Westville Reporter - 1962 January 19, 1962 JONES Funeral service was held on Tuesday afternoon in the Roberts Funeral Home Chapel for Benjamin Frank JONES, 86, with Rev. Bud LACIE officiating. Music was furnished by the LACIE family and Mr. and Mrs. Archie CAGLE. Mr. JONES was born December 14, 1875, at Harrison, Ark. Other information concerning his early life is unknown. In later years, he lived for some time in the Summer, Ark., area before moving to Oklahoma. In 1948 he moved to Westville, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Westville. Nothing is known of his relatives. His last contact with any of them was over 30 years ago. He died January 14, 1962, in his room on the Charlie CAGLE property, where he had lived for the past 12 years. He had been in poor health for some time. Pallbearers were Oscar SMITH, Elbert SHEFFIELD, Marvin CAGLE, Don CAGLE, Dee SMITH and Floyd MORRIS. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J.R. GRAVES, Charlie COMSTOCK, Fred PALONE, Haden COLVIN, A.S. NICKELL, O.B. VEAZEY. Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. February 23, 1962 STALCUP Funeral rites for Mrs. Myrtle Edna STALCUP, 83, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Roberts Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Edwin BEEM, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Mrs. Paul CARRINGTON, Mrs. Carl ISHMAEL and Fred ALLISON, accompanied by Mrs. Grover HOWARD sang, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Shall We Gather at the River" and Mrs. Harold Ray HART sang, "In the Garden." Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Eber SMITH, Dennis MORRIS, Thomas BRIGHT, Bill SHARP, Clyde RATHER, Cecil PATTERSON. Flower bearers were Mrs. Art BLANTON, Mrs. Dennis MORRIS, Mrs. Marvin CAGLE, Mrs. Bill SHARP, Mrs. Clyde RATHER, Mrs. Bill CAMP. Mrs. STALCUP was born October 21, 1878, at Prairie Grove, Ark., the daughter of Callie and W.B. LOFLIN, and died February 18. She, with her parents, moved to Westville in 1898 where her father was one of the early day blacksmiths. In November, 1902 she and R.L. STALCUP, a young man, also from Westville, who was employed by the Frisco Railroad, were married at Cincinnati, Ark. They established their home in Missouri, but in a few years returned to Westville, where Mr. STALCUP owned and operated a meat market just west of where the Westville Fire Department is now located. Later he became an employee of the Kansas City Railway and they moved from Westville, returning in 1931 where they since resided. Mrs. STALCUP was one of the early day telephone operators in Westville. She was a member of the Christian church. Survivors include her husband, R.L. STALCUP; two sons, Milton STALCUP of Westville, J.W. (Bill) STALCUP of Fresno, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Pauline) SHUPERT, Grove; a sister, Mrs. Bertha WHILHITE, of Westville; a half sister, Mrs. Vera MURRAY, Winslow, Arizona,; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. March 2, 1962 FOLSOM Funeral rites for Mrs. Effie FOLSOM, 82, were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Roberts Funeral Chapel with T.J. TEEL of Stilwell, Church of Christ, officiating. Music was furnished by members of the Church of Christ of which she was a member. Mrs. FOLSOM was born November 20, 1879, in Arkansas, the daughter of Will and Nancy BARRETT, and died Thursday, February 22 at her home in Westville, following a long illness. Mr. FOLSOM preceded her in death several years ago. Burial was in the Baptist Mission Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Marvin CAGLE, Oscar SMITH, C.E. PACE, Joy Lee POYNOR, Lee PICKENS, Hardy COMSTOCK. Flower bearers were Mrs. Lee PICKENS, Mrs. Carley PACE, Mrs. Kenneth SHERRIN, Mrs. Paul ROBERTS, Mrs. Vivian JONES and Miss Bertha BROWN. Survivors were four daughters, Mrs. Syrena PACE, Westville, Mrs. Edna ELLIS, New Castle, Wyo., Mrs. Hattie FOREST, Rock Springs, Wyo., Mrs. Gertrude CHURCH, Powell, Wyo.; one son, Elmer FOLSOM, Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie WARWICK and Mrs. Emma OXFORD of Calif.; two brothers, George and Charley BARRETT of Calif. - ----------------------------------------- PIERCE Funeral service for Richard PIERCE, 95, was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Roberts Chapel, with the Rev. Luther NELSON, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. Mrs. Harold Ray HART and Mrs. Paul CARRINGTON, accompanied by Miss Margaret CARMICHAEL sang, "Rock of Ages," "Near to the Heart of God" and "It is Well with My Soul." Mr. PIERCE was born March 29, 1866, near Westville, Indian Territory, the son of John and Sarah CRITTENDEN PIERCE, and died Monday, February 26, at the Russell Nursing Home. Interment was in the Foreman Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Owen BUFFINGTON, Neal MARKHAM, Luther SIMMONS, Oscar SMITH, Clyde RATHER, Elbert SHEFFIELD. Flower bearers were Mrs. Nora SINGLETON, Mrs. Edith HILLARD, Mrs. Bessie CAGLE, Mrs. Clint NEELEY, Mrs. Kate HADDOCK. Mr. PIERCE's father came from England to the United States, later to Arkansas where he first lived near Summers. Richard PIERCE attended Sunday School and church at the Old Baptist Mission and it was at Sunday School that he met Miss Nannie Bell PARRIS of Cherokee Indian descent, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malachi (Wade) PARRIS, who lived near the Mission. They were soon married and took up a claim near his father's farm, and built a log cabin, later buying a farm northeast of Westville and it was here that their children were born. Mrs. PIERCE died September 18, 1904. He and the children then moved back to his old home place, with his mother, his father having died a short time before. He was in the district clerk's office at the Old Cherokee Capital in Tahlequah, Indian Territory for six years, also served as guard at the Cherokee Capital for a number of years. His children all received allotments by virtue of Cherokee Indian blood from their mother. He was a member of the Baptist Church. (See paper for additional information.) June 15, 1962 ALDERSON Graveside service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Westville Cemetery with Rev. Clayton WALTERS, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Interment was under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. Mrs. ALDERSON died in New York. She was born in Russia, but had lived in New York for 40 years. Her death followed a short illness. Her late husband, Bob ALDERSON, a former resident of Westville, was the brother of Leslie ALDERSON, and a nephew of Pete ALDERSON, and another brother, Otto ALDERSON, of Stilwell. Mrs. ALDERSON was a recent guest of relatives in Westville and Stilwell. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Helen GROSS of Brooklyn, New York. July 27, 1962 KIRBY Funeral service for A.M. KIRBY, 84, was held Sunday, July 22, 2:00 p.m. in Roberts Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tom HAMM, Jehovah Witness minister, officiating. Mr. KIRBY was born March 2, 1878 in Missouri and died July 18 in Bennett Nursing Home, in Tahlequah. Interment was in Alberty Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home. Pall bearers were Luther SIMMONS, Marvin CAGLE, Oscar SMITH, Luther WADLEY, Hollis WEAVER. He is survived by one brother, P.S. KIRBY of Muskogee. Out of town relatives who attended the funeral were P.S. KIRBY, Mrs. Shirley BRYAN, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon BURKETT, of Muskogee; Mrs. and Mrs. Luke CRITTENDEN of Porum; Jack CRITTENDEN, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Dee KING and Eddie WALKINGSTICK Lincoln, Ark.; Chief CRITTENDEN, Hulbert, Okla. Nancy jane Tarzana, CA April 1945