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"Oak Grove News" by Helen Linduff
Sympathy to the Everett Ruel Ladd Family. Ruel age 50, a former Oak Grove student and resident was found deceased at his home 412 N. Little, Cushing, Sat. Feb. 1.
Graveside rites were held at 2 p.m. Mon. Feb. 3, 1986, at Flynn Memorial Cemetery with Gale Ladd officiating.
Survivors include his son; Daryn Ladd of Pasadena, Calif. two daughters, Darla Love of El Dorado, Kansas and April Ladd of Leon, Kansas, a brother Gale Ladd of Oak Grove and two grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his parents, one sister, and one brother.
Funeral services for Mr. George Elno Ladd, 29 (59), Oklahoma City, were held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 3, 1985, in the Memory Chapel of Fairley-Hackler Funeral Home with Rev. Don Drydan, pastor of the Cathedral of Praise Church in Oklahoma City officiating.
Special music was provided by Mrs. Holly Myrick as she played the organ prelude and postlude. Mrs. Myrick accompanied soloist Norman Ladd as he sang "In the Garden" and "How Great Thou Art."
Serving as casketbearers were Norman Ladd, Donnie Patterson, Shawn Ladd, Jack Talley, Larry Myrick and Dale Haskin.
Interment, under the direction of Fairley-Hackler Funeral Home was in the Flynn Memorial Cemetery.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Ladd was born November 18, 1925 in Drumright, the son of the late Everett and Hestel (Petterson) Ladd. He was reared and received his early education in the Drumright and Oak Grove area.
After graduating from High School, he attended Oklahoma State University for one year. He served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. Following his honorable discharge, Mr. Ladd returned to Oklahoma where he worked as a salesman, last employed with the Evans Furniture Company in Oklahoma City for several years.
He was a member of the Cathedral of Praise Church in Oklahoma City.
Mr. Ladd died Wednesday, May 1, 1985, at 6:40 p.m. in the Rose Wood Manor Nursing Home in Norman.
Survivors include his son, Gregory Ladd, Cushing; two brothers, Ruell and Gale Ladd, both of Cushing, and two grandchildren, Jana and Patti Ladd.
(Note: this newspaper article stated Mr. Ladd's age as 29. Obviously that is wrong, given his date of birth.)
Funeral services for Georgie Irene Glass Ladd, 418 N. Ohio, Drumright were held at the chapel of the Smith Funeral Home on Monday at 2 p.m. Earl Judd officiated. Wayne Franklin was vocalist and Wilma Mills organist. Interment was in the North Drumright Cemetery.
Ladd was born December 12, 1905 in Lynchburg, MO and died Friday in the Drumright Memorial Hospital, she was 78.
Since 1921 she had been a resident of this community.
She and Irvin Earl Ladd were married September 21, 1949 at Cushing. He proceded her in death in 1968.
She was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.
She is survived by sons Merit J. and Leonard L. Glass both of Drumright; daughters Ida Bell Glass of Drumright and Mary Ann Morrow of Bristow and one grandchild.
Pall bearers were Russel and Claud Morrow and Claude Hicks.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Graveside services were held Thursday, December 24, 1987 at 10 a.m. at the Drumright South Cemetery for longtime Drumright resident, Ethel Nadine Laffoon, with Rev. Francis Boyer officiating.
Ethel Nadine Laffoon was born May 25, 1925 in Drumright and died December 22, 1987 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital. Nadine had made her home in Drumright all of her life and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother.
Nadine is survived by one son, Henry Gene Laffoon; one brother, John Warren of Wynnewood, Ok.; and one sister, Bonnie Piefrey of Mounds, Ok.
Interment was in the Drumright South Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
A Tulsan who was once a copy editor for the Tulsa World died when he was struck by a Union Pacific freight train Tuesday night, Tulsa police said Wednesday.
The body of Bill Joe Lambert, 55, was discovered about 4:50 a.m. Wednesday when it was spotted by someone aboard a Burlington Northern train, said Tulsa Police Sgt. John Bowman.
Investigators believe Lambert was walking close to the passing train about 12 feet north of First Street on Guthrie Avenue about 6:40 p.m. and was somehow knocked under the train, dragged 88 feet, and dismembered, Bowman said.
Employees aboard the Union Pacific train apparently were unaware of the accident, Bowman said.
Lambert worked at the Tulsa World for seven years as an assistant city editor and copy editor beginning in 1964.
He also published Oklahoma Football magazine from 1967-68.
After quitting the World in 1971, he briefly operated a newspaper distributorship in the Mannford area and worked as an editor at a Wichita Falls, Texas, newspaper.
Lambert return to Tulsa in the early 70s, where he held a series of odd jobs.
Lambert resided at the Tulsa Outreach Home, 523 N. Boulder Ave.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War.
He is survived by a daughter, Lora Del Mayes, Sand Springs; a sister, Roberta Davis, Midland, Texas; his father, Joe Lambert of Hobbs, N.M., and a granddaughter.
Services for Lambert were Friday in the Taylor Memorial Baptist Church in Hobbs, N.M. Burial followed in the Prairie Haven Cemetery under the direction of the Griffin Funeral Home.
Sharon Kay Lane, 24, wife of Jeff L. Lane, died October 27, 1986, in the City of Faith Medical Center in Tulsa following a lengthy illness.
Lane lived with her family on Route 2, Cushing, in the Schlegel community. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ledgerwood.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on October 29 in the sanctuary of the First Assembly of God Church in Cushing with the Rev. Phil Webb, her pastor, officiating.
Burial was in the Euchee Valley Memorial Park, under the direction of the Hackler Funeral Home of Cushing.
She was born April 24, 1962, in Cushing to William D. "Bill" and Verna Faye Ledgerwood. She was reared in the Cushing community and attended the Cushing schools, graduating with the 1980 senior class.
Following her graduation she attended Oklahoma State University. She was later employed with the First National Bank and Trust of Cushing, working in the bookkeeping department.
She met and married Jeffrey Farrel Lane on July 10, 1981, in Cushing. They made their home northeast of Cushing in the Schlegel community since their marriage.
In December of 1981, she joined the staff of The Citizens Bank of Drumright, where she worked in the bookkeeping department. She continued her employment there until June of 1985 when illness forced her to take a leave of absence. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church of Cushing and was active in many areas of service at the church.
The family suggests that those who desire to may remember Lane with a donation in her memory to the educational fund for her son, Marc Nicholas. Donations may be forwarded to Odessa Dyer, vice president, The Citizens Bank of Drumright.
Survivors include her husband, Jeff of the home; sister Mrs. Elton (Brenda Lea) Willard, Cushing; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ledgerwood, Cushing, her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert H. Ledgerwood, Cushing and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Harmon, Cushing.
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Mr. Alfred Landon passed away. His funeral was Thursday, Oct. 15th. He was 100 years old and had ran for President in 1936. He was know as one of our great statesmen.
Mannford resident, Clifford Dale Langston, age 62, passed away Sunday, March 2nd, in Mannford. He was born Jan. 31, 1924, in Calico Rock, Ark. He was married to Willene Powers on June 14, 1947 in Cushing, Okla.
Mr. Langston was a member and Honorary Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Mannford, a 32 degree Mason at the Mannford Masonic Lodge, a member of the Moose Lodge at Stillwater and was a member of the Tulsa Akdar Shrine. He was employed for American Airlines for almost 37 years.
He is surived by his wife, Willene Langston of the home; his mother, Mrs. Hattie Langston; a daughter, Linda Langston Callon of Sapulpa; two sons, Marc Langston and Brian Langston, both of Mannford; and four grandchildren, Laura Callon, Roddy Callon, Jennifer Langston, and Jessica Langston.
Services were Wednesday, March 5th at the First Baptist Church at Mannford at 2:00 p.m. with the Revs. A. Lindsey and Gene Varnell officiating.
Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Mannford under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Services.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, March 6, 1986
Clifford Dale Langston, 62, west of Mannford, will be given funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the First Baptist Church, Mannford. The Rev. Al Lindsey, pastor, and Gene Varnell, pastor of the Friendship Community Church, will be co-officiants.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford, with Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service, Sand Springs, handling arrangements.
Death occurred Sunday, March 2, in Mannford.
Mr. Langston was born January 31, 1924 in Calico Rock, Ark., and was married to Willene Powers in Cushing June 14, 1947.
He was a member and honorary deacon in the Mannford First Baptist Church, a member of the Mannford Lodge, 32nd Degree Mason, Moose Lodge of Stillwater and Akdar Shrine, Tulsa. He worked for American Airlines almost 37 years.
Survivors in addition to his wife of the home are one daughter, Linda Langston Callon of Sapulpa and two sons, Marc Langston and Brian Langston, both of Mannford; and four grandchildren, Laura and Roddy Callon and Jennifer Langston and Jessica Langston.
(Note: See CALLON, Roddy H.)
Graveside funeral services for Minnie Lawson were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the North Drumright Cemetery. The Rev. Frances Boyer officiated.
Lawson was born at Harrison, Ark., September 1, 1898 and died Sunday at the Drumright Nursing Home, she was 85.
Since 1919 she had been a resident of this community.
She and her husband, Floyd, were married July 23, 1921 at Drumright, he preceded her in death in July 1970. She is also preceded in death by one daughter.
Survivors include a daughter Betty Lou Brower of Drumright and brother Everett Wilson of Stillwater.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Loy Lay
Services for Loy Burgess Lay, 72, of Mannford, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the Mannford First Baptist Church. The Rev. Al Lindsey, pastor, officiated.
Burial was in Mannford's Oakhill Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Death occurred Thursday, May 22, in Tulsa. He was a retired school bus driver for Mannford and Keystone.
Mr. Lay was born July 25, 1913 to Burgess and Idabell Lay and on June 20, 1937, he and Dolly Day Baker were married in Cleveland.
Mr. Lay was a member of the First Baptist Church, Mannford.
Survivors are his wife, Dolly, of the home; one son, Loy, of Phoenix, Ariz.; a daughter, Norma Barnett, Cleveland; two brothers, Edmond Lay of El Centro, and Zelbert Lay of Sellersburg, Ind.; two sisters, Madie Banks of Paradise, Calif., and Lena Webb of Fontana, Calif., and five grandchildren.
From "The Mannford Eagle," Mannford, Oklahoma, June 25, 1986
Services for Loy Burgess Lay, of Mannford were held at 2 p.m. May 26, in the Mannford First Baptist Church with the Rev. Al Lindsey, pastor, officiating.
Burial, in Mannford's Oakhill cemetery, was directed by Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland.
Death occurred in Tulsa May 22. Mr. Lay was a retired school bus driver for both the Mannford and Keystone school systems.
He was born July 25, 1913 to Burgess and Idabell Lay. On June 20, 1937 he and Dollie Barker were married in Cleveland.
Mr. Lay was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mannford.
Survivors are his wife, Dollie, of the home; one son, Loy Lay, Phoenix, Ariz.; one daughter, Norma Barnett, Cleveland; two brothers, Edmond Lay, El Centro, and Zelbert Lay, Sellersburg, Ind.; two sisters, Madie Banks, Paradise, Calif., and Lena Webb, Fontana, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
(Note the two different spellings of Mr. Lay's wife.)
Troy K. Ledford
Troy Ledford, 67, Rt. 1, Cleveland, was given funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, in the Beams of Light Tabernacle. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Sand Springs, under direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home.
Mr. Ledford died Sunday, May 4. Born February 10, 1919, in Tulsa, he was a retired American Airlines employee and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors are his wife, Eva of the home; one daughter, Norma Phelps of Tulsa; two brothers, W. L. Ledford and T. F. Ledford, both of Tulsa, and three grandchildren.
R. L. "Dick" Ledgerwood, age 84, of 516 East Noble, passed away in the Drumright Memorial Hospital Tuesday, October 6, 1987. He was born April 3, 1903 in Duncan County, Missouri. He moved to Oklahoma with his parents the late William David and Alice Mae Ledgerwood at the age of 13, settling near the Silver City area.
He was married to Thelma Maden Orton on May 5, 1927 in Stillwater, Ok. and they moved to a farm near Yale. He was one of the early founders of, and helped to build, the Freewill Baptist Church at Silver City where he was a member. He has lived in Drumright for the past 39 years.
Survivors are: wife, Thelma of the home; two sons, John and Joe, both of Drumright; one daughter, Dixie Preston, Cushing, Ok.; three brothers, Hubert of Cushing; Bill of Duncan; and Jess of Sapulpa; four sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lewis of Drumright; Edith Bingamon of Ada; Ethel Cockrell of Oklahoma City; and Freda Bartow of Drumright; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, October 9, 1987 at 10:30 at the Bailes Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Smith officiating.
Pallbearers were Mike Ledgerwood, Doug Ledgerwood, Bill Ledgerwood, Joe Naifeh and Jerry Rowland.
Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Yale with arrangements by the Bailes Funeral Home.
(Note: See LEDGERWOOD, Ruby Edna.)
"Oak Grove News" by Helen Linduff
This has been a sad week for our family. We had a tragedy in our family last Thursday evening. My older brother, Bob, little granddaughter who would have been 3 yrs. old this Friday died. Her mother left her in the bathtub to answer the door bell and when she came back, she was floating face down. She quickly grabbed her, called emergency number and had emergency help in 2 minutes. They gave her CPR and she vomited, but no water. She did not drown. They live very near the hospital, she still had a heartbeat when they arrived, but they were unable to save her. The autopsy did not reveal cause of death unless blood test results that will come later shows something, it will always be - cause of death unknown. But everything was done that could have been.
I would appreciate it if you would remember her parents and sister, John, Sara Beth and Amy Lee, when you pray. Remember our whole family if you will. Her name was Bonnie Ruth Lee. She was named after our mother, which had always made her sort of special to us. But as my brother Bob said to me, "Sis, God's been good to us. My parents, my 2 brothers, our children and our grandchildren have all been healthy and this is the 1st loss of a child in our family. And even better, we do know that she is safe in the hands of God." (I don't see how people survive things such as this without knowing).
Manford resident, Jess Elmer Lee, age 87, died Sunday 3-23-86 at the Cleveland Hospital.
Mr. Lee was born September 12, 1898 at Wayette, Oklahoma, Indian Territory. He married Ann (Sears) Adams on Feb. 9, 1962 at Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Lee was retired from the Katy Railroad after 35 years of service.
He is survived by his wife, Ann, of the home; one son, Sidney Lee; five daughters, Ninona Hawkins; Wilma Reed; Joerene Staton; Patricia Cabner and Charlotte Sactin; one sister, Bessie Thompson; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 27, 1986, at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel at Hominy. The Rev. LeRoy Waddell will officiate. Interment will be in the Albert J. Powell Memorial Cemetery.
(Note: See Lee, Joe Elmer.)
Funeral services for Joe Elmer Lee, 87, Mannford, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the Powell Funeral Chapel, Hominy. The Rev. Leroy Waddell of Cleveland will officiate.
Burial will be in the Albert J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, under the direction of Powell Funeral Home.
Mr. Lee died Sunday, March 24, in the Cleveland Hospital. He was born September 12, 1898, in Wanette, Ok., and had lived several years in the Pawhuska-Wynona area before retiring from the KK&T (Katy) Railroad in 1969 after 35 years.
He was married to Ann (Sears) Adams February 9, 1962 in Pawhuska. She survives him.
Other survivors are one son, Sidney Lee, Mannford; five daughters, Winona Hawkins, Wilma Reed, Jorene Stanton, Patricia Cabner and Charlotte Sactin, addresses not given; one sister, Bessie Thompson; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
(Note: See Lee, Jess Elmer.)
Funeral services were held for Edna E. Lemasters, 73, on Saturday, August 24, 1985 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mannford. Interment was at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Mannford, She died on August 21, 1985.
The daughter of Vern Reed and Mary Tilley Reed, both deceased, she was born on January 16, 1912 in Mannford, Oklahoma. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and also worked at Hillcrest in the Food Service Department as a cashier.
Survivors include one son, Billy Reed Lemasters of Derby, Kansas; five sisters, Daisy Williams, Jessie Canode, Hazel Tate, Lorene Carr and Rose M. Fox, all of Mannford; two brothers, Gene Reed and Ira Reed, both of Mannford; 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband.
(Note: See REED, Cecil Eugene, and CANODE, Jessie Crystal.)
LEMASTERS -- Reuben Roy, 72, of Kingston, died Wednesday, June 22, 1988. Native of Keystone, Ok., Pawnee County. Left Okla. in 1950. Tennessee Valley Authority pipefitter for 26 years. Member of Masonic Lodge #515 of Mannford, Okla. Army Veteran of World War II. Survivors, wife, Mrs. Geraldine Queener Lemasters; daughter, Lorna Lemasters Bradshaw, Cookevalle, Tn.; son, Paul Wayne Lemasters, Kingston, Tn., mother, Mrs. Minnie Payne Lemasters, Guthrie, Ok.; sister, Mrs. Lucille Lemasters Comer, Cleveland, Ok., brother, George Leland Lemasters, Kingston; brother & sister-in-law Raymond & Isabelle Lemasters, Stroud, Ok.; 11 nieces & nephews, several grand-nephews and grand-nieces. The body is at Kyker Funeral Home, Kingston, where the family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday, Kyker Chapel. Rev. Richard Hettrick officiating. Burial in Kingston Memorial Gardens.
Funeral services for Nellie Snow Lesco of Grove will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Lawson Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Lloyd Crawford will officiate. Interment will be in the Neodesha, Kansas, cemetery.
Lesco was born December 7, 1899, in Antoine, Arkansas, and died Monday at a Miami hospital following a long illness, she was 84.
She was a former employee of the Betty Ann Nursing Home of Grove. And, a member of the Baptist church, Eastern Stars and Rebekah Lodge.
Her husband, Joseph, preceded her in death on August 9, 1962.
She is survived by daughters Ruby Langston of Tulsa, Lois L. Gilstrap of Fairland, Okla., and Josephone Mitchell of Wilder, Idaho; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Lawson Memorial Chapel.
Lenora Bingamon Lewis was born on November 2, 1901 at Duenweg, Missouri and died Tuesday, March 12, 1985 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital. Lenora had lived in Drumright most of her life and was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis were held Thursday, March 14, 1985 at the Free Will Baptist Church in Drumright, with Rev. Jerry Smith officiating. Wilma Mills served as organist with Sharon Smith singing. Pallbearers were Claude Hicks, Claud Morrow, Roy Drake, Vernon Turner, Albert Rhodes and Earl Larkin.
Lenora is survived by two daughters, LaWand Deans, San Angelo, Texas and Leta Robison of Yale, Oklahoma. one graddaughter, four grandsons, three great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perla Bingamon and one son, Marvin Dale Bingamon.
Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Yale, Oklahoma. Services were under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Drumright, Oklahoma.
Ruby Edna Lewis of 315 S. Layton St. passed away December 23, 1987 in the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
Ruby was born January 27, 1902 at Zelma, Missouri to William David and Alice Mae Ledgerwood. She moved to the Silver City and Olive area with her family in 1916.
She was united in marriage on October 9, 1921 to Owen Melton Lewis in Stillwater, Ok. Mr. Lewis and two children preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church which her family helped build in Silver City.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jean Christian of Tulsa; two sons, David of Lubbock, Tx. and Kenneth of Sapulpa; three brothers, Hubert Ledgerwood of Cushing, Jess Ledgerwood of Sapulpa and Bill Ledgerwood of Duncan; three sisters, Freda Barto of Drumright, Ethel Cockrell of Oklahoma City and Edith Bingoman of Ada; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, December 26, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. at the Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Smith officiating. Music was by Andrea Smith at the piano and Sharron Smith and Doris Shoemaker as vocaclists.
Pallbearers were Richard Larkin, Tommy Bruce, Billy Hoggatt, Roy Shoemaker, Claude Morrow and Claude Hicks.
Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery in Yale under the direction fo Bailes Funeral Home.
(Note: See LANE, Sharon Kay and LEDGERWOOD, R.L. "Dick")
Arch Arthur Liebman was born on December 20, 1892 to Earnest and Melissa Liebman in Hutchison, Kansas. He died June 6, 1985 at Yale Nursing Home following a long illness. He was 92 years old.
Arch served in the United States Army and was a veteran of World War I. A long-time resident of Oilton, he was a rock mason by trade. Arch married Edna Myrtle on September 27, 1947 in Sand Springs, Okla. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
In addition to his parents, Arch was preceded in death by one sister, Minnie, and five brothers: Jess, Frank, Edd, Delmar, and Harry Liebman. Two children: Vera Mae and Willie Harold.
He is survived by his wife Edna Liebman of Oilton; two sons: Roy Dean Liebman of Bethany, Okla., and Bob Liebman of Mustang, Okla.; three daughters: Nedra Hopkins of Drumright, Okla., Jo Ann Collins of Drumright, Okla., and Marcella Dunlap of Sulphur, Okla.; six stepchildren: Junior Cargill of Moray, Calif., Jane Cargill of Bakersfield, Calif., Dewey Cargill of Detroit, Mich., Joy Davis of Duncan, Okla., Lela Britton of Yale, Okla., and Pat Burris of Tulsa, Okla. Arch also leaves behind many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at First Baptist Oilton, 6-24-84 (6-24-85), at 2 p.m. Officiating was Rev. Roy Wilks, Directed by Peck, Oilton.
TRAGIC DEATH NEAR MANNFORD
This neighborhood was greatly shocked yesterday afternoon by the report of the tragic death of Edward M. Lincoln, which occurred about 12 o'clock. Mr. Lincoln fell from a load of hay and was crushed to death by the wheels passing over his head. He and his brother, James, were hauling hay and it seems that James was some distance ahead when he heard his brother call and looked back just as the wagon passed over him. The accident occured on the Basin road near the home of Mrs. Spess and Mr. Lincoln was taken to this house, but died a few minutes after reaching the house. The accident is supposed to have been caused by the rope which bound the load on the wagon breaking and letting the bail on which he was sitting fall off the wagon.
The deceased leave a wife and one child, was a highly respected citizen and leave a wide circle of friends who will be made sad byhis untimely death. He was a member of the M.W.A. and will be buried today in Sinnett cemetery under the auspices of that order. (September 23, 1910, Mannford Herald).
Funeral services were held Friday, July 24, 1987 at 2 p.m. in the Oak Grove Baptist Church for Claude M. Linduff. Officiating were Rev. Lester Lundy and Rev. George Brock, III. Music was provided by Laverne Haskin and vocalists George Brock, II and Marge Candler. Serving as pallbearers were Mike Linduff, Richard Hancock, Kent Linduff, Bobby Lester, Lloyd Clinton and Jim Roe. Honorary pallbearers were Marvin Haskin and Mark Sellers.
Claude McElroy Linduff was born January 16, 1909 at Francis-Pontotoc County, Oklahoma and died July 22, 1987 at the age of 78 years.
The Linduff famly moved to Drumright between 1913 & 1916. Claude married Lula Mae Hancock June 6, 1928. They had one son, Claude Leroy Linduff. She preceded him in death December 19, 1967. Claude married Virginia Smithson in 1969 and she preceded him in death in 1983.
Claude began work in the oilfields when he was a teenager. Having worked for Tide Water, Claude retired from Sinclair Pipeline Co. in 1968. He was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors are his son and daughter-in-law, Leroy and Helen Linduff, Drumright; three grandchildren, Mrs. Bobby (Debbie) Lester, Broken Arrow, Ok.; Mike and Kent Linduff of Drumright and four grandchildren. Two sisters, Ina Lena Tedder, Stillwater and Mrs. Wilson (Mary Lou) Havener, Cushing. One brother, Orville Allen Linduff and wife, Billie, Drumright. Other relatives and many friends.
Claude was preceded in death by his parents and brothers (Archie, Hank, Frank and Charlie).
Interment was in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, August 5, 1987
"Oak Grove News" by Helen Linduff
Have you missed us? We lost a family member this month in the person of Claude M. Linduff following a nine year illness. We thought that we were ready for this good-bye and his wishes were that we pray that he go on, but permanent good-bye's are always more difficult than you think they are going to be.
The Linduff family would like to again thank all of you who have been so kind and helpful to Claude and to us during this past nine years. To the neighbors, friends and the Oak Grove Baptist Church for the cards, visits, flowers, food and especially for the prayers. Also a special thank you to those who helped with the hay the evening after the funeral. We had 1100 bales of hay in the field and Mark Sellers, Steve Robbins, Bobby Lester, our sons, Mike and Kent, put it in the barn for us. Thanks Guys! Oh yes, Supervisors were Earl Lester and Leroy Linduff.
Grave side services for Jess Randolph Lochary, Jr. were held September 2 at the Highland Cemetery.
Lochary was born to Etta and Jess Lochary on December 19, 1939, in Oilton and died August 31 in the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
He and Beverly Ann Teel were married in Nowata in 1956.
Survivors include a son Gary Wayne Lochary of Verden, Oklahoma; daughter Sherry Lynn Wolf of Blackwell and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father three months ago.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Peck Funeral Home of Oilton.
(Note: See LOCHARY, Jess Randolph Sr.)
"Jennings News" by Mildred Chapman
Jess Lochary, 72, of Oilton died Thursday night, May 31 after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Oilton. Funeral arrangements were held Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m. at the Church of Christ, under the direction of Peck's Funeral Homne. Burial was in Jennings Cemetery.
(Note: See LOCHRY, Jes Randolph Jr.)
Orren Carl Lockary died Monday, April 22, 1985 after a long illness. He was 68. Orren was born in Stockport, Ohio in 1916.
He served in the Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. He is a member of the V.F.W.
Servived by his wife Lorene Lockary of Oilton; one son Orren Lockary, Jr. of Oilton; two daughters, Carlotta Kirkpatrick of Coushotta, Louisiana; Barbara Baker, Garland, Texas; one brother John Lockary of Oilton; three sisters, Marie Grimes of Odessa, Texas; Inez Capps, Drumright; and Vanie Lockary of Oilton. Seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death one granddaughter and great-granddaughter Elizabeth and Lorene Hernandy of Garland, Texas.
Graveside services were April 26, 1985 at 11 a.m. in Oilton under the direction of Peck Funeral Home.
Charles A. Long -- the oldest United Methodist minister in Oklahoma and perhaps the oldest in the nation -- died March 21 in Tulsa, where he had lived at the United Methodist Manor since 1974. He was 104.
Bishop John Wesley Hardt delivered the message at Rev. Long's funeral, conducted March 26 at the University United Methodist Church in Tulsa.
Assisting in the service were the Rev. Jack Burton, pastor of University UMC; Dr. Howard Plowman, superintendent of the Tulsa District and Dr. Douglas Fleming, administrator of United Methodist Manor.
Graveside services were held March 27 at the Mt. Olive Cemetery near Paul's Valley by the Rev. Guy C. Ames, Jr., superintendent of the Ardmore District.
Rev. Long was still alert and active when he celebrated his 104th birthday last August 22. Three months earlier, when the Oklahoma Annual conference met at Boston Ave. UMC in Tulsa, he was present and greeted the delegates. Until less than a year ago, he was giving devotionals, assisting with communication and taking an active part in the life of the Manor. But for the past six months, those who knew him best could tell that his health -- remarkable for so long -- was deteriorating rapidly.
"Brother Long told me a few days before he died that he was tired and ready to meet his Maker," said Dr. Fleming.
Born in Cherokee County, Texas, in 1881, Long was the son of a Methodist preacher. His father became interested in the work of the church among the Indians in the Oklahoma and Indian territories and transferred to the Indian Mission Conference.
The family moved to Oklahoma in 1891, and lived near Britton for two months; then lived at Queen's Camp, south of Council Grove, until May of 1892. His father made the land run in the opening of Cheyenne and Arapahoe counties, staked a claim and built a house near Union City. The family lived there until 1901, when they sold the farm and bought a home in Norman, west of the University of Oklahoma campus.
When he was 89 years old Rev. Long wrote his memoirs. Here are some excerpts:
"My mother consecrated me to the Lord before my birth, and my parents taught me religion from the very first."
"When I was 17, following a period of intense prayer, I read a little book by Marden entitled, 'How to Succeed,' which counseled the youth to consider his likes, dislikes, capabilities and weaknesses, survey the surroundings and conditions of life, then lay it all before the Lord for final decision. In something like a week's time after finishing the book, I seemed to see myself standing in the pulpit preaching in a language not my own. It was my call to the ministry and foreign missionary service."
To prepare himself for the ministry, Long entered the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 1901. He was a member of the Forum Literary and Debating Society, took part in athletics and won the mile walking race, with a time of 7:13.
"I majored in geology," Long wrote in his memoirs. "Majoring in science may seem odd for one destined for the ministry, but I have never regretted taking this course. It gave me a different angle on God's greatness and wonder."
Dr. Charles Newron Gould, who was one of the nation's outstanding oil geologists during Long's O.U. days, came to the University and organized the courses in geology. He made an impression on the young ministerial student.
"I was fascinated with the study of the marvels found in nature," Long wrote. "Every line of research led out to a stopping place where the only answer was God. It was God, working through His laws of nature to build His marvelous universe. Evolution, the much berated subject, reduced itself to a mere effort of man to discover, if possible, how God worked in the great play of Creation. God was vastly greater to me through these studies."
The University of Oklahoma consisted of "one building and 40 acres" during Long's student days there. To help finance his education, he worked a variety of jobs.
"I got ten cents an hour for cutting wood, janitor work, geological office and field work. I was caretaker of the pre-medical lab. One summer I sold steroscopic views, with poor success. Other summers I worked in the harvest fields."
In 1905, Long graduated from O.U., and in 1906 he began his ministry in what is now the Oklahoma Conference. His first appointment was Grand Circuit in Oklahoma Territory near the Texas border. To get to his six preaching places -- all located in school houses -- he rode a steel gray bronco he had broken himself.
After he was ordained and admitted into full connection in 1908, Long went to Nashville, Tenn., where he spent the next three years earning his bachelor's in theology. While at Vanderbilt, he met Lucy York, who was in the Methodist Training School in Nashville preparing for missionary work. They were married on July 8, 1911, and two weeks later they boarded a ship for Rio de Janeiro.
For the next 41 years, the Longs served in Brazil in a number of strategic positions. He was pastor of 17 churches, superintendent of ten districts and missions, presided over Annual Conference twice in the absence of the bishop, was president of Granberry College six years and taught and administered in several other colleges and seminaries.
When Long retired at the Annual Conference held in Brazil in 1952, Bishop C.B. Dawsey told him, "You have always had the difficult places and you have never failed." After retiring, the Longs returned to Oklahoma and settled down in Ardmore.
In an interview with Contact following his 100th birthday, Rev. Long reflected upon his retirement days. He acknowledged that the heavy load he and his wife had been carrying for those 41 years on the frontier of Brazil had taken their toll.
"I was depleted and Lucy wasn't far behind," Long said. "I expected at that time that both of us would die soon. But in a few weeks we were doing better. There was rest and quiet in a nice country home. Sun and breeze had full effect. We had a fine Guernsey cow in the lot and a pen of laying hens for fresh eggs. We had nothing to do but rest, recuperate, reanimate and renew life."
By the following May, the Rev. Long was ready to get back to work. He accepted an appointment as supply pastor of Thackerville Methodist Church, and the next year he was appointed to Lebanon-Mannsville, and then to Milburn and Centrahoma.
The Longs moved to Oklahoma City in 1955 to help care for a sick relative. In 1956, they moved back to Ardmore, and remined there until 1970 when Mrs. Long died. After his wife's death, Rev. Long moved to California and lived with a niece and her family until 1974. Then he moved back to Oklahoma and became a resident of the Methodist Manor.
In his Memoirs, Long summed up his ministry with this observation: "As I look back over my life, it is gratifying to note the goals that have been attained. The task has been long, hard, sometimes even drab, and the visible results meager. But by constantly seeking God's guidance, and by faithfulness to the task, the final outcome is most gratifying. The closing years of my life are being crowned with joy unspeakable and full of glory."
Funeral services for Beulah G. Longhty, lifelong Cleveland resident, were held Saturay, June 25, 1988, at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was at Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.
Beulah was born in Dixie, Oklahoma on August 25, 1909. She was the daughter of Oliver Franklin Taylor and Mary Alice Kiggins. She was married to Russell Joseph Longhty in Dixie, Oklahoma. Russell preceded her in death on February 8, 1968. Beulah was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cleveland. She died on Wednesday, June 22, 1988 at the Cleveland Area Hospital.
She is survived bty serveral nieces and nephews.
"Olive News" by Susie Lacey
Mr. Ross Lonmenick of Hereford, Tx passed away. He was Maggie Beckham's brother. He was the last one of her family.
Graveside services were held Saturday, November 14, 1987 at 3:00 p.m. at Euchee Valley Memorial Park for Ruth Lookebill. Mrs. Lookebill died November 13, 1987 at the St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, after a long illness. Officiating was Rev. Bob Tupper.
Ruth Lockebill was born July 7, 19212 in Havalock, Nebraska. Ruth and her husband, Cecil Lookebill, were united in marriage on February 17, 1940 at Ripley, Ok. They had made their home in Oilton for the past 38 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Oilton.
Ruth is survived by her husband, Cecil of the home; her son, Gary Lookebill, Muldrow, Ok.; and her daughter, Linda Franks, Tischomingo, Ok.; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Interment was in Euchee Valley Memorial Park with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sue Beth Looney, age 44 of Route 1, Drumright passed away Sunday, November 24, 1985 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent Heart Attack at her home.
She was born February 21, 1941 at Drumright, Oklahoma and has lived in this area all her life. She completed her schooling here as a graduate of the class of 1959.
She married Calvin Looney at Kansas City, Missouri on May 25, 1961. She was a member of the Cornerstone Full Gospel Church of Cushing, where she was the pianist.
She is survived by her husband Calvin Looney of the home, one daughter Lavon Looney of the home, her parents Francis and Maerea Boyer of Depew, Oklahoma, one brother Lloyd Boyer of Drumright, two sisters, Mrs. Joyce Bowman of Cleveland, Oklahoma, Mrs. Connie Harrington of Depew, Oklahoma and one grandchild.
Funeral services were held at Bailes Funeral Chapel, at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 27, 1985 with Rev. Willis Creekmore officiating. Music was by Mrs. Elaine Rainwater.
Pallbearers were Alva Stevens, Odell Stevens, Charles Miller, Vincent Partridge, Jim Ballard, and Bobby Miller.
Interment was in the Shamrock Cemtery under the direction of Bailes Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Delores Lorett were held Friday, April 26, 1985, at Bailes Funeral Chapel. Rev. Danny Oliver officiated. Elaine Rainwater and Carolyn Ryker furnished the music. Pallbearers were: Tom Hixson, Maurice Wessel, Mike Ryker, Ronnie Ryker, Bob Cummings, Terry Sapulver, Dwayne Burris.
Deloris (Delores) Ann Ryker was born May 27, 1932 at Oilton, Oklahoma to Otto and Sarah Mildred Ryker. She departed in this life April 23, 1985 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. She married Jack Lorett September 2, 1947 at Drumright, Oklahoma.
She is survived by her husband, Jack, of the home; 1 daughter, Sarah Mae Brown of Olive; 1 son, Donnie of Drumright; 5 brothers, Bill Ryker, Jennings, Oklahoma, Don Ryker, Drumright, OK, Roy Ryker, Olive, OK, Leon Ryker, Drumright OK and Kenneth Ryker of Drumright, OK; 2 sisters, Mrs. Janice Decker of Tahlequah, OK and Mrs. Karen Burris of Hobbs, New Mexico; and six grandchildren.
Alfred L. Love
Alfred L. Love, a former Drumright resident, passed away Monday, February 10, 1986 in Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Kansas.
Love, who resided in Newton, had lived in Drumright from 1966 until 1975.
Alfred L. Love was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma on July 12, 1901.
Graveside services will be Thursday, February 13, at 2:00 p.m. in Walnut Valley Memorial Park in Eldorado, Kansas, under the direction of the Draper-Cannon Funeral Home.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Kansas Arthritis Foundation.
Drumright survivors are a brother, Calvin Love.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 4, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. in the Assembly of God Church, Drumright, for Calvin Love. Calvin died May 1, 1987 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
Calvin Love was born January 10, 1907 in Florida and had made Drumright his home for the past 46 years. He was retired from Standard Oil Co. and was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Mr. Love was preceded in death by his first wife, Devona Mae Love and three brothers.
Calvin is survived by his wife, Grace, of the home, his son, Robert Love, Independence, Missouri and his daughter, Joan Howes, Mandan, North Dakota. His step-daughter, Sue Mansell, Drumright, two brothers, James Love, Missouri and Robert Love, Texas. Two sisters, Ellen Griffith, Pawnee, Ok. and Princie Spruille, Texas. Three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Officiating at his service was Rev. Marvin Boyles with music provided by the Lights of Christ. Serving as pallbearers were Bob Williams, Jim Singleton, James Palone, W.W. Dyer, Darrell Creekmore and Ron Young.
Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Guy Lowe, Drumright, were held June 1, 2 p.m. at the South Creek Street Church of Christ. Ron Babbit of the Cushing Church of Christ officiated. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Music was provided by the singers from the Cushing Church of Christ.
Lowe ws born in Pecos, Texas, February 20, 1907 and died May 29th at his home, he was 77.
He was retired from the Tidewater Refinery and a farmer. He had lived in this community since 1917. He and his wife, Lera Elizabeth were married May 12, 1920 at Drumright.
He is survived by his wife, Lera of the home; sons Guy Russell and Hobert H. Lowe, both of Drumright and Paul Phitts of Texas; daughters Janie M. Brooks of Claremore and Martha LaMascus of Hennesy; sisters Mary Moss of Ripley and Lila Harvill of Drumright; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Betty Lowe.
Pall bearers were Nels Bingston, Howard Erwin, Woodrow and Frank Griffith, Dick Remington, Larry Don Moss and Alton Bateman.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Lucado
Gladys McCarty, 87, widow of T. J. Lucado Sr. of Oklahoma City, died February 15 at the Drumright Memorial Hospital.
She was born January 6, 1898 at Ferris, Texas, she was a homemaker, a longtime member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Altus Club and formerly active in many other civic organizations.
She is survived by daughter Lorene "Lucky" Watson of Drumright; son T. J. Lucado, Jr. of Oklahoma City; sister Ruby Kirk of McAllen, Texas; brothers H. C. McCarty of Dewey and E. T. McCarty of Springfield, Mo.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City, 2 p.m., today (February 20) with Dr. Robert Allen officiating.
She was preceded in death by her husband T. J. Lucado, Sr. in 1967.
The family has suggested that memorials be sent to the United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Glen W. Lund, age 70, died on July 7, 1985 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was born on October 24, 1914 in Ringwood, Oklahoma and married Essie Green on February 13, 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He lived in Mannford, Oklahoma for 24 years, was a member of the Church of Christ in Mannford and was also affiliated with Carpenters Local Union.
He is survived by his wife, Essie, of the home; daughter, Sybil Ogden of Mannford; son Glen L. Lund of Jennings; and four grandchildren.
Services were held at the Mannford Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. on July 10, 1985. Interment, under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service, was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford. Officiating were Ralph Baldwin and David Stites.
Raymond A. Luthy of Jennings, Oklahoma died on October 20, 1988. Mr. Luthy was born on November 18, 1910 in Percy, Illinois to his parents Lyonel and Cora Luthy. Mr. Luthy was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survived by 3 sons: Clifford Luthy of Jennings, David Luthy of Gridley, California and Bobby Luthy of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. One daughter: Zella Mae Skinner of Lawton, Oklahoma; 1 step-daughter: Rosalle Kershaw of Mammouth, Oregon; Two brothers and 2 sisters, a number of grandchildren, great-grandchldren and great-great grands.
Services were held October 22, 1988 at 10:00 a.m. in the Assembly of God Church with the Rev. J. W. Wright officiating. Interment at the Bethany Cemetery.
The body of a man found in Keystone Ramp near Mannford Saturday evening was identified as that of Scott Allen Lynch of Mannford.
Lynch was found hooked to a tree with a lamp chain. Death has been ruled accidental, according to Capt. Wayne Spears of the Tulsa County's Sheriff's Department. Lynch's body was sent to the Tulsa medical examiner's office, Tulsa, for further examination.
The victim was discovered by three visitors to the Keystone Ramp who notified authorities.
The victim is the son of Jack and Jean Lynch of Mannford.
Funeral services for Scott Lynch are set at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in Mannford's First United Church. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent in their name to their favorite charity or organization.
John H. Lynn, 420 N. Morrow, Drumright, died April 1, 1986, in the Bristow Hospital. He was born November 26, 1904, at Clarksville, Arkansas, and had made his home in Drumright for the past five years, after moving here from Houston, Texas. Lynn was a retired carpenter and was an active member in the First Baptist Church in Shamrock. He and his wife, Elsie, were united in marriage June 6, 1926, at Hatfield, Arkansas.
Funeral services were held April 4 at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Drumright, with the Rev. George Brock, II officiating. Pianist was Marge Candler and serving as vocalist was Donna Ryker. The pallbearers were Bill Ferguson, Travis and Roy Martin, Gene Roberts, Gerald Bridgeman and Jeff Hunter.
Lynn is survived by his wife, Elsie of the home; daughter Elaine Rainwater of Drumright; sons Jesse of Yale and Carrol Lynn of Houston, Texas; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One sister preceded him in death.
Interment was in the Oakhill Cemetery, Drumright, with funeral arrangements under the direction of the Don Smith Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held December 27, 11 a.m. at the Cimarron Valley Church of God for Albert Lyons. The Rev. I. J. McDaniel officiated. Interment was in the Harlinsville Memorial Cemetery in Bristow.
Lyons was born October 1, 1919, in Okmulgee County to Hexie Steele and Leonard Lyons. Both preceded him in death at an early age.
He attended school in the Bristow and Harlinsville area and continued to make Bristow his home where he was a farmer and fence builder. He later moved to Oilton.
Survivors include Bobbie Hines, of the Oilton home; sisters Mary Adams of Beggs and Ethel Houston of Los Angeles, Ca., and numerous other friends and relatives.
Pall bearers were Harmon Barnes, Mike Hines, Hubert Ellis and Odell Alexander.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
Wray W. Lytle, 73, longtime resident of Tulsa died April 14 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa.
Lytle was born November 3, 1910 in Camargo, Oklahoma, and was the son of W. E. and Dora Wray Lytle.
He was united in marriage to Pearl Fillmore in Sand Springs, Ok., on May 20, 1934.
He attended Sand Springs schools.
He served his printing apprenticeship with the Tulsa newspapers. He was retired from the Newspaper Printing Corp. in 1975 after 47 years of service. He was a member of the Tulsa Typographical Union #403.
He was also a member of the Olivet Baptist Church and a member of the Kings Workmen Sunday School Class of the church.
He had been a Tulsa resident for the past 65 years moving to Tulsa from western Oklahoma.
He is survived by his wife Pearl of the home; daughter Phyllis W. Vineyard of Mannford; sister Ethel Smith of Neosho, Missouri and three grandchildren.
Funeral services for Lytle were held April 17 at 10:30 a.m. in the Olivet Baptist Church in Tulsa. The Rev. Hoyt Aduddell and the Rev. Larry Downum officiated. Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Mobley-Dodson Funeral Home of Sand Springs.
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