This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDaniel/Foust Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/822 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Alvin Owen McDaniel and/or Sarah Ann Foust McDaniel. They were married in Carter Co. in 1896. They are listed on the 1930 Murray Co. census. Sources have told me they are buried in Murray Co. Alvin died in late 1930's early 40's. Sarah died either in mid 50's or in 1962.

Hello All, I have added a half dozen new stories to the Myths, Legends & Stories page. If you have not been there if quite a while, take a look: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmurray/stories.htm Have a good day, Dennis

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/51.1 Message Board Post: The Rebecca Temple Patterson you had mentioned in a message where you were looking for White family members. I think she was Rebecca Temple Crudup. I also think she is the one who married John Henry Patterson, son of James Henry Patterson. These two were half brother and sister by how I look at it. Rebecca is the daughter of Almedia Olivia Barron and 2nd husband Robert Crudup. Strange, isn't it?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beard Brown Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/821 Message Board Post: Davis News, Thursday, April 30, 1936 MRS. BEARD PASSES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Mrs. Laura Beard, aged 75 years, pioneer Davis citizen, passed away Sunday morning after an illness of only 12 days. Creeping paralysis was given as the cause of her death. Funeral rites were held at her home Monday afternoon, with Rev. J.F. Crews officiating. Burial was in Green Hill cemetary beside her husband two children. Mrs. Laura Vergilia Beard, nee Brown, was born in Tennessee, Sept. 26, 1860. On Feb. 15, 1880, she married Geo. M. Beard, to which union 11 children were born, eight of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Laura Brown in California; Mrs. Ervin Harmon, Davis; Mrs. P.O. Starks, Fort Worth; Mrs. Susie Blocker, Sulphur, Okla; Jake Beard, Salinas, Cal.; Bill Beard, Beebe, Okla., and Frank Beard, Davis. Leaving Tennessee Mrs. Beard and husband lived in North Texas many years, coming to Davis before statehood. AFter the death of her husband in 1913 she went to California and lived several years. The remainder of her life was spent in Davis where she made friends of those with whom she came in contact. (Contributed by Jackie Fannell)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Littlepage Pettitt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/820 Message Board Post: Joann Pettitt Littlepage Joann Pettitt Littlepage, 67, a waitress, of Mineral Wells, Texas passed away on June 23, 2003 in a local hospital. She was born on March 3, 1936 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Luther Clyde and Viola Manous Pettitt. She married Billy Gene Littlepage on June 10, 1963 in Gainesville, Texas. She lived in Mineral Wells for 35 years and was a member of the Church of God. Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 27, 2003, in the Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 26, at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband, Billy Glen Littlepage, sons, Authur Patton, Billy Glen Patton, Mineral Wells, and Barry Patton and companion, Nancy Jacobs, Mineral Wells; step-daughters, Peggy and Debbie Littlepage; grandchildren, Billy Jo Sanders and wife, Cherrie, Dee Patton, Tony Wheaton, Harly Ray, Starla and Calub Patton, Randy Patton, Misty Taylor, Amanda and Kayla Patton, Michelle Burnside; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Red Pettitt and two sisters, Linda and Nellie. Arrangements are by Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/819 Message Board Post: Rodney M. "Dink" Bivins Services for Rodney M. "Dink" Bivins, 89, were held Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Davis. Brother Finis Steelman officiated at the service and DeArman Funeral Home of Wynnewood was in charge of the arrangements. Interment was at the Foster Cemetery. Mr. Bivins was born September 25, 1913 in Foster to Henry Dexter and Mary Ann (Bass) Bivins. He died June 19, 2003 in Wynnewood. Dink was raised near Foster and attended school in Pernell. In 1933 he married Irene Dickson. She preceded him in death. In 1960 he married Pauline Spears and she preceded in him death in 2000. Dink was an oil field worker until his retirement in 1972. He loved his family, dancing, horses and cattle. He was an avid roper. Dink is survived by his children; Rex Bivins and his wife, Mary, Denton, Tex., Roger Bivins, Purcell, Alice Kennedy and Raymond, Purcell, and Kay Morgan and Aaron, Branson, Mo.; nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; and one sister, Eron Hyslip, Oklahoma City. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Homer and Mug and one sister, Jane Hodges. Pallbearers were Brett Kennedy, Michael Morgan, Mark Morgan, Robbie Bivins, Sam Bivins and Josh Gandy. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Pruitt, Tom Jack Knapp and Bill Roper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/818 Message Board Post: John Steven Ray Jones Services for John Steven Ray Jones, 21, Davis, were held Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Davis with Rev. Randy Chapman officiating. Interment was at Green Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fox Funeral Home. He was born July 31, 1981 in Pauls Valley. He died June 21, 2003 near Springer. His parents are father and stepmother, John and Judy Jones, Davis, mother, Ramona Case, Davis and stepfather, Mark Zeppa, Sulphur. Steven lived in the Sulphur and Davis area all of his life. He was a route salesman for Budweiser. He attended the Faith Center Church. He is survived by his parents; three sisters, Katrina Jones Armstrong, Erica Cimino Jones and Sasha Nichole Jones, all of Davis; his grandparents, Bob and Hazel Jones, Davis, Evelyn Crow, Dallas, Texas and Carolyn Allen of Farmers Branch, Tex.; uncles, aunts, cousin and niece. Pallbearers were John Jones, Jack Jones, Bobby Ray Jones, Brian Lewis, Brent Lewis and Gabe Powell. Honorary pallbearers were Katrina Jones Armstrong, Sammie Jones, Joseph Armstrong, Joshua Vinson and Mark Zeppa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Sloan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/817 Message Board Post: Arleen Davis Services for Arleen Davis, 83, Midwest City, were held Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the Country Estates Baptist Church. Interment was at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Midwest City. Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home of Del City was in charge of arrangements. She was born on March 8, 1920 at Hickory and was adopted at the age of 3, along with her sister, Pauline, by Jess and Vera Sloan, Ada. Later, six brothers and sisters were born to her adoptive parents. She died June 21, 2003. She lived most of her childhood in Hickory and Roff before moving to Ada. She married Marvin Davis and they moved to Midwest City in 1954. Mrs. Davis was honored in 2002 by the Country Estates Baptist Church for 46 years service as a Sunday School teacher. She enjoyed sewing, bowling, playing rummy-que, traveling and meeting with her church "Gaders," before becoming ill. She is survived by a son, Jack Davis, Oklahoma City, a daughter, Jeanne March and her husband, James, Sante Fe, Tex.; three sisters, Joy Harp and husband, Harold, Ada; Patsy Siegenthaler and husband, Jim, Muskogee; Janis Connell and husband, Clarence, Richland Hills, Tex.; one brother, Bob Sloan and wife, Shirley, Bethany; and brother-in-law, Don Roark, Tulsa; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving are long time friends and care-givers, Wes and Hermalee Churchwell and Montry Robertson of Midwest City. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sisters: Pauline Oliver and Betty Roark and a brother, Richard Sloan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Finley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/816 Message Board Post: Waymon Hugh Finley Waymon Hugh Finley, 65, of Sulphur died June 11, 2003, in Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Funeral services were June 17 at Sulphur United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Emery Mason officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery. He was born March 16, 1938, to Vaudrey and Oleta Bogart Finley. He grew up in Sulphur and graduated from the Oklahoma School for the Deaf in 1959. He worked at Stromburg-Carlson at the Ardmore Air Park and at the Senior Citizens Center in Sulphur. Finley was a volunteer for the Meals on Wheels Program. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his mother, Oleta Finley of Artesian Nursing Home; an aunt, Viola Bogart Goodman, and nine first cousins. Pallbearers were Kenneth Weaver, Lynell Sloan, Tommy Varner, Brooks Cole, Robert Morris, Glenn O'Neal and Mitch Tribbey. Cowley-Krien Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beatley McCoy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/815 Message Board Post: "Joey" Beatley Services for "Joey" Beatley, 37, Davis, were held Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at 3:30 p.m. at the Davis First Baptist Church with Rev. Finis Steelman and Rev. Junior Thomas officiating. Interment was at Green Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fox Funeral Home. Mr. Beatly was born on July 15, 1965 in Norman to William Lewis and Dorothy Faye (McCoy) Beatley. He died on June 15, 2003 in Pauls Valley. On August 29, 1991 he married ShaRonda (Baker) Beatley in Galveston, Texas. Joey was raised in Norman and Davis. He graduated from Davis High School in 1984. He worked for the Davis Fire Department, City of Davis and Curwood. He is survived by his wife, ShaRonda, of the home; one daughter, Brittney Beatley; two sons, Daniel and Coby Beatley, all of Davis; his mother Dorothy Reyns, Lexington; two brothers, John Beatley, Watonga and Kevin Beatley, Lubbock, Texas; five sisters, Beth Pierce, Davis, Bonnie Cothren, Denver City, Texas, Linda Lantz, Noble, Rebecca Collins, Norman and Lisa Eakin, Little Rock, Ark. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Jeff Beatley. Pallbearers were Ed Thomas, Rodney Roady, Ricky Roady, Bert Curtis, James Atchley and Tom Graham. Honorary pallbearers were firemen, retired firemen and City of Davis employees.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jemison Bordelon Foremier Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/814 Message Board Post: Jeannette Jemison Services for Jeannette Jemison, 100, Davis, were held Wednesday, June 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fox Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Emery Mason officiating. Interment was at Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur, under the direction of Fox Funeral Home. She was born April 17, 1903 in Marksville, La. to Henry and Isabella (Foremier) Bordelon. She died June 15, 2003 at Burford Manor in Davis. Mrs. Jemison married S. P. Jemison on December 14, 1923 in Marksville, La. He preceded her in death on April 15, 1969. Mrs. Jemison grew up in Marksville and moved to Oklahoma in 1925. She lived in this area many years, moving here from northern Oklahoma. She was a housewife and a Methodist by faith. She is survived by one daughter, Jean Phillips, Sulphur; one son, Bud Jemison, Enid; two sisters, Eva Couvillon and Mary Gardiner, both of Marksville, La; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren. Also preceding her in death were her parents, one brother and one grandchild. Pallbearers were Larry Vaughn Bushnell, Ronnie and Chase Pierce, Darryl Carter, Johnny Shores and Preston Evans.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/799.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Like Will Rogers once said, Just being there was proof enough. The family bible is a good start, baptisimal records, school recods, military records, etc. There were census of the white and black people in Indian Territory. I included the 1860 census of Ft. Arbuckle, when I wrote my book on the history of the old post, which showed the civilian population of whites and blacks. No Indians were included in this census. But the name of the census was "lands west of Arkansas", Chickasaw Nation, Pickens District. So it is out there you just have to use some creative thing to find it. Dennis

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pettit Cross Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/813 Message Board Post: Glenda Ann Pettitt Services for Glenda Ann Pettitt, 70, were held Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Brad Ransom officiating. Interment was at Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Cowley-Krein Funeral Home. Glenda was born on April 21, 1933, at Buffalo, to Harold Oliver and Helen Louis Cross. She died on June 7, 2003 in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City. She married James (Red) Pettitt on January 16, 1953 in Bristow. Raised in Durant she moved to Sulphur in 1962 where she and Red raised their family. She lived in Sulphur and Murray County the remainder of her life. Glenda was Baptist by faith, and was a bulldozer operator. She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed fishing, camping and loved animals. She is survived by her husband, James Pettitt, of the home, Sulphur; three sons, James Pettitt, Jr. and wife, Sue, Sulphur, Jerry Don Pettitt and wife, Pam, Sulphur and Johnny Pettitt and wife, Kathy, Sulphur; four daughters, Angie Lee and husband, Bob, Sulphur, Gingi Poulin and husband, George, Sulphur, Brenda Pettitt, Sulphur and Linda Guffey and husband, Tim, Sulphur; one brother, Kenneth Cross, Judsonia, Ark.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nadine Johnston, Seattle, Wash. and Sharon Kay Woodside, Oklahoma City; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Pallbearers were Bobby Lee, Shawn Lee, James Poulin, Jerry Poulin, J.J. Poulin, Zach Pettitt, T.J. Guffey. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Helen Jean Matson and one brother, Harold Cross. Honorary pallbearers were Mike Martin, Blake Martin, Steve Martin, Cole Martin, Ty Pettitt, Brason Lee, Jay Johnson, Matt Foster, James Matson.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gibson Prater Bailey Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/812 Message Board Post: Exie Marie Gibson Services for Exie Marie Gibson, 79, were held Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Moore with Rev. David A. Burris officiating. Interment was at Green Hill Cemetery, Davis, under the direction of Fox Funeral Home. Mrs. Gibson was born November 2, 1923 in Ardmore, to James C. and Birdie Mae (Bailey) Prater. She died on June 5, 2003 in Norman. Exie grew up in the Ardmore and Davis areas and attended Ardmore schools where she graduated in 1941. She worked as a banker and owned a dry cleaners in Davis. She had lived in Moore since 1985. She married Paul E. Bridges who preceded her in death and later married Dalton "Hoot" Gibson who also preceded her in death. Exie belonged to Widows Support Group and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Moore. She is survived by two sons, Paul E. Ford, Las Vegas, Nev. and Ralph L. Ford, Seoul, South Korea; two step-sons, Wyatt Gibson, Tulsa and Phil Gibson, Dibble; one brother, Frank Prater, Gainsville, Texas; two sisters, Anita DaVault, Colorado and Loretta Pearl Prater, Idaho; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two nieces, Elizabeth Winkler and Altena Lee Thomas. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; two brothers, Doug and Dale Prater and two sisters, Dovie Williams and Agnes Smith.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atchley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/811 Message Board Post: Jimmy Leon Atchley Services for Jimmy Leon Atchley, 49, were held Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dougherty Baptist Church with Rev. Williard McCartney, Jr. and Rev. Allen Richardson officiating. Internment was at Dougherty Cemetery under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home. Mr. Atchley was born Tuesday, December 1, 1953 in Sulphur, to Oliver Leroy and Janettie Irene Haney Atchley. He died on Saturday, June 7, 2003 in Sulphur. He had lived in this area all of his life and attended school in Sulphur. He was a veteran of Vietnam where he served in the Army. He was affiliated with the Dougherty Baptist Church and was a paint contractor. He is survived by his mother, Irene Atchley, Sulphur; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Cy Doggett, Ardmore and Ellouise and Jerry Bumpass, Sulphur; four nieces; four nephews; 10 great nieces and seven great nephews. He was preceded in death by his father; a brother, Charles Leroy Atchley and a sister, Christine Shepard. Pallbearers were: Jason Boelte, Jerry John Bumpass, John Habger, Leroy Holland, Ralph Holland and Tracy Sanders.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Oakley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/810 Message Board Post: Jimmie Grant Oakley A graveside memorial service for Davis native Jimmie Grant Oakley, 67, of Prague will be Thursday, June 12, at 3 p.m. at Green Hill Cemetery, with Bro. Steve Martin officiating and Pastor Tim Emons assisting. He was born Jan. 30, 1936, in Davis to Roy C. and Lavada (Rushing) Oakley and died June 7, 2003, at his home. He attended first grade at Valley Brook Elementary in Oklahoma City and attended and graduated from Davis High School in 1954. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served one tour in Korea. In 1958, he graduated from Murray State College in Tishomingo and completed his education of mortuary science at Gupton Jones College in Dallas, Texas. Oakley continued his education at Central State University, East Central University and the University of Oklahoma where he obtained his master's degree in education. His first teaching position was at Truman Elementary in Oklahoma City in 1970; from 1973 to 1984, he was elementary principal with the Prague Independent School District. In 1992, Oakley finished his career at Spark's Independent School District as superintendent and was a lifelong educator for the state of Oklahoma. He was a lifelong member of Capitol Hill Church of Chri! st in Oklahoma City and a member of American Legion Post 11 in Prague. He was preceded in death by his parents. Oakley is survived by: his wife of 42 years, Wanda Jo; two sons, Royce of Prague and Roger of Pottsboro, Texas; a daughter, Karen Duncan of Yukon; a sister, Murlene Lewis of Oklahoma City, and eight grandchildren, Laura, Royden, Stephanie, Garen, Jaimie, Katelyn, Rachel and Ansleigh. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Legion Post 11 in Prague. Krien Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howell, Ray, Kirby, Oliver, Grubbs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/804.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Gene, Thanks for the replies. It does not look like I can tie any of your Ray's into mine, at the moment. However I will keep my mind's eye out and if I run across anything with the names I'll drop you a line. Tom Howell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ray, Whitten Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/804.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dummy me. Just after I sent that last message, it occurred to me that since she died in CA, I should check the CA death index which is online. http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi I found her there, Her father's surname was RAY and her mother's maiden name was WHITTEN. I looked up her brother Ennis Bland RAY as well. He was born 21 Feb 1902 in TX and died 13 Aug 1994 in Sacramento Co CA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/804.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I got her obit, but there was no mention of her parents. She was born 4 Oct 1897 in Breckenridge TX. She lived in Rush Springs OK most of her life. She moved to CA and died 6 months later on Jan 4 1984. Her brother was only survivor listed from her side of the family, but his name was listed as Ennis ROY. It may have been a typo, so I'll have to contact my obit source and have her check.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: James Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/809 Message Board Post: Glenn C. James Graveside services for Glenn C. James, 83, were held Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Willard McCartney, Jr. officiating. Interment was at Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home. Mr. James was born Monday, March 15, 1920 at Hennepin to Jesse James and Della Sewell James. He died Sunday, May 25, 2003 in Ardmore. He was married to Thais James and she preceded him in death. He grew up in the Davis area, graduating from Woodland High School. He attended Okla. A & M. He lived in California for several years then moved back to this area about four years ago. He lived in Choctaw until March 2003 when he moved to Ardmore. He served in the U.S. Air Force in WW II and worked as a truck driver. He attended the Baptist Church. He is survived by three brothers, Bill James, Choctaw, Jesse James, Jr., Oklahoma City and Bob James, Teague, Texas; four sisters, Bea Allmon, Sulphur, Geneva Herndon, Ardmore, Katherine Foster, Oklahoma City and Betty Rose, Oklahoma City; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Floyd James.