This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Park, Hardin, Crider, Paschal, Harris, Urquhart Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6986 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Andrew Hiram Park, retired pioneer farmer and rancher who died at his home in Sayre, Wednesday, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Church of Christ in Durham. Park was born October 13, 1881 in Madison county, Texas, and came to Oklahoma Territory in 1899. He homesteaded at the present site of Durham in 1901. He was married to Miss Myrtle Francis Hardin at Canadian, Texas January 4, 1905. The couple made their home near Crawfod until 1948 when they moved to Sayre. He was a long-time member of the Methodist church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Park, 411 west Elm, Sayre; three daughters, Mrs. Velmer Crider, Mrs. Marjorie Crider, both of Mountain Home, Texas and Mrs. Leila Paschal, Wetumka, Oklahoma; four sons, Floyd Park, Durham, Hollis Park, Rosemond, California, Harlan Park, Sioux City, Iowa and O.T. Park of Reydon; one brotheer, Grover Park of Quannah, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Lilly Harris of Quannah, Texas and Mrs. Maggie Urquhart, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The Rev. Sanford Cole and Loyd Williams, both of Canadian, Texas officiated. Pallbearers were Reginald Estes, Glen Cecil, Dick Strickland, Tim Cockrell, Austin Riley and Bruce Thomas. Burial was in the Eller Flat cemetery with the Scroggins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 15, Sept-1949