Kansas; and two grandchildren.
Services were held on Friday, November 4, at the First United Methodist Church in Mannford. The Reverend Robert Hough officiated.
Interment was at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore with Musgrove-Marriott-Smith Funeral Home providing the services.
Billie Ruth Cundy
Billie Ruth Cundy, 57, of Mannford, died Sunday in Mannford.
She was born on June 29, 1929 in Weleetka.
Survivors include her husband, Earl J. Hartley of the home; four daughters, Judith Power of Tulsa, Lydia Ruth Barnes of Vicksburg, Miss., Melinda Joy Cundy of Sand Diego, Calif., and Debra Kay Martinez of Riverside, Calif.; three sons, Marion Leon Grant of Oceanside, Calif., Eugene Willie Grant of Wilmington, Calif., and Kenneth Wayne Carpenter of Oklahoma City; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and three brothers, Jim R. Harrison of Yucca Valley, Calif., Gene Harrison of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Gerald Harrison of Tulsa.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Mannford with arrangements by Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service of Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
CUPP -- Carl W., 76, long time Tulsa resident passed away Monday. Recognized as Mr. T.G. & Y. after working with them for over 50 years. Member of Chancelor Choir of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, Charter member of East Tulsa Kiwanis, 32nd Degree Mason. Survived by sons: David Cupp of Bedford, TX, Major Robert Cupp, Grisham Air Force Base, IN; sisters, Edna Bowers, Choctaw, OK; Edith Goodson, Gilroy, CA; grandchildren, Robert Cupp II, Brian Cupp, both of Mannford, Shanda Danielle Cupp of Bedford, TX. In lieu of flowers make donations to Endowment Fund, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Boston Avenue Methodist Church Sanctuary. Interment Memorial Park. Tulsa Whisenhunt Funeral Service, 592-3666.
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