This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Obits101 Surnames: Locust, Morgan, Evans Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.oklahoma/3146.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ...from the archives in Oklahoma City: The Daily Oklahoman 06-11-1966 p.1 Arizona Girl Is 'Miss Tan' DALLAS (AP) - Dolores Evans, talented 19-year-old dramalist from Tucson, Ariz., was crowned Miss Tan America Friday night. Runners-up in the all-Negro beauty contest were Harriett Rhett, 19, of Stamford, Conn., and Glenda Locust, 18, of Oklahoma City. The first Miss Tan America, Willie Mae Johnson, draped the purple and white victor's robe about Miss Evans, who kept crying into her bouquet of roses and shaking her head in disbelief. The Oklahoma City girl was graduated from Douglass High School this spring and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert G. Locust, 1225 NE 8. ******************************************************* The Daily Oklahoman 12-31-1972 p.13 Rites Set for Veteran Services for Hubert G. Locust, 4805 N Willard, will be at 11 am Wednesday at Avery Chapel AME Church with burial in Trice Hill Cemetery directed by McKay-Davis Funeral Home. He died Thursday at Veterans Administration Hospital. Locust, a native of Waco, Tex., moved to Muskogee as a child around 1945. He was a retired postal employee and a former secretary and treasurer of the National Association of Postal Employees. He formerly served as an interviewer at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and was a teacher in rural Oklahoma. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a Langston University graduate. He also attended Kansas State College, Emporia, Kan. He was a member of Avery Chapel AME Church, where he served on Steward Board 2 and sang in the choir. Survivors include his wife, Mrs Mattie L. Morgan Locust, and a daughter, Glenda Katie Locust, of the home. ***posted for genealogical purposes only; no relation*** Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.