Well, family, I'll add my two cents worth to the discussion on Sasser migration to Oklahoma..... My grandfather Cam (Campbell William, son of Wallace) had been in that area as a younger man, working in the oil fields at Burkburnet, TX and in the cattle business. He liked it, but returned to KY to get married and "settle down". Granddad was an accomplished banjo player and played in the dance bands with the folks who went on to establish the Grand Ole Opry. He did marry Ludie Helton, aka Lucretia FairLily who was the daughter of a missionary to the Cherokee Indians. Granddad had TB after they married, which became one of the reasons for leaving KY. They left KY in 1913 and headed to Oklahoma on the train...with their three oldest children, Sara, Crit and Stanley. Granddad had an uncle (I believe it was....a Gilbert) who lived in Lawton. They went to see this uncle and had plans to eventually head northwest to Oregon, but Grandad was too ill to travel due to the TB....so the contingency from SW OK went without him. He and the Uncle then opened a general store in downtown Lawton. I'm not sure what happened to the uncle, but Granddad later opened Sasser's Grocery. At the time it closed in the mid 70s, it was the business opened the longest at the same location in the city of Lawton. He was quite an entreprenuer in the grocery field, opening the first self-service grocery store in Oklahoma and one of the first west of the Mississippi River. This was in the early 1940s. I do know that Granddad loved adventure and was prepared to take on about anything new. Unfortunately, I was only six years old when he died. But I learned a lot about my grandfather when I wrote an award-winning essay about him and his role in Oklahoma history. I think I was in junior high at the time. His sister Stella spent some time in the Lawton area as well, having married D. B. Hale. He also had a cousin (?) John who lived in Blanchard, Tuttle or one of those small towns just south of Oklahoma City. John married a Sasser also...they had about 15 children. Several of these children headed for California to seek fame and fortune in the 30s and 40s, as did my oldest uncle Crit. Crit and one of John's sons were very well known home builders in the area that is now Palm Springs during the 40s. Crit also spent time in Bakersfield (?) before moving back to Oklahoma in the 50s. One of John's sons, Dakery, worked for Bob Hope as his business manager for many years. I do not know much about John's family ...I can't even remember his wife's name.... but I've always heard that the Sassers in Cheyenne, OK are his decendants. I remembered that when I saw the posting re: Melvin Sasser. Hope this helps some. I've always found it interesting that there were so many Sassers in Oklahoma and yet none of us really seem to know each other! Sue Lynn Sasser-Williams