Donna Ferris wrote: > > I am looking for more information on my grand uncle who died 29 Aug > 1933, Bristow, OK. > > He was stabbed to death by his best friend Bud Watts, after they had > been drinking during a 'brush arbor' meeting. He died 3 days later in > the Cowart/Sissler(sp?) hospital in Slick, OK in the early 1930's. Bud > went to prison for life, I'm told he was devastated and eventually > committed suicide. Seems like there would have been some kind of news > story about this? > > Just as an afterthought, I have never heard the term 'bruch arbor' > meeting before, my aunt told me its something like a planting > celebration or something similar. Can someone tell us more about what it > is? > Donna Ferris > Penn Valley, CA > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3303 > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/r/Donna-Ferris > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm the Dunaway Funeral Home records in Bristow, Ok show; 29 Aug 1933 R.R. renfro, marr.; d 29 Aug 1933 of Knife cuts; b. 17 Jul 1891; fa; James Renfro, b. Mo.; Mo; Sarah Adams, b. Mo. (Oil Field Worker) burried at Shamrock. from the Sullivan Funeral Home record in Bristow Book 1 Page 4; 31 Dec 1922; U.B. Renfro, d. 31 Dec 1922 in Slick, age 55 yrs; chgd to county. burried at County Farm.