This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McFarland, Martin, Washburn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FG0.2ACIB/980 Message Board Post: Daily Times Pryor Creek, OK May 13, 2001 Opal McFarland Funeral services for Opal McFarland, 88, of Locust Grove, will held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Lighthouse Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Harry Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Hogan Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Locust Grove Funeral Home. McFarland was born June 26, 1912 in Murphy to Caleb Henry and Alice (Washburn) Martin. She died May 10, 2001 in Pryor. She grew up and attended grade school in Murphy. She married O.N. "Cotton" McFarland on Oct 7, 1931 in Murphy. She enjoyed being a dedicated homemaker, and she also like flower gardening, fishing, and reading. She enjoyed crocheting, and she created many beautiful afghans. She also liked dining out, and she loved to get in the car with her husband and go sightseeing. She was a member of the Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, and a lifetime resident of the Locust Grove area. Survivors include her husband of 69 years Cotton McFarland of the home; son Joe and Linda McFarland of Locust Grove; daughters Mary and Jeff Nichols of Locust Grove, Louise and Gene Link of Pryor, and Ruth Ellen and David Downing of Wynona; daughter-in-law Louise McFarland of Wagoner, brother Bill and Irene Martin of Chouteau; sister Ruby Glover of Ontario, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by both parents; daughter Betty June; son Newt; brother Buck Martin and sisters Ethel Abernathy, Gid Adair, and Ivy Sasser. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-9 p.m. and Monday from 9-11 a.m. at the Locust Grove Funeral Home.