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2warOttawa County Genealogical Society Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent Founded November 4, 1975 than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy “On September 19, 1975, Mr. Brammer of and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy Salt Lake City, Utah, conducted a seminar and you are a pauper. Quoted by Michael Levine in Take It From Me. on genealogy in Miami. Thirty persons (Berkley) attended the meeting and as a result, the group assembled November 4, 1975, and organized the Ottawa County Genealogical Society.” From History of Ottawa County Letter from the President by V. Nieberding. Dear Fellow Root Diggers, We are in our twenty-seventh year as an organization. The old adage "time flies when you're having fun" has certainly proved itself this year. We find ourselves at the winding down of the year when it seems that it has just begun. I have enjoyed Purpose The purpose of the Society is to promote working with you as your president again this year. I want to express my appreciation to my the preservation of genealogical records, fellow officers who have worked diligently to make this a successful year for the Society. Also, and assist people in researching and to Shelby Mahurin for her work in putting out the Smoke Signals so faithfully. The Heroes of publishing their family history. History series has been so fitting during this time when our nation has been reeling under the shock of having our homeland attacked. We've been reminded that our nation is strong because Monthly Meetings we are made up of strong ordinary people who have answered the call of duty to uplift and Annual Membership in the Society will be defend our God-given freedoms. increased to $10.00 per year, from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The Special recognition is also due to those of you who completed your family albums and brought membership includes a one-year subscription to the Smoke Signals, a home the ribbons from the Tulsa Genealogical Society show. You have not only created some quarterly published four times a year. future heirlooms for your own families but have made us proud of your accomplishments. You've led the way to new horizons in genealogy books. Great work! Oklahoma Historical Society, in the Wiley Post Building at the State Capital in I also want to thank those who have worked so long and hard to get the Society cook book out. Oklahoma have the following records Though it didn't get completed this year, it is well on the way and will be a good fund raiser for available for viewing: next year. L Oklahoma Territorial Department Book 1895-1907 Last but certainly not least, I want to thank all the members for your faithfulness in attending the L Records and Roster of the Oklahoma GAR Posts 1907-1916 meetings this year and for your input and ideas. Without you there would not be an Ottawa L Oklahoma Ladies of the GAR 1890- County Genealogical Society. Even if you did not hold an office or do a special project, you are 1950 an important part of the Society and are appreciated. L Asst. Quartermaster’s General Book, 1897-1902 Sincerely, L Asst Adjutant General’s Book 1897- 1907. Marjorie A. Patton

Did You Know? You are Invited to Our Regular Monthly Meeting We have the Ottawa county Oklahoma 1930 census at the local library. Friends and Kin, Please Join In The Society meets at 7:00 pm, at the Nine Tribes Tower Dining room. Meeting Dates for 2002 are: Jan 21, 2002 Feb 18, 2002 Mar 18, 2002 Apr 15, 2002 May 20, 2002 Jun 17, 2002 Computers at Library Jul 15, 2002 Aug 19, 2002 Sep 16, 2002 The special program provided to the Oct 21, 2002 Nov 18, 2002 Dec 16, 2002 Society that accessed ancestry. com, is no longer available. The library had to pay a Parking is free, and please bring a guest. rather large yearly fee for the use and due Hail, Guest! We ask not what thou art; to budget cuts this program had to go. If Friend, we greet thee, hand and heart; If Stranger, such no longer be, If Foe, our love shall conquer thee

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Smoke Signals is published by the Ottawa OFFICERS County Genealogical Society, Box 1883, Miami Oklahoma 74355-1383, four times PRESIDENT...... Marjorie A. Patton (542-8550) yearly. Publication periods are: VICE-PRESIDENT...... Shirley Carter (533-1628) SECRETARY...... Ken Higgins (540-3107) Winter (Jan, Feb, Mar) CORRESPONDING SECRETARY...... Hildred H. Ables (542-4705) and Viola Taylor(542-4463) Spring (Apr, May, Jun) TREASURER...... Betty J. Pulley (540-0937) Summer (Jul, Aug, Sep) Fall (Oct, Nov, Dec) Committees

Single copies are available for a cost of Acquisitions & Library...... S. Mahurin, M. Patton, M. Rentfrow, B. Pulley, H. Ables $3.00 per copy, based upon availability. Membership...... Neither the editor, nor the society assume Greeter...... Hazel McNeely (542-5180) responsibility for errors which may appear Computer Interest...... in the publication. Web-Site and e-mail...... Ken Higgins Beginner Classes...... Members Did You Know? Historian...... Marjorie Patton Program...... Shirley Carter and Kenneth Crabtree L i f e i s L i v e d Hospitality...... Shirley Ratliff and Luretta Williams Forward Smoke Signals Editor...... Shirley J. Mahurin But Understood Callers...... Backwards IN APPRECIATION OF

Viola Taylor and Hildred H. Ables Corresponding Secretaries Members of Ottawa County Genealogy Society The Society, for a fee of $5.00 for the first hour and $10.00 for each additional hour for their dedication in handling research inquiries will do county research? Most general and donating the research fees received to the Society, for our only fund raising project. research can be done in an hour. Copies of materials found will be $1.00 an article, For health reasons they are unable to continue with the research. and cost of postage is also charged. This research charge is necessary in order to For our December meeting we want to honor these two loyal members for their outstanding continue adding books and materials to our devotion and many contributions over the years. collection.

Did You Know? ...... You should send a copy of all your research data to a friend or relative; someone in a different location. Anyone can be a victim of a natural disaster of one kind or another. Lightning can damage your computer and destroy your records. Disks can be damages by several methods, but don’t forget your research records can also be damaged or destroyed by fire, theft, etc. Protect your years of research by copying them and store them elsewhere. Number of V e t e r a n Did You Know that this is a G.A.R. decreasing in Oklahoma, metal? census shows

The number of veterans is dwindling in Oklahoma and across the nation. . . Census data shows Oklahoma lost nearly 40 percent of its World War II veterans from 1990 to 2000 — on average, 14 per day. Those veterans either died or moved out of state. In 1990, 32 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties had at least 1,000 residents who served in World War II. By 2000, only 17 counties had that distinction, according to a Tulsa World analysis. . .

Across the country, World War II veterans are dying at a rate of close to 1,000 per day. . .

Miami Oklahoma News-Record September 29, 2002, Pg. 3a, Column 3

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This is the final 2002 issue of the Smoke Signals and the final issue of Shirley J. Mahurin as editor.

Note from the editor: This is the second time I have been editor of the Smoke Signals, and I am resigning with this issue. Being editor is time-consuming and I have been too involved in other work also, and haven’t been able to do my own research for about nine years now. So it is time for a change of pace. However, the research for the veterans was a labor of love. Over 1,400 veterans were located, and acknowledged in the Smoke Signals as being buried in Miami’s own Grand Army of the Republic cemetery, better known as the G.A.R. cemetery. Burials, and memorial burials, there include many veterans of all the wars. Helping me in this research, by locating military stones, was Hildred H. Ables. We were later joined by Bill Thorpe who sped up the looking by searching and flagging the stones while Hildred and I wrote them down. A year and a half of searching and writing and Santa got me a digital camera allowing me to pitch the notebook, then Hildred cheered while Bill and I were able to fly along locating the stones. Betty Pulley then joined us for the last few months with her digital camera and we completed the stones. I had been typing in this long list of military personnel as we went, and at the same time, seeking obits mentioning military burials that did not have a military stone. Then Bill brought in the cavalry with a big box full of military burials conducted by the NEO Veterans Funeral Detail. This group travels several thousand miles a year to conduct military funerals for the deceased veterans. Their records were well-organized and contained the obit clippings. I burned the mid-night oil and got them typed just in time to complete this last issue about our Heroes in History year. We wish to thank Bill Thorpe and the NEO Veterans Funeral Detail for giving us this information.

Heroes of History

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of former Union soldiers and sailors, and later the Confederate soldiers and sailors became active with them — the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) —originally it was a social and service organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War. The first G.A.R. Post was organized at Decatur Illinois on April 5, 1866, by Dr. B. F. Stephenson of Springfield Illinois. Local posts were first formed in Oklahoma around 1889. In Oklahoma the Posts held annual three-day encampments at various locations around the state. Their purpose was to promote patriotism in the observance of Decoration Day, now called Memorial Day, and Flag Day. The G.A.R. members formed brass bands and performed marching skills in various public parades and events. Objectives of the G.A.R. were threefold: Fraternity among the veterans; Charity for needy veterans, widows and orphan of veterans; and Loyalty to the United States and its Constitution. Organization of the G.A.R. was patterned along the lines of their former military services. The had Commanders, Senior and Junior Vice-Commanders, Chaplains, Medical Directors, and Quartermasters. Other closely associated groups to the G.A.R. were the Women’s Relief Corp (WRC), sons of Union Veterans, and the Ladies of the G.A.R. The G.A.R. established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. General John A. Logan declared it should be May 30, 1868. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The cemetery already held the remains of 20,000 Union dead and several hundred Confederate dead. The ceremonies centered around the mourning- draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of General Robert E. Lee. General and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and other Washington officials presided. After speeches, children from the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Orphan Home and member of the FAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns. By the end of the 19th century, Memorial day ceremonies were being held on May 30th throughout the nation. It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all Americans wars. In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, though it is still often called Decoration Day.

Following Information from the Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma, May 2001

As we live in a mostly peaceful time, it is easy to forget why we are a free people. So, it is our duty to ensure that every one that breathes the fresh air of freedom is reminded of the price paid and of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

• The young and idealistic doughboy of World War I. His country needed him and he went willingly. More than 116,000 Americans lost their lives in that war. • During World War II, Americans again fought, not just for themselves, but for the entire world, and 400,000 died. • Then came the biting cold of Korea. There on a frozen peninsula, 37,000 Americans paid the price. • In Vietnam, 58,000 lost their lives and thousands more remain unaccounted for to this day. • And during the mercifully short Persian Gulf War, another 300 Americans died to preserve someone else’s freedom, to save someone else’s homeland.

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One Hero, Charles Laban Brady, World War I Charles Laban Brady - Sergeant Brady, age 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brady of Tar River has been listed as killed in action by the war department, nearly a year after his disappearance during the St. Mihiel drive, Sep 12, 1918. Sustained by the hope that there might be some mistake and that their son, who was listed as missing in action on September 26, 1918, would be found among the prisoners of Germany and returned to them, the parents, through the American Red Cross, have made every possible effort to ascertain his real fate. The hope, which arose from time to time when a bit of encouraging information was received, has been blasted time and again by other information. The first real light on the fate of the sergeant came from Private Thomas McCombs of Commerce Oklahoma, a member of Brady’s company, who told Mrs. Burr, secretary of the home service of the Red Cross, that he had seen Brady surrounded and captured by the Germans, with about 25 other members of the company, including the lieutenant, after they had been ordered to proceed in advance of the company in an effort to cut a German supply line. McCombs and other members of the company, in interviews by Mrs. Burr, could add nothing more except Brady had not been seen again and that it was thought that he was captured by the Germans, and had been turned back with the other prisoners at the end of the war. In March of this year, 1919, four months after the signing of the Armistice and six months after the St. Mihiel Battle, Germany delivered to American officers at Berne Switzerland, the identification tag carried by Brady, with the report that it had been taken from a dead soldier. Tortured by the thought that her son might have been a victim of Hun brutality and had died in a German prison, the mother’s only hope now is that the boy was killed before he fell into the hands of the enemy. His real fate will perhaps always remain a mystery. Brady was a member of the first draft quota, September 20, 1917. He was a member of Company A, 358th infantry of the 90th division and rose to the rank of sergeant within a few months after entering the service. (Miami Oklahoma District Daily News - Aug 10, 1919, Pg. 2, Col. 1)

Transition Time - World War II -Marjorie Ann George Patton -

The “Great War” was a time of profound changes to the family of Hiram and Bertha George. As I look back on the events of my childhood, I realize that, along with many other families, ours was never the same.

Every one in my family was involved in the war effort in one way or another. Because of gasoline rationing, our family moved to a place just south of Baxter Springs, Kansas to be near Dad’s work at the Ballard Mine, where lead and zinc, essential to the war effort, was gouged out of the earth. My mother went to work at Lerner Brothers Manufacturing in Baxter Springs where they made Army uniforms.

My eldest brother, Herman, was drafted early in the war and fought in Germany, France and Luxenburg before being captured by a German “super soldier” and spending time as a German prisoner of war.

My sister, Lillian, and her husband Gordon Hohler, worked in defense plants in Detroit, Michigan. She made parts for PT boats and he was foreman in another plant. The government kept sending him automatic deferments because his job was essential to the war effort but he felt he should be fighting with the rest, so he turned the next deferment down and was sent to the South Pacific where he was involved in battles at Okinawa, Laite, Wake Island and other battles in that area.

When my brother, Loren, was 17, he decided he was old enough to go fight for his country too, so he joined the navy with my parents’ permission. He was turned down because of a stiff wrist but as soon as he was 18, he was drafted. He went through the same hospital for his physical as before and the doctor even remember him and informed him that, “that wrist is a lit better.” He served on the USS New Jersey in the South Pacific during the rest of the war.

Next in line was my brother, Bobby, who was too young for military service, but who felt he must do something to help out the effort, so he quit school and went to work in the lumber industry. He bought a bicycle to ride back and forth to work and had it painted red, white and blue to show his patriotism.

But what could I, as a small child, do to help my country? I really took this to heart, since my family was so involved, so Daddy worked me up a small plot of my own to plant a Victory Garden. Everyone was encouraged to grow as much of their own food as they could during this time of food rationing, so this was to be my small contribution. I felt very important to be doing my “part for peace.” This little spot was apart from the regular family garden and was my total responsibility. I was really proud of my project to help my country.

Even the music changed during that time. I remember that in school some old songs were changed to reflect the war effort. For instance, we children sang at the top of our voices: “Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy! Buy more stamps and buy more bonds, instead of so much candy!!!” When my brother, Loren, finally came home on lave, each time he would go into a restaurant someone would, invariably, put some money in the juke box and play “Bell Bottom Trousers, Coats of Navy Blue, I love a sailor and he loves me too!!!” The meant to honor him. They never knew he despised that song! So many of the songs written during that era reflected the fact that families and lovers were parted but were looking forward to being together again. Most of the music was beautiful and touching. It had a message which modern music is lacking - that there is hope beyond what is happening right now.

Known World War II Heroes Buried at the G.A.R. Cemetery at Miami Oklahoma

Lee F. Adkison, S. Sgt World War II World War II Born Dec 21, 1916, Died Jul 15, 1988 Born Apr 2, 1919, Died Aug 21, 1974 Military stone

Othel Oren Aldridge, ADC, U.S. Navy A L Allee, MOMM1, U.S. Coast Guard

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World War II Lester Leroy Baker, Gunner’s Mate 3rd CL. U.S. Navy. Born Feb 9, 1913, Died Jul 26, 1997 World War II Military stone Born Feb 16, 1923, Died Jul 24, 1998 Veterans Funeral Detail Records James A. Allemann, Tec 5, U.S. Army World War I and World War II Merlyn N. Banta, U.S. Army Born Oct 7, 1896, Died Feb 23, 1975 World War II Military stone Born Feb 27, 1920, Died Oct 16, 1995 Veterans Funeral Details Record Gene Walter Allgood, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Aug 31, 1925, Died Aug 22, 1985, age 59 Joseph Samuel Barger, Pvt, U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II. Oklahoma Born Sep 10, 1904, Died Feb 24, 1959 Lester Leon Amiott, Pfc, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Feb 5, 1922, Died Jan 28, 1986 Kenneth Glen Barr, BM2, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born May 12, 1915, Died Sep 18, 1984 Paul Melvin Anderson, Cpl., U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jan 10, 1916, Died Nov 28, 1994 Henry Leroy Barron, Pfc Military stone World War II Oklahoma. 1397 Engr Const BN Born Dec 28, 1920, Died Nov 8, 1951

Loyal C. Barton, Pfc, U.S. Air Force World War II Champ Clark Atkinson, Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Born Apr 15, 1928, Died Sep 28, 1974 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Born Dec 30, 1909, Died Jan 7, 1993, age 83 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record Thomas Henry Barton, SK 2, U.S. Navy Elmer R. Atkinson, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Oct 18, 1905, Died Apr 14, 1991 Born Dec 15, 1924, Died Aug 27, 1993 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Johnnie Wesley Baty, Pvt U.S. Army World War II Earl Hugh Bailey, Pfc Born Mar 9, 1917, Died Oct 29, 1977 World War II Military stone Oklahoma, 9201 Tech SVC Unit Born Aug 20, 1915, Died Oct 5, 1964 Earle Grantham Bayless, Signalman, U.S. Navy Miami News Record, Oct 5, 1964, Pg. 3, Col. 3 and World War II. USS Guam Oct 6, 1964, Pg. 3, Col. 5 — In Memory May 29, 2000, Pg. 7, Born Feb 13, 1926, Died Mar 6, 1969 Col. 1, photo Herman W. Bear, S Sgt, U.S. Army Lee Roy Bailey World War II World War II Born 1915, Died 1979 Died Apr 24, 1986 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Information Thurman Walter Bear, Sr., U.S. Army Lawrence A. Baker, WT2, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Dec 25, 1916, Died Feb 20, 1980 Born Mar 16, 1901, Died Sep 2, 1986 Military stone Military stone Floyd Lee Beard, Pvt World War II

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Born Sep 6, 1916, Died Apr 6, 1977 World War II (VR), No. 1890382, A.C. 2 Denzil W. Beason, Sgt Died May 30, 1945, Age 20 World War II Your smiles and your song and your love live forever in our Oklahoma, 48 Field Arty BN hearts Born Sep 19, 1919, Died Nov 5, 1945 Military stone

George Orval Beaury, T Sgt, U.S. Army William K. 'Dick' Billington, Pfc World War II World War II Born Mar 3, 1912, Died May 13, 1979 Born Dec 28, 1913, Died Oct 3, 1983, age 69 Military stone Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma

William Newton Beekman, Lt Col, U.S. Army Delbert Billups, U.S. Army World War II and Korean War World War II Born Jan 4, 1909, Died May 21, 1987 Born Apr 27, 1923, Died Feb 6, 2000 at 10:10 pm, age 76, Military stone newspaper information Miami News Record, Feb 8, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Everett Bell, U.S. Army World War II. Served in the South Pacific Ernest A. Blankenship, U.S. Navy, SI Born Sep 5, 1912, Died May 13, 1981 World War II VFW member, Bill Thorp, gave information Born Feb 26, 1917, Died Nov 17, 1959 A shared stone with Wilma B. Bell Charles E. Bluejacket, Sgt, U.S. Air Force James William Belt, S2, U.S. Navy World War II World War II. Purple Heart Oklahoma, 376 AAF Bomb Group. Reported first Missing in Born Oct 23, 1925, Died Apr 23, 1992 Action in Tunishia, then Killed in Action Military stone Born Mar 18, 1912, Died Nov 2, 1943, stone, age 31, newspaper information Wayne Bender, Pfc, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Aug 28, 1949, Pg. 11, Col. 1, reburial in World War II 1949 Born Apr 25, 1923, Died Jun 21, 1995 Military stone Eugene Fred Boggs, Sr., U.S. Merchant Marines World War II Jackson ‘Jack’ Arthur Bennett, U.S. Army Born Jun 30, 1920, Died Jul 15, 1998, age 78 World War II Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Jul 3, 1917, Died Nov 13, 2000, age 83 Miami News Record, Nov 13, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3 and Basil Leo Bond, Cpt Nov 14, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3. Photo World War II Born May 11, 1927, Died Feb 9, 1995 John Lloyd Benson, Pfc World War II Albert E. Bonner, Tec 4, U.S. Army Oklahoma, Engineers, served 2 years and 8 months. spent a year World War II and a half in Europe with the 1254 Engineer combat battalion Born 1910, Died 1983 Born Mar 10, 1920, Died Jun 30, 1946, age 26 Military stone Quapaw Chieftain Weekly-Quapaw Okla. Jul 5, 1946, Pg. 1, Col. 6 and Dale D. Botts, U.S. Army, Pvt Miami News Record, Jul 5, 1946, Pg. 6, Col. 5 World War II, Purple Heart Born May 24, 1921, Died May 7, 1995, age 73 Wayne P. Benson, Pfc headstone information World War II Oklahoma, ARMD Ing Bn 6 ARMD Div. Lost his life on a Ellsworth Barton Botts, U.S. Army, Pfc battlefield in France World War II Born Feb 2, 1924, Died Nov 12, 1944, age 20, stone Born Jun 6, 1910, Died Dec 16, 1994, age 84 Miami News Record, Sep 16, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 5 and Sep 19, Veterans Funeral Details Record 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 8, reburial 1948 Bertie J. Boyd, Tec 5 Frederick D. Beverley, British, Royal Air Force World War II

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Oklahoma, 1737 STA Comp World War II Born Oct 31, 1900, Died Apr 26, 1967, headstone information Born Jul 28, 1922, Died Nov 8, 1984

James Boyd, British, Royal Air Force Levi J. Bridgett, Pfc World War II World War II (VR), No. 1572837, L.A.C. Born Jun 8, 1918, Died sep 15, 1978 Died Dec 14, 1941, Age 20 Best beloved, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jasmine, Preswick, Earl Loyd Brookshire, U.S. Navy Scotland World War II Born Apr 22, 1914, Died Sep 26, 1981, age 67 Earl Austin Bradbury, Pfc, U.S. Marines Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II, Killed in Action while service in Okinawa. Entered the service Mar 1943, and had been overseas one and a Alan Brown half years when killed. Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific theater World War II ribbon, Victory medal and the Bronze citation. British, Royal Air Force (VR) No.1479901 L.A.C. Born Oct 3, 1917, Died May 31, 1945 Died Aug 31, 1942, age 19 Miami News Record, Feb 7, 1949, Pg. 1, Col. 7 and Feb 13, 1949, Pg. 11, Col. 3, reburial 1949 Chleora May Young Brown, U.S. Navy, S1 Military stone World War II Born Dec 31, 1922, Died Feb 11, 1998, age 75 William Braden, S Sgt, U.S. Army Military stone, a shared stone with Raymond Lee Brown, and World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Sep 6, 1917, Died Mar 17, 1988 Howard Evert Brown, U.S. Navy, F1 George Chet Bradley, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Apr 23, 1909, Died Aug 6, 1979 Served in France with the 65th Division of the 3rd Army Military stone with Gen. George Patton. Saw combat in France, Germany and Austria Joe E. Brown, Sgt Born Jul 21, 1921, Died Nov 4, 1999, age 78 World War II Oklahoma William R. Bradley, S1, U.S. Navy Born Aug 3, 1917, Died Aug 2, 1970 World War II, Kansas Born Oct 27, 1905, Died Feb 7, 1970 Lawrence Brown, Sgt Military stone World War II 4th Field Artillery Joseph Milford ‘Mutt’ Brady, U.S. Army Died Jan 30, 1943 World War II Military stone Served with the A Company 46th Engineers Born Apr 19, 1916, Died Jun 13, 1998, age 82 Oren U. ‘Bill’ Brown Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Died May 3, 1986 Kenneth L. Brandon, S Sgt, U.S. Marines Veterans Funeral Detail Information World War II Oklahoma, Marine Corp Res Ralph L. Brown, Pfc Born Oct 7, 1911, Died Sep 29, 1960 World War II Oklahoma, Company A, 338 Infantry John Henry Brewer, U.S. Navy, SM3 Born Apr 21, 910, Died May 17, 1964 World War II Military stone Born Feb 20, 1926, Died Sep 4, 1987, age 61 Military Stone Virgil L. Brown, U.S. Army, Pfc World War II, Oklahoma Wesleyon A. Brewer, Tec 5 Born Oct 10, 1905, Died Jan 17, 1965 World War II Military stone Born 1898, Died Oct 15, 1980 Warren H. Brown, Cox, U.S. Navy Hester A. Brewington, Pfc World War II, Oklahoma

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Born Jul 7, 1921, Died Dec 6, 1964 Howard Wayne Bybee, U.S. Air Force, Sergeant World War II, Received two Bronze Stars Alfred L. Browning, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Jan 1, 1918, Died Sep 7, 1997, age 79 World War II, Kansas, Infantry Veterans Funeral Detail Records Killed in Action on a European battlefield. Born Jun 26, 1921, Died Oct 6, 1944 James Henry Byrd, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Dec 1, 1947, Pg. 2, Col. 6 World War II, Served in the Pacific Theater Re-burial, funeral services 1947 Born Mar 24, 1918, Died Sep 15, 1995, age 77 Military stone Veterans Funeral Details Record

Oscar G. Bruner, Pvt, U.S. Army Arthur ‘Monk’ Campbell, U.S. Army Air Corps World War II World War II Born Apr 27, 1920, Died Feb 11, 1988 Born Nov 6, 1922, died Mar 19, 2000, age 77 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Records

Wayne Dale Buckner, U.S. Navy, USS Gleaves George W. Campbell, U.S. Navy, S2 World War II World War II, Missouri Born Jul 29, 1926, Died Aug 28, 2000, age 74 Born Apr 21, 1908, Died Mar 22, 1944 Miami News Record, Aug 29, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Military stone

Fred Buergey, Pvt, U.S. Army Air Force Clarence 'Bobby' Carselowey, U.S. Navy World War II, Oklahoma World War II Born Nov 13, 1907, Died Mar 29, 1973 a radarman on destroyers in the South Pacific Died age 92, newspaper information John W. Bullis, Cpl, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Oct 29, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3, photo World War II Born Feb 2, 1918, Died Mar 16, 1990 William Amos Carter, Sgt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jul 5, 1919, Died Mar 11, 1980 Harold A. Burman, British, Royal Air Force Military stone World War II (VR) No.1335301 L.A.C. Amel R. Cass, Tec 4 Died Aug 31, 1942, age 21 World War II Live on brave boy! Thy spirit still inspires Oklahoma. 3215 Engr FFGT Co. BSM Military stone Born Jan 18, 1916, Died Mar 31, 1972

Alec L. Burnett, SF1, U.S. Navy Kenneth D. Casto, Sr., Pvt, U.S. Army Air Forces World War II World War II, California Born Dec 25, 1907, Died Apr 22, 1998 Born Aug 28, 1902, Died Feb 23, 1973 Military stone Orval Harlan ‘O.H.’ Cavin, U.S. Army Air Corp Willie Miles Busby, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II World War II served as a radio operator on planes Born Nov 19, 1914, Died Feb 21, 1979, age 64 Born Jul 6, 1918, Died Dec 31, 1996 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone Noah L. Chambers, Pfc Hector J. Bussey, U.S. Army World War II, Oklahoma World War II, served in the Pacific Born Jan 29, 1906, Died Dec 9, 1965, age 59 Born Aug 14, 1918, Died Nov 25, 1999, age 81 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Miami News Record, Nov 28, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Military stone Roy Bill Chambers World War II Harold Bybee, U.S. Army, Tec 4 Born Feb 6, 1923, Died Feb 23, 1971, age 48 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Born Jun 17, 1915, Died Feb 7, 1984 Military stone Billy E. Champlin, SF 3

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World War II, Oklahoma John B. Clanton Born May 5, 1918, Died Jun 3, 1964 World War II Born Aug 4, 1901, Died May 22, 1963, age 61 Joe G. Chandler, U.S. Marine Corps Miami News Record, May 23, 1963 World War II Born Jan 6, 1924, Died Aug 22, 1998, age 74 Paris B. Clanton, Sgt Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II, Oklahoma, 12 TNG BN Born Jul 19, 1909, Died Jun 6, 1948 Bert Leroy Chazell, Pvt World War II Daniel Seth Clinton, U.S. Army, Cpl Killed in Action in France, after less than two months overseas World War II service Born Jun 10, 1922, Died May 13, 1985, age 62 Born about 1926, Died Sep 13, 1944, age 18 Jim Thomas funeral records, Military stone Miami News Record, Oct 28, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 1 and oct 31, Miami News Record, May 13, 1985, Pg. 3, Col. 2 1948, Pg. 8, Col. 2, reburial 1948 Orville Coble, U.S. Army, Pvt Elmer E. Cherry, Cpl World War II World War II, Oklahoma, 2126 Base Unit AAF Born Aug 16, 1908, Died Dec 5, 1972, age 64 Born Dec 15, 1908, Died Mar 24, 1967, age 58 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Chauncey Glude Coghill, Pfc, U.S. Army John Wylie Cherry, U.S. Army, Ssgt World War II World War II Born Dec 28, 1921, Died Nov 9, 1980 Born Jan 1, 1917, Died Jan 30, 1978, age 61 Military stone Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Military stone Jack W. Collard, U.S. Army, Tec 5 World War II Charles C. Chesnut, U.S. Navy Served from Aug 1941 to Aug 1945 World War II Born Aug 25, 1918, Died Apr 25, 1995 serving under Admiral Badger, Commander of Services in the Veterans Funeral Details Record Pacific Born May 2, 1912, Died 1992 Jack B. Collins, Pfc, U.S. Army Miami News Record, May 25, 1992, Pg. 1, Col. 7 World War II, Killed in Action May 26, 1992, Pg. 2, Col. 3 Oklahoma, 106 Inf 27 Infantry brigade He had served about two years in the army before he was killed Wylie G. Chesnut, U.S. Navy, Physician on Saipan in heavy fighting against the Japanese World War II Born Dec 28, 1924, Died Jun 22, 1944, stone. The paper says Jun Born 1904, Died 1966 21, 1944 Miami News Record, Apr 14, 1966, Pg. 1, Col. 6 Miami News Record, Jun 21, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 2 Apr 15, 1966, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Re-burial in 1948

John Chris, U. S. Navy, AO 1 James Wilbur Collins, Sr., U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc World War II World War II Born Tompkins, Dec 22, 1920 Born Apr 25, 1923, Died Jan 31, 1996, age 72 Died Sep 11, 1984 Military stone

Lyle D. Christensen, U.S. Navy E. W. Colvard, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Jul 10, 1927, Died Nov 27, 1995, age 68 Born Apr 15, 1915, Died Sep 15, 1986 Veterans Funeral Details Record Military stone Military stone George E. Colvard, Pvt, U.S. Army Thomas Christy, U.S. Guards, Pvt World War II World War II Born Jan 8, 1921, Died Jun 12, 1978, age 57 Montana, 38 BN Military stone Born Jan 9, 1888, Died Mar 10, 1936 Military stone James A. Colvard, Pvt, U.S. Army

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World War II Andrew Jackson Cooper, Pvt, U.S. Army Born Jul 7, 1917, Died Nov 27, 1963, age 46 World War II Military stone Born Jul 24, 1920, Died Feb 3, 1983 Military stone James V. Colvard, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II Fred James Cooper Born Aug 9, 1923, Died Nov 30, 2000, age 77 World War II, Killed in Action on a European battlefield Miami News Record, Dec 3, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Oklahoma, Tec 5 290 Inf 75 Div Military stone Born Dec 2, 1923, Died Jan 18, 1945, stone Miami News Record, Dec 2, 1947, Pg. 1, Col. 3 and Dec 5, 1947, Charles Merl Combs, PSC, U.S. Navy Pg. 10, Col. 6, reburial in 1947 World War II Born Oct 31, 1926, Died Jan 20, 1990 Rolfe Cooper, Pfc, U.S. Army headstone information World War II Born Feb 7, 1914, Died Sep 16, 1989 Arthur Logan ‘Al’ Commons, U.S. Navy, 1st Lieutenant Military stone a Judge Advocate General World War II Onie Kenneth Corn, U. S. Army Born Oct 31,1893, Died Nov 23, 1961, age 68 World War II, Served as a medic Miami News Record, Nov 24, 1961, Pg. 1, Col. 1 and Born Jan 20, 1918, Died Mar 29, 2002, age 84 Nov 26, 1961, Pg. 1, Col. 2, photo Miami News Record - Mar 31, 2002, Pg. 3a, Col. 3

Carl Franklin Conner, U.S. Army Ralph S. Cornelison World War II, Served in France World War II Born Feb 5, 1922, Died Oct 24, 2001, age 79 Born Aug 28, 1918, Died Mar 14, 1982, age 63 Miami News Record, Oct 25, 2001, Pg. 3a, Col. 3 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Military stone William E. 'Bill' Cornog, Pfc, U.S. Marine Corp Jack M. Cole, U.S. Army World War II, Oklahoma World War II, Purple Heart Born Jul 3, 1926, Died Oct 23, 1971 Born Dec 7, 1924, died Nov 22, 1997, age 72 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Records Raymond Cortez, U.S. Army John Coleman Connolly, Sr., U.S. Army World War II, Served in Pacific World War II, Served in the Pacific Born Aug 31, 1910, Died Jan 25, 1991, age 80 Born Oct 26, 1917, Died Feb 27, 1995, Age 77 Bronze Star Veterans Funeral Detail Record Leland J. Conrad, U.S. Army World War II Charles Edward Cozart, U.S. Army Born 1921, Died 1998 World War II Military stone Born Jan 9, 1928, Died Feb 22, 1992, age 80

Emeral Burnell Cook, Ens, U.S. Navy John Roy Craggett, U.S. Navy World War II, Killed in Action. World War II Entered the Navy in 1941 Born Sep 18, 1918, Died Apr 25, 1972, age 53 Fighter Pilot Stationed aboard the USS Cabot at the time of his Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma death–Battle of Leyette Gulf, Invasion of the Philippines. Buried at Sea. Edwin Clark 'Ed' Craig, SM3, U.S. Navy Born Jan 11, 1924, Died Oct 30, 1944, age 20 World War II Military stone, in Memory of Born Nov 17, 1926, Died Feb 22, 1996, age 69 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Junior Monroe Cook, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force Military stone and shared stone with Jan Nichols World War II, served from 1953-1957 Born Jun 27, 1922, Died Feb 4, 1999, age 76 Clifford J. Cresswell, Cpl, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Feb 7, 1999 World War II Military stone and shared stone with Dora M. Cook Born Sep 1, 1913, Died Oct 8, 1983 Military stone

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Robert A. Croninger, Second Lieut Arie L. ‘Kink’ Davis World War II, Killed in Action while serving with American World War II forces on Leyte Island in the Pacific. 4025 Sig Service GP Born Oct 27, 1912, Died Mar 18, 1985 Born Sep 4, 1922, Died Nov 14, 1945, age 23 Miami News Record, Sep 5, 1948, Pg. 11, Col. 8 Clyde F. Davis, Pfc Re-burial 1948 World War II, Oklahoma 421 Escort Guard Co., killed in England, he had been in the army Lathan V. Cross, Pfc, U.S. Army 18 months. Davis's body was shipped on the U.S. Lawrence World War II Victory with 3,373 other servicemen who had lost their lives on Served under Gen. George Patton in the Third Army European battlefields Born Nov 17, 1924, Died Jul 25, 1998, age 73 Born Oct 2, 1924, Died Jul 26, 1944, stone, age 19 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Miami News Record, Jul 1, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 4 and Jul 23, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 8 Vernon Wilson Crow, U.S. Army Re-burial in 1948 World War II Served 12 years as Chief of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe Ervin Davis, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Jan 22, 1914, Burial Date Nov 23, 1991, age 77 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Mar 8, 1925, Died May 2, 1997 Military stone Virgil Lewis Crow, U.S. Army World War II Lynn R. Davis, U.S. Navy Born Jul 17, 1912, Died Oct 31, 1996, age 84 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Nov 9, 1924, Died May 8, 1975, age 50 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Cecil W. Cruzan, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II Harry T. Dean, U.S. Army Born Feb 25, 1912, Died Aug 11, 1978 World War II Military stone Born Aug 31, 1916, Died Oct 13, 1982 Miami News Record, a non-military stone Everett Dee Cunningham, U.S. Army Air Corp, T-5 World War II John Daniel DeMier, U.S. Navy Served in the 175th Ordinance Depot Company World War II In the Austrian, Luzon and New Guinea campaigns Served South Pacific Born May 27, 1916, Died Sep 25, 2002, 86 Born Jun 16, 1914, Died Mar 27, 1992, age 77 Miami News Record - Sep 29, 2002, Pg. 3a, Col. 3 Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Harold G. Curlee, U.S. Army William T. Denney, Jr., F1, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Apr 6, 1926 Born May 3, 1923, Died Nov 6, 1977, age 54 Miami News Record, Oct 8, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 Military stone Shared stone with Kathryn L. Curlee Bobby 'Dutch' Max Detchemendy, U.S. Army Air Corp Walter Edward Curlee, U.S. Air Force World War II World War II Victory Medal and Army of Occupation Medal for Japan. Born May 14, 1923, Died Jan 12, 1996, age 72 Born Feb 14, 1928, Died Feb 20, 1999, age 71 Miami News Record, Jan 15, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 5 and Jan 16, Miami News Record, Feb 2, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 4, photo 1996, Pg. 4, Col. 2 William Rodney DeVilliers, Y3, U.S. Navy Clarence James Daigh, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Jun 20, 1927, Died Apr 20, 1987 Born Sep 1, 1917, Died May 4, 2000, age 82 Military stone Miami News Record, May 7, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Kenneth Norman Dewett, Sgt, U.S. Army Carl O. Darnall, SP3, U.S. Coast Guard World War II World War II Born Sep 8, 1922, Died May 25, 1991 Born Oct 14,1897, Died Jan 30, 1985 Military stone

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George H. Dinneen, U.S. Army Dick G. Ehrhart, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Jan 29, 1920, Died June 8, 1981 Born 1925, Died 1977 Military stone and shared stone with Neoma Dinneen Military stone

Clinton B. Ditmore, U.S. Army Clarence W. Ellington, Jr., BMC, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Mar 25, 1923, Died Mar 20, 1993, age 69 Born Jun 27, 1924, Died Oct 9, 1967, age 43 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone

Richard E. Dobbin, U.S. Army Air Corp John W. Elliott, Col, U.S. Army Air Corps World War II World War II, Korea and Vietnam Wars Born Nov 10, 1926, Died May 15, 1997, age 70 Born Apr 16, 1918, Died Nov 25, 1996 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone and shared stone with Wanda Jo Elliott

William G. 'Gib' Doty, Tech Sgt, U.S. Army Walter E. Elliott, British, Royal Air Force World War II, Killed in Action near St. Lo, France World War II Oklahoma, 38 Inf, 2 Div (VR), No. 1159658, L.A.C. Born Sep 15, 1918, Died Jul 14, 1944, age 26 Died Oct 20, 1943, age 29 Miami News Record, Sep 7, 1949, Pg. 1, Col. 2 and Rest in Peace Sep 11, 1949, Pg. 13, Col. 1, photo Military stone Re-burial 1949 Military stone Harold Franklin ‘Jack’ Ellis, U.S. Army World War II Robert Leonard Drage Served in Sicily, Normandy, northern France, algeria, French World War II Morocco and the Rhineland Coast Guard and Merchant Marines Purple Heart Born Oct 28, 1921, Died Dec 9, 2001 Veterans Funeral Details Record Miami News Record, Dec 11, 2001, Pg. 3a, Col. 3 Non-military stone Buddy Melvin Ellison, U.S. Marine Corps World War II Lloyd Lee Dryer, U.S. Navy Born Feb 20, 1924, Died Jan 22, 1998, age 73 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Records Dr. Dryer Born Jun 14, 1911, Died Jul 30, 1984, age 73 Orlan Glen Emerick, 2nd Lt, U.S. Army Air Corps Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born Sep 27, 1921, Died Jan 6, 1994, age 72 Maurice L. DuBois, Cpl, U.S. Air Force Veterans Funeral Details Record World War II Military stone Born May 3, 1930, Died Jan 26, 1993 Military stone Harold Eugene Erwin, U.S. Navy World War II Hubert F. Dudley, U.S. Navy Born Feb 20, 1920, Died Jul 27, 1996, age 76 World War II Miami News Record, Jul 29, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 2 Born Mar 3, 1915, Died Aug 29, 2002, age 87 Miami News Record, aug 30, 2002, Pg. 3a, Col. 3 Frank John Evans World War II Henry G. Dunning, Cpl, U.S. Air Force Born Nov 8, 1916, Died Dec 3, 1967, age 51 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Oklahoma, 729 Bomb Sq, AAF Born May 24, 1905, Died Jan 23, 1963 Edgar A.. Fansler, Jr. S 1, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II, Oklahoma. Purple Heart Born Apr 5, 1920, Died Dec 7, 1941 Benjamin F. Eby World War II, Oklahoma Carroll Farrell Born Feb 9, 1912, Died Oct 5, 1971 World War II Military stone Died Aug 21, 1956, Mitchelson funeral records

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Jim Farrington, Tec 4 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Miami News World War II, Oklahoma, 172 Inf Training BN Record, Oct 7, 1966, Pg. 3, Col. 4 and Born Jun 20, 1907, Died Apr 25, 1951 Oct 10, 1966, Pg. 3, Col. 4

James Robert Farris Leon M. Frazier World War II World War II Born Dec 22, 1921, Died Aug 21, 2000 Died Jan 5, 1986 Miami News Record, Aug 22, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Veterans Funeral Detail Information

Alvin M. Ferguson Cletus O'Dell Gaines World War II World War II Died Oct 7, 1959, age 55, newspaper info Born Dec 6, 1921, Died Oct 27, 1972 Miami News Record, Oct 8, 1959, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma

Benny Robert Ferguson, PR, U.S. Navy Ernest Henry Gaines, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Apr 14, 1920, Died Dec 21, 1992 Born Sep 13, 1914, Died Sep 13, 1988 Military stone Robert Lee Garber Edward S. Fields, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Jul 19, 1925, Died Mar 29, 1992 Born Feb 26, 1918, Died Apr 20, 1978 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone Pete O. S. Garner, Capt, U.S. Air Force Nicholas J. Fisher, U. S. Army World War II World War II Served Aug 16, 1942 - Sep 21, 1947 served in Germany as a heavy equipment operator, building roads Born Oct 30, 1910, Died Mar 26, 1980 Born Dec 25, 1934, Died Jan 18, 1996, age 61 Info on shared stone Miami News Record, Jan 19, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3 and Jan 21, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3 Merle K. Garrett World War II, served overseas for nine months Isaac B. Fisk, U.S. Army Born Jul 2, 1915, Died Aug 3, 1946, age 31 World War II Quapaw Chieftain Weekly-Quapaw Oklahoma, Aug 8, 1946, Pg. Born Aug 22, 1903, Died Jun 14, 1986, age 82 1, Col. 6 and Aug 5, 1946, Pg. 2, Col. 2 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma --Miami News Record, Jun 15, 1986, Pg. 12A, Col. 1 Wilbert 'Hardrock' Garrett Military stone .6, 1920, Died Jul 12, 1970, age 49 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma James Clark Fleming, GM2, U.S. Navy World War II Paul D. Gaylor, TEC 5, U.S. Army Born Oct 9, 1924, Died Apr 2, 1994 World War II, Served in the Philippines Military stone and shared stone with Gay Nelle Fleming Born Dec 15, 1915, Died Aug 4, 1989 Military stone Harry C. Ford, U.S. Army World War II, Oklahoma Tony Genuso, Pvt, U.S. Army Born Feb 25, 1908, Died Jan 23, 1974 World War II Born 1898, Died 1976 Robert M. Forslund, TEC 4, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Dec 21, 1911, Died Nov 23, 1979, age 67 Norman P. George, TEC4, U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II, Arkansas Military stone Born Nov 17, 1916, Died Feb 14, 1973 Military stone William E. 'Dick' Fraley World War II Kenneth L. Gerhart, Pvt, U.S. Army Born Jul 8, 1903, Died Oct 6, 1966, age 63 World War II Born Sep 15, 1927, Died Jun 13, 1992

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Military stone Gene Lyle Gorman, U.S. Army World War II Ralph Roberts Gibbs, ARM3, U.S. Navy Born Jan 14, 1928, Died Sep 26, 2000, age 72 World War II. Oklahoma Miami News Record, Sep 27, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Born Sep 17, 1923, Died Mar 14 1945 Earl Maurice Green, Pfc, U.S. Army Athel D. Gibson, U.S. Army World War II, Oklahoma, 357 Infantry World War II Born Jun 20, 1918, Died Dec 11, 1967 Born Jan 21, 1921, Died Sep 24, 1982 Military stone Military ston Floyd Edward Green, Sgt James S. Gilmore, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II, Colorado, 45 Engr AVN BN World War II Born May 18, 1916, Died Aug 2, 1967 Born Aug 20, 1911, Died Oct 24, 1988 Military stone

Kenneth H. E. Gladhill, U.S. Navy Howard Richard Green, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Aug 16, 1921, Died Jan 26, 1985, age 68 Born Nov 20, 1921, Died Feb 11, 1999, age 77 Miami News Record, Jan 27, 1985, Pg. 2, Col. 2 and Miami News Record, Feb 14, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 1 Jan 28, 1985, Pg. 12, Col. 1 Loyd R. Green, Sgt, U.S. Army Ralph Joseph Glenn, Corporal, U.S. Air Corp World War II World War II Born May 18, 1916, Died Jan 22, 1978 Born Apr 30, 1924, Died Jul 25, 1999, age 75 Military stone Miami News Record, Jul 27, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 4 James I. Greenfeather, Pvt, U.S. Army Marian A. Goettel, PHM2, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Jul 18, 1923, Died May 4, 1983 Died Apr 17, 1977 Military stone Military stone Walter R. Griffith Arthur C. Goettell, 1st Lt, U.S. Army World War II World War II served from 1944 to 1946 Born Oct 2, 1922, Died Aug 1, 1979 Miami News Record, Oct 4, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Military stone Wyman M. Griggs, U.S. Navy Ellis John Golden, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Apr 2, 1916, Died Sep 17, 1994, age 78 Born Feb 1, 1920, Died Jan 21, 1986 Veterans Funeral Details Record Military stone Military stone

Lon Alvin Golden, U.S. Army John Edward Grigsby, U.S. Navy World War II World War II, Purple Heart Born Apr 21, 1893, Died Mar 21, 1977, age 83 Oklahoma, HA IC Jim Thomas Funeral Records Born Jun 27, 1925, Died Jul 21, 1944 Miami News Record, Mar 21, 1977, Pg. 3, Col. 6 and Memorial stone Mar 22, 1977, Pg. 3, Col. 2 Jack LeRoy Gudenoge, Capt, U.S. Air Force Bernard Lee Gordon World War II and Korean War World War II Born 1924, Died 1983 Born Sep 3, 1923, Died Jul 26, 1996 Military stone

Burl D. Gorman John Roberts Guild, Pvt., U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Mar 24, 1895, Died Sep 4, 1983, age 88 Born Mar 22, 1900, Died Apr 27, 1986 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Military stone

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Lena Frisbie Guild, WAAC Webbster 'Webb' Daniel Hallett, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Mar 29, 1904, Died May 26, 1985 Born Nov 25, 1925, Died Jun 21, 1999, age 73, newspaper Military stone information Miami News Record, Jun 22, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Jack Wayne Gustin, RD3, U.S. Coast Guard World War II Orville Ernest Hamon, Pfc Born 1920, Died 1982 World War II, Killed in Action at the Battle of the Bulge Military stone Oklahoma, member of Company B, 502nd Paratrooper division... entered the service in Feb 1941, and trained at Fort Banning, Delbert F. Hackney, Sgt Georgia World War II Born Dec 15, 1920, Died Jan 5, 1945, age 24 Oklahoma, 98 AAF Base HO an AB SQ Miami News Record, Jun 14, 1949, Pg. 1, Col. 4 and Born Aug 17, 1903, Died Apr 11, 1952 Jun 16, 1949, Pg. 6, Col. 4, body returned for re-burial

Herbert H. Hacksley, British, Royal Air Force Louise H. Hampton, TEC 5, U.S. Army World War II World War II (VR), No. 1820081, L.A.C. Born Jul 9, 1907, Died Jun 17, 1976 Died Aug 31, 1942 Loved and remembered always Thomas Henry Hampton, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born 1912, Died 1988 Howard E. Hadley, Capt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jul 10, 1921, Died Aug 19, 1991 Kenneth E. Hancock, Ssgt, U.S. Army World War II William W. Hadley, Tec 5 Born Nov 21, 1923, Died Mar 7, 1976 World War II Military stone Oklahoma, Quartermaster Corps Born Aug 10, 1899, Died Mar 15, 1968 Ernest Franz Hannebohn, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Feb 8, 1921, Died Jul 15, 1992, age 71 Robert Gowdy Haggard, Tec 5 Veterans Funeral Detail Record World War II Oklahoma, 789 Field Arty BN John G. Haralson, U.S. Air Force Born Mar 8, 1911, Died Apr 7, 1951 World War II Lieutenant Colonel retired Claude Alvin Hale, U.S. Army Born Dec 15, 1917, Died Apr 23, 1991, age 72 World War II Non-military stone Born May 23, 1913, Died Jan 31, 1995, age 76 Veterans Funeral Details Record Donald A. Harfield, British, Royal Air Force World War II Bert Roy Hall, U.S. Army (VR), No. 1338515, L.A.C. World War II Died Aug 31, 1942, age 17 Born Oct 20, 1920, Died May 29, 1998, age 77 God gave him to us. God has taken him from us. Thy will be Veterans Funeral Detail Records done Military stone Edward P. Hall, U.S. Army World War II Denton C. Hargrove, Cpl, U.S. Army Born Mar 31, 1926, Died Mar 25, 1978 World War II, Killed in Action in Italy while rescuing a fellow Military stone Oklahoman. Silver Star for gallantry in action shortly before his death Henry C. Hall, Sgt, U.S. Army an Army Medic. Oklahoma, Tec 5, 179 Inf 45 Inf Div World War II Born Oct 2, 1917, Died Nov 8, 1943, age 26 Born Oct 16, 1921, Died Dec 6, 1975 Miami News Record, Sep 20, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 4 Military stone Reburial 1948, Military stone

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Verl G. Harney, SSgt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Apr 8, 1925, Died Jun 1, 1993 George Grant Helton, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jun 10, 1920, Died Feb 10, 1998, age 77 Henry Aslee Hart, Sr., Pfc, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Born May 19, 1922, Died Jun 11, 1994 Joseph ‘Bill’ Henry, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Details Record World War II Military stone Born Oct 26, 1923, Died Dec 13, 1992 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Benjamin E. Hasler, Cpl, U.S. Army Infantry World War II Donald Max Herrell, CMI, U.S. Navy 6 Army Infantry. Bronze Star Medal World War II, Oklahoma Born Jun 1, 1920, Died Jun 17, 1956 Born Sep 25, 1917, Died Nov 21, 1952 Military stone Delford Hatcher World War II Lee Almon Herren, Pvt, U.S. Army Born Oct 8, 1916, Died May 4, 1955, age 38 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Born Jun 23, 1922, Died Nov 18, 1981 Military stone A. J. Hatley, U.S. Navy World War II Alfred Martin Hershman, U.S. Navy member of the Disabled American Veterans Born Mar 11, 1919, Died Dec 6, 1991 Born Nov 15, 1921, Died Jul 3, 1996, age 75 Military stone Jul 3, 1996 and Jul 5, 1996 Melvin J. Hicks, Pvt, U.S. Marine Corp Clyde B. Hawk, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II, Killed in Action on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands on World War II May 12, 1945. 6th Marine Division Born Feb 22, 1911, Died Jun 20, 1994, age 83 Enlisted in the Marines, May 31, 1944 Military stone Died May 12, 1945, age 20 Miami News Record, May 23, 1945, Pg. 1, Col. 5; Reburial Amos Hawks, S Sgt Miami News Record, Apr 3, 1949, Pg. 1, Section 2, Col. 3. Re- World War II burial April 1949 Missouri, 528 AIR SVC GP AAF Born Feb 23, 1906, Died Jul 12, 1963 Henry Higgins, Pvt, Infantry World War II Donald L. Hayes Oklahoma, 128 Inf World War II Born Feb 13, 1925, Died May 22, 1945 Born Jul 28, 1919, Died Nov 6, 1970 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma James B. Highfill, CCM, U.S. Navy World War II, Oklahoma Billy Joe Haynes, U.S. Navy Born Jul 18, 1902, Died Nov 28, 1955 World War II Military stone Born Sep 27, 1925, Died Aug 20, 1963, age 37 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Miami News Joseph Riley Hill, Pfc, U.S. Marine Corps Record, Jun 19, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 6 World War II Born Jul 15, 1916, Died Jun 25, 1978 Jack Otto Haynes, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Army service included duty in Okinawa and Korea Clovis D. Hines, Pfc in Army and SN in Navy Born Sep 1, 1911, Died Sep 21, 1959, age 48 World War ii and Korean War Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Ex-POW Born Jul 15, 1926, Died Feb 17, 1996, age 69 David Henry Helm, Sgt, U.S. Army Military stone and shared stone with Georgia M. Hines World War II Born May 8, 1920, Died Mar 20, 1991 James Leon Hobbs, U.S. Navy

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World War II and Korean War Military stone Born Sep 16, 1925, Died Feb 7, 1992 Veterans Funeral Detail Clarence D. Hoover Military stone World War II Oklahoma Tec 5 Btry B 264 Coast Arty Earnest E. Hodge, Cpl, U.S. Army Air Force Born Jan 13, 1918, Died Dec 30, 1953 World War II, Kansas Born Aug 30, 1914, Died Jun 25, 1955 Floyd Hopkins, Pfc, Infantry Military stone World War II Oklahoma 22 Inf. BSM Ira W. Hodge, Pvt., U.S. Army Born May 29, 1926, Died Nov 27, 1948 World War II Miami News Record, Nov 29, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 6 Washington, 167 Field Arty BN Born Sep 7, 1916, Died Jun 3, 1944 Kenneth Lloyd Horine, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Mar 4, 1924 Orvle Lloyd Hoffman Miami News Record, Mar 30, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 3 World War II Born Jun 15, 1909, Died Nov 25, 1970, age 61 Leon David Horn, Jr., U.S. Army Air Corp Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born May 25, 1920, Died Sep 26, 1986, age 66 Virgil L. Hoffman, Sgt, U.S. Air Force Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II He was the 1st engineer on a B-24 bomber on a flight over Clarence Monroe Howell, Sgt, U.S. Army Europe when killed in Action World War II Hoofman was one of six airmen killed when their Flying Fortress Born Mar 4, 1919, Died Dec 11, 1990, age 71 was shot down by German planes over Holland Military stone Born c 1918, Died Nov 26, 1943, age 25 Miami News Record, Dec 5, 1948, Pg. 13, Col. 8 and Carl C. Hudson Dec 8, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 6, reburial 1948 World War II Born Nov 2, 1919, Died Jun 28, 1969, age 69 Claude M. Holcomb, CPHM, U.S. Navy Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Oklahoma Leroy Hudson, U.S. Navy Born Jan 23, 1914, Died Dec 21, 1971 World War II Born Jan 21, 1924, Died Apr 27, 1995 James H. Holcomb, Tch Sgt, U.S. Air Force Miami News Record, Apr 28, 1995, Pg. 1 and 2, Col. 3 and Apr World War II 29, 1995, Pg. 2, Col. 1 30 AAF Bomb Sq Distinguished Flying Cross Lloyd Huff, MOMM3, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Nov 23, 1920, Died Mar 24, 1946 Born 1915, Died 1991

Glen E. Holden Billy Joe Huffman, U.S. Army World War II World War II Ottawa County Beacon-Quapaw Oklahoma Served in the 740th Tank Battalion Feb 11, 1949, Pg. 3, Col. 3 With occupation troops in German from 1945 to 1947 Born Aug 21, 1927, Died Mar 19, 1995 Radford Leroy Hood, Sr Military stone World War II Died Feb 4, 1986 Levi J. Huffman, Tec 5, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Information World War II Born Jan 18, 1905, Died Sep 2, 1975 Ralph T. Hooten, Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Apr 3, 1916, Died Oct 8, 1993, age 77 Ira D. 'I.D.' Hulvey, U.S. Navy Sea Bee Chief Gunner's Mate, Veterans Funeral Detail Record (AA) (T)m

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World War II Born Oct 31, 1925, Died Sep 8, 2000, age 74 Served with the 7th Seabee Battalion Miami News Record, Sep 10, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5, photo Honorably discharged Sep 30, 1945 Born Nov 2, 1903, Died May 4, 1986, age 76 Aden M. Jones, Pfc, U.S. Army Miami News Record, May 5, 1986, Pg. 2, Col. 1, photo World War II Non-Military stone with Mary E. Hulvey Born Jan 29, 1915, Died Mar 26, 1976 Military stone Richard K. Hunt, TEC 5, U.S. Army World War II Fred Lloyd Jones, U.S. Army Born Oct 11, 1925, Died Apr 8, 1997, age 71 World War II Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born May 20, 1922, Died Jan 18, 1999, age 76 Miami News Record, Jan 20, 1999 Glennis W. Hutson World War II Houston B. Jones, T Sgt, U.S. Army Born Nov 16, 1910, Died Apr 10, 1956 World War II Mitchelson Funeral Record-Commerce Oklahoma 335th Infantry Silver Star, Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Roger N. Hutts, S1, U.S. Navy Born Mar 4, 1922, Died Dec 31, 1999, age 77 World War II, California Miami News Record, Jan 3, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 4 Born Apr 10, 1926, Died Oct 10, 1958 Military stone and shared stone with Marjorie F. Jones

Lynn Quentin Jackson, U.S. Navy Lee D. Jones, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Oct 2, 1924 Born Nov 26, 1924, Died Oct 19, 1990, age 65 Miami News Record, Aug 27, 2000, Pg. 3a, Col. 5 and Aug 28, Veterans Funeral Detail Record 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Raymond E. Jones, Pfc, U.S. Army Eugene Marion Johnson World War II World War II. Killed in Action in the European Theatre of Born Mar 17, 1924, Died Feb 4, 1994 Action, 1945 Veterans Funeral Details Record Miami News Record, May 11, 1945, Pg. 3, Col. 6 Military stone Re-burial Jul 1, 1949 Ray M. Jordan, Pvt, U.S. Army Homer James Johnson World War II World War II Born May 2, 1921, Died Apr 24, 1985 He was part of the third wave on the landing at Omaha Beach on headstone information D-Day Born May 11, 1921, Died Mar 5, 2002, age 80 Robert Jordan Miami News Record - Mar 7, 2002, Pg. 3, Col. 3 World War II Died Dec 14, 1986 John Louis Johnson, Pvt World War II Jack A. Journeycake, U.S. Army Oklahoma, 1974 SVC Com D Unit World War II Born Apr 19, 1914, Died Jun 7, 1970 5th Inf Div in Europe Born Jan 31, 1919, Died May 26, 1982 Leslie Marvin Johnson Non-military stone shared with Helen L. Journeycake World War II Born May 24, 1920 Edward Eugene Kelley, Pfc, U.S. Marine Corp Miami News Record, May 19, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 World War II Oklahoma, 29 Regt, 6 Div Paul Elbert Johnson, U.S. Army Born Jan 1, 1925, Died Jun 15, 1947 World War II Military stone Born May17, 1918, Died Jun 10, 1983, headstone info Carman Q. 'C. Q.' Kelly, U.S. Army Billy L. Johnston, Signalman, U.S. Navy World War II World War II POW in Germany during World War II USS Canaan Bay aircraft carrier Born Nov 19, 1918, Died Jun 16, 2002, age 83

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Miami News Record, Jun 18, 2002, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Served in South Pacific with the 20th Air Force for 3 years Born Sep 20, 1912, Died May 11, 1992 James R. Kelly, Sr., Tec 5, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Served in the Pacific Darrell D. Kissee, U.S. Navy Earned the Philippine Independence Ribbon World War II Born Nov 11, 1926, Died Mar 2, 1998, age 71 Enlisted in August of 1944 in the U.S. Navy. Served in the Veterans Funeral Detail Records Pacific as an armed guard and gunnery captain. Honorable Military stone and shared stone with Freda J. Kelly discharge in Dec of 1945. Victory medal, American Area medal and the Asiatic Pacific medal. Lyle W. Kerr Born Sep 16, 1926, Died Mar 29, 2002, age 75 World War II Miami News Record - Mar 31, 2002, Pg. 3a, Col. 5 Congressional Medal of Honor Born Oct 12, 1914, Died Nov 16, 1985 Harry Wesley Kress, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II Ross Lee Ketcher He was only 16 when he served with General Patton's 3rd World War II armored division in North African campaign. Purple Heart Born 1926, Died 1966, headstone information Born Mar 6, 1924, Died Jul 25, 1999 Miami News Record, Jul 27, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Jasper L. Kinder, Sgt World War II Kaiu Lawanda Krumrey, U.S. Army Oklahoma, 11 Constabulary SQ World War II Born Dec 11, 1925, Died Dec 8, 1946 Born May 8, 1919, Died Dec 13, 1993 Military stone Military stone

Arthur S. King, Pvt, U.S. Army Bill A. Kyser, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Oct 30, 1901, Died Jul 13, 1977 Served in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters Military stone Born Jul 25, 1924, Died Mar 26, 1998, age 73 Miami News Record, Mar 27, 1998, Pg. 2, Col. 4 Clayton John King, Pfc, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Oklahoma Jack J. Landis Born Jul 1, 1905, Died Dec 15, 1973 World War II Military stone Born May 9, 1917, Died May 6, 1959, funeral record Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma J. Victor King, SFC, U.S. Army World War II Richard J. Lawrence, U.S. Navy Born Jun 28, 1920, Died Dec 9, 1985 World War II Military stone Oklahoma, 51 USNR Born Jun 12, 1917, Died Jun 26, 1950 Walter Sonny King, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II Lawrence N. Leamon, U.S. Army Born Jul 6, 1926, Died Jul 18, 1998 World War II Military stone Born Nov 6, 1913, Died Sep 16, 1991, age 77 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Duke Kingfisher, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II. Killed in Action while serving in Germany Gerald E. Lee, Pfc, U.S. Army Entered the service in Apr 1943 World War II. Killed in Action Oklahoma, 309 Inf 78 Div 189 Fld Arty Bn 43 Div. Enlisted in July 1941 Born Jan 11, 1926, Died Jan 11, 1945, age 19 Born Sep 11, 1915, Died Nov 21, 1943 Miami News Record, Nov 1, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 1 Re-buried Mar 11, 1949 Re-burial 1948 Military stone World War II Edward ‘Cy’ Leonard, U.S. Air Force staff Sgt, retired Francis Kinnear, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II World War II Chief of the Miami Indian Tribe

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Served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam Joseph A. 'Joe' Malocsay, U.S. Army Born Jun 12, 1924, Burial Date Feb 13, 1989 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record 93rd Bomb Group Born Jul 13, 1918, Died May 29, 2002, age 83 Paul Emitt Leonhardt, TEC 4, U.S. Army Miami News Record, May 31, 2002, Pg. 3a, Col. 3 World War II Born Jun 16, 1906, Died Feb 26, 1979 Mack E. Manders, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jan 22, 1930, Died Jul 29, 1997, age 67 Willis C. Levell, S Sgt, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Born Jul 16, 1908, Died Jun 16, 1978 Fritz W. Maneth, U.S. Army World War II John W. Lewis, Staff Sgt Born Oct 3, 1921, Died May 5, 1993 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record Oklahoma, 418 AAF Nigh Fighter Sq Non-military stone shared with Ida Mae Maneth Born Dec 20, 1922, Died Jul 1, 1943 William George Mann, British, Royal Air Force John Austin Lish, Sr., Pfc, U.S. Marine Corp World War II Oklahoma (VR), No. 1810730, A.C. 2 Born Oct 5, 1907, Died Mar 3, 1973, headstone information Born Jan 25, 1915, Died Mar 21, 1945, age 30 Rest in peace. Military stone Clarence William Liston, S. Sgt World War II Robert Smith Manny, FC2, U.S. Navy Born Sep 10, 1916, Died Mar 17, 1997 World War II and Korean War Born Dec 20, 1926, Died Jan 15, 1988 George Lord, BMGC, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II World War II and Korean War Harvey H. Marlow, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Dec 27, 1905, Died Aug 19, 1972 World War II Military stone Born Apr 28, 1915, Died Jan 4, 1980, age 64 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Richard P. B. Lowther, Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Apr 25, 1901, Died Jun 10, 1985 Raymond Clyde Marlow, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II Lewis William Luton, U.S. Army Oklahoma 180 Inf. Served 45th Division Infantry. enlisted on Feb World War II 12,1941 Born Aug 15, 1915, Died Mar 14, 1995, age 79 Born Oct 20, 1908, Died Oct 24, 1948, age 35 Veterans Funeral Details Record Ottawa county Beacon-Quapaw Oklahoma, Nov 19, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 3, reburial Jessie Lee 'Curley' Madden, U.S. Navy World War II Carl F. Marshall, U.S. Army Born Nov 8, 1919, Died Jan 15, 1998, newspaper information World War II Joplin MO. Jan 17, 1998 and Miami New Record, Jan 16, 1998, Born Oct 22, 1923, Died Feb 20, 1997, age 73 P. 2, Col. 4 Veterans Funeral Detail Records

Ted D. Mahurin, U.S. Army Harvey Dean Marshall, Pfc, U.S. Air Force Vietnam, Purple Heart World War II Born Oct 28, 1948, Died Jan 6, 1986, age 37 Born 1928, Died 1977 Military stone, in Memory Military stone

Lyndall B. Mailes, U.S. Army Daniel Webster Martin, Sr., TEC4, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Aug 11, 1919, Died Jun 23, 1999, age 79 Born Dec 25, 1922, Died May 18, 1983 Miami News Record, Jun 24, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Military stone

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Davie B. Martin, U.S. Army Born Mar 27, 1905, Died Jun 25, 1974 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Served with the 11th Armored Engineering Division Military stone Born Oct 8, 1908, Died Apr 2, 1995, age 86 Veterans Funeral Details Record Max E. McBride World War II Jim Martin, Jr, TEC 5, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Sep 7, 1981, Pg. 3, Col. 3 World War II Born 1927, Died 1981 Elvis A. McCoy, U.S. Air Force Military stone World War II Born Sep 15, 1922, Burial date Aug 3, 1988, age 65 John Mate, Tec 3 U.S. Army Served from 1943 to 1945, and was a POW at World War II Stalag Luft1, Germany. Purple Heart, three Born Jul 11, 1915, Died Jan 4, 1994, age 78 Bronze Service Stars, the Air Medal, two Veterans Funeral Details Record Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, and a service ribbon Military stone George Henry McCoy, Cpt Elmer E. Mathews World War II World War II Born Oct 8, 1920, Died Mar 2, 1989 Born 1892, Died 1971 Frank Leo McDowell, U.S. Army Robert Lee 'Bob' Mathis World War II World War II Born Apr 7, 1910, Died Sep 16, 1991, age 81 Born Jan 15, 1919, Died Apr 21, 1968, age 49 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Robert P. McGaw, T Sgt, U.S. Army Air Force Henry J. Mattingly, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Dec 9, 1914, Died Aug 19, 1968 Born Sep 4, 1924, Died Nov 28, 1991 Military stone James H. 'Bogue' McGinty, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II Vincent R. May, Ensign, U.S. Navy Served in 88th Infantry Division Blue Devils World War II EAME Campaign Medal, two Bronze Stars, Purple Heart with Born 1924, Died 1978 two Oak Leaf clusters Military stone Born Jul 30, 1919, Died Jun 7, 1996, age 76 Miami News Record, Jun 9, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3, photo George Alvin Mayer, U.S. Air Force Jun 10, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3 World War II Advanced flight instructor with Spartan Aviation, Training pilots Howard R. McIntire, TEC 5, U.S. Army at British Flight Training School No. 3, in Miami Oklahoma. World War II Flew 104 missions as a “hump pilot” in China, Burma and India Served with General George Patton Born Sep 28, 1915, Died May 13, 1998, age 82 Born Feb 20, 1916, Died May 6, 1995 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone

Gordon Frank McBee, Cpl, U.S. Marine Corps Rec Jess W. McIntosh, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Oklahoma Born Oct 9, 1922, Died Jun 11, 1993 Born Oct 23, 1913, Died Oct 11, 1962 Military stone Military stone Haze McKibben, U.S. Army Reserve, S. Sgt Max Millard McBee, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II and Korean War World War II Oklahoma Born May 8, 1915, Died Sep 3, 1990 Born Dec 21, 1916, Died Mar 22, 1971 Military stone Military stone

John Thomas McBride, Jr John Henry McKibben, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers World War II World War II. Purple Heart

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Of Quapaw-Peoria-Seneca Indian descent World War II. Oklahoma Born Mar 21, 1914, Died Aug 8, 1992 Born Sep 17, 1923, Died Aug 1, 1960 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Royal D. Mills, M Sgt, U.S. Army Paul V. McMain, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Oct 10, 1917, Died Mar 28, 1952 Life time member of the Disabled American Veterans Born Mar 29, 1925, Died Oct 29, 1997, age 72 Dennis M. Mitchell, British, Royal Air Force Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Military stone (VR), No. 1818163, A.C. 2 Died Aug 10, 1945, Age 20 William S. ‘Bill’ McNatt, U.S. Army Far from home his country called. Forever in the heart of family. World War II Military stone Born Oct 9, 1913, Died Jan 30, 1994, age 80 Veterans Funeral Details Record Randall E. Montgomery, Sgt, U.S. Army Air Force Non-military stone shared with Viola Lang World War II Born Feb 20, 1920, Died Aug 7, 1998, age 78 Thurman McWilliams, Cpl Miami News Record, Pg. 2, Col. 5 World War II Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records Arkansas, Btry A 842 AAR AW Bn Born Oct 24, 1909, Died Feb 9, 1970 Raymond C. Montgomery, S Sgt, U.S. Army World War II Clarence M. Mehaffie, First Lt, U.S. Army Air Corps Born Apr 15, 1918, Died Nov 25, 1991 World War II Military stone Born Jul 24, 1915, Died Jan 14, 1995 Chester I. Moore, Pfc, U.S. Army Elmer Jay Mericle, EM 2C, U.S. Navy World War II World War II. Oklahoma Born Nov 22, 1909, Died Mar 1, 1983 Born Jul 14, 1912, Died Jun 15, 1947 Military stone

John A. Messer, Jr., Phm. 1st Class, U.S. Navy George R. Moore, Pvt World War II. Killed on Saipan World War II Born 1922, Died 1944 Born Jan 20, 1921, Died Jun 1, 1978 Military stone Non-Military stone shared

Charles W. Middleton, Jr., TEC 5, U.S. Army Billy Ray Morelan, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps World War II World War II Born Jun 16, 1922, Died Oct 29, 1989 Air Force Captain and Lt. Col. Ret'd of Marine Corps Military stone Born Jan 25, 1925, Died Oct 29, 1995, age 70 Veterans Funeral Details Record Miloslav T. Mikus, Cpl, U.S. Army Non-military stone shared with Mary Ellen Morelan World War II Born Dec 19, 1922, Died Aug 4, 1981 Ralph Morgan, Sgt Military stone World War II. Killed in Action in the Pacific area Army casualty report, 1945 Clarence A. Miller, Tec 4 Died Apr 29, 1945 Born Jul 29, 1907, Died Mar 24, 1978 Miami News Record, Jun 13, 1945, Pg. 5, Col. 1

Johnnie William Miller, U.S. Navy George F. Morphis, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Mar 1, 1907, Died Jan 24, 1986 World War II Military stone and a shared stone Born Mar 17, 1926, Died Oct 18, 1989 Military stone William S. Miller, SK1, U.S. Navy World War II Robert Julian 'Bud' Morris, Tec 5, U.S. Army Born Dec 9, 1910, Died Apr 1, 1975 World War II Born Jun 15, 1920, Died May 14, 2000, age 79 Calvin Lester Mills, AMM3, U.S. Navy Miami News Record, May 18, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3

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Therial Beverly Morton, Captain, U.S. Air Force World War II World War II. Oklahoma, 14 Air Force, combat pilot Born May 18, 1925, Died Jun 7, 1996 Born Sep 20, 1919, Died Oct 3, 1946, age 27 Military stone Ottawa County Beacon-Quapaw Oklahoma, Oct 10, 1946 and Oct 17, 1946, Pg. 1, Col. 4 and Billy Charles Neal, Captain, U.S. Air Force Miami News Record, Oct 3, 1946, Pg. 1, Col. 4 and World War II and Korean War Oct 4, 1946, Pg. 1, Col. 1 Born Feb 15, 1926, Died Jun 21, 1965, age 37 Military stone Gilbert L. Moss, F1, U.S. Navy World War II. Tennessee Richard O. Neel, S. Sgt Born Jan 15, 1925, Died Mar 9, 1972 World War II Crewchief with 417th Night Fighter Squadron John Paul Moudy, Pvt, U.S. Army Born 1917, Died 1985 World War II Born Aug 8, 1913, Died Jun 17, 1977 Lacie Carl Neighbors, Maj, U.S. Air Force Military stone World War II Born Nov 21, 1922, Died Apr 17, 1955 James Oren Mowery, U.S. Navy Seebees World War II James A. Nelson, Pvt Miami News Record, Jan 28, 2001, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 and World War II. Oklahoma, 627 AAF Tech School Jan 29, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Born Nov 4, 1896, Died Apr 19, 1952

James Oren Mowrey, U.S. Navy Frank Wilbur Nesbitt, Jr., U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Apr 22, 1925, Died Jan 26, 2001 Artillery Corp, in the South Pacific Military stone Born Dec 26, 1916, Died Apr 14, 1991

James Leonard Mowry, First Lieut, U.S. Air Force Robert Eugene Nesbitt, First Lt World War II World War II. Served in the U.S. Army Infantry served in the Pacific Served in Europe as a reconnaissance pilot Retired in 1965 with 23 years of service. Born Mar 20, 1922, Died Aug 28, 1999, age 77 Born Feb 18, 1920, Died Nov 22, 1999, age 79 Miami News Record, Aug 31, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 3

James Melvin Moxley, U.S. Army Felix A. Newkirk, Sgt World War II World War II. Oklahoma Born Oct 31, 1898, Died Apr 28, 1986 Born Mar 30, 1914, Died Mar 16, 1970 Non-military stone shared Bill Joe Nichols, T Sgt, U.S. Air Force Jimmie Albert Mullin, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II World War II Oklahoma, 363 A 7 E Maint Sq HQ Btry 49 Fld Arty Bn Born Oct 26, 1924, Died Mar 13, 1958 Born Feb 6, 1929, Died Nov 29, 1956 Military stone Military stone John A. Nichols, Pfc, U.S. Army Jonathan Franklin 'Frank' Mullin World War II. Purple Heart World War II Served in the mountain infantry Born Aug 11, 1915, Died Dec 17, 1980, age 65 Born Feb 12, 1921, Died Nov 8, 1997, age 75 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma, Miami Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records News Record, Dec 18, 1980, Pg. 3, Col. 1 Military stone

Richard Howard Murphy, Corporal, U.S. Army Dillard L. Nixon, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II. Served in the European Theater World War II and in the raid of Omaha Beach Served in Rhineland, Central Europe and Northern France. Three Born Aug 31, 1917, Died Feb 17, 1995, age 77 Bronze Stars Veterans Funeral Details Record Born Oct 25, 1909, Died Dec 29, 2000 Miami News Record, Dec 29, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 and Dec 31, Jack E. Myers, Pfc 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3

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Military stone Percy Theodore Olson, U.S. Army World War II James Albert Norris, U.S. Navy Served in the China, Burma and Indian Theater World War II. Oklahoma Born Mar 11, 1909, Died Jun 11, 2002 Born May 1, 1920, Died Jan 30, 1966 Miami News Record, Jun 13, 2002, Pg. 3, Col. 5

James Alfred Northcutt, AMM3, U.S. Navy Floyd Dwight Osburn, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Feb 5, 1922, Died Feb 4, 1996 Born Dec 16, 1925, Died May 15, 2000 Military stone Military stone

Walter Crissie O'Brien, S Sgt, U.S. Army Mark Samuel Osburn World War II World War II Born Mar 15, 1917, Died Jul 29, 1986 Born Apr 14, 1913, Died Oct 2, 1965, age 52 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma, Miami Military stone News Record, Oct 4, 1965, Pg. 3, Col. 1

Woodrow V. O'Neal, T Sgt Chester Lee Overton, M Sgt, U.S. Air Force World War II World War II, Korea War and Vietnam Conflict Oklahoma, Co 3 303 Tng Bn Born Apr 5, 1917, Died Jun 4, 1983 Born Aug 8, 1909, Died Dec 15, 1967 Military stone

Wallace E. Odneal, T Sgt, U.S. Air Force Wayne M. Pack World War II. Distinguished Flying Cross Born Mar 12, 1911, Died Jan 15, 1999, age 87 California, 425 Base Unit AAF Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Oct 5, 1908, Died Sep 27, 1968 Military stone Rex M. Painter, Ens, U.S. Navy World War II Woodrow Odneal, T Sgt Born Aug 25, 1918, Died Dec 4, 1962 World War II Oklahoma, CO B, 303 TNG BN Woodrow Wilson Palmer, YN 1, U.S. Navy Born Aug 8, 1909, Died Sep 27, 1968 World War II Military stone Born Dec 1, 1916, Died Mar 10, 1989, age 73

Leonard W. C. Odom, EM 3, U.S. Navy Joe E. Parker World War II World War II Born Feb 21, 1928, Died Aug 25, 1996, age 68 died at the Muskogee Oklahoma Veterans' Hospital Military stone Aug 4, 1953

Ovel W. Ohler, Pvt Robert Paul Patmon, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Jan 6, 1908, Died Jan 28, 1988 Born Aug 20, 1921, Died Jan 26, 1989 Military stone W. A. ‘Dub’ Oliver, U.S. Army Air Corps World War II Lenzy Alvin Patton, U.S. Navy Born Sep 18, 1921, Died Jul 15, 1995, age 73 World War II Veterans Funeral Details Record Born Aug 30, 1936, Died Oct 22, 1991 Military stone William 'Bill' L. Oliver, U.S. Navy World War II Roy Patton, Pfc Received his pilot wings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in World War II Sep 1941. He was a pilot instructor at Corpus Christi Texas. Born Jan 13, 1910, Died Nov 27, 1978 Transferred to the South Pacific theater in March 1942 Born Jul 11, 1915, Died Nov 2000, age 85 Donald Eugene Payton, Pfc 9458, U.S. Air Force Miami News Record, Nov 24, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3 and World War II Nov 26, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 Oklahoma, Tech SUC Unit Born Jan 26, 1929, Died Dec 7, 1964

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Military stone FLT O Born Jul 22, 1918, Died Aug 10, 1992 Douglas N. Payton, S Sgt, U.S. Army Air Corps World War II Dempsey Pitts, Cpl, U.S. Army Born Jun 20, 1921, Died Aug 29, 1992 World War II. Killed in Action in the Italian campaign. Troop C. Military stone 91st RCN SQ, GAR 40 Born 1919, Died Sep 6, 1944, age 25 C. J. Peppers Miami News Record, Nov 21, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 6 World War II. Killed in Action 748th Bomb Squad Randolph M. Plaster, Pvt, U.S. Army Born 1925, Died 1944 World War II California P. David Perry, Pvt, U.S. Army Born Jul 3, 1904, Died Oct 2, 1972 World War II Military stone Born Sep 6, 1925, Died Jan 7, 1998 Military stone and a shared stone with Etheline D. Perry Gerald F. ‘Bud’ Poe, U.S. Army World War II John C. Peterson Born, Dec 14, 1906, Died Jul 4, 1987 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Jan 15, 1915, Died Jan 20, 1959, age 44 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Heber Grant Poe, Sr World War II Lawrence E. ‘Fizz’ Peterson, U.S. Army Born Mar 3, 1924, Died Jan 8, 1996, age 71 World War II Miami News Record, Jan 10, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3 Born Aug 17, 1928, Died Apr 16, 1997 Miami News Record James L. Poe, Pfc 2nd, U.S. Army Non-military stone shared with Fawn Gail Peterson World War II. Died of wounds inflicted on Leyte during the Philippine invasion Oran A. Petitt, U.S. Marine Oklahoma, Infantry division. World War II Born Feb 8, 1913, Died Oct 24, 1944, stone, age 31 Born Feb 6, 1913, Died Mar 23, 1986, age 73 Miami News Record, Aug 25, 1948, Pg. 2, Col. 8 and Miami Okla. News Record, Mar 24, 1986, Pg. 14, Col. 1 Aug 27, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 7

Charles M. Phillips, HM1, U.S. Navy Robert Poe, U.S. Navy World War II, Korean War and Vietnam conflict World War II Pennsylvania Oct 8, 1912, Died Oct 4, 1986 Born Sep 27, 1914, Died Aug 13, 1970, age 55 Miami News Record, Aug 14, 1970, Pg. 1, Col. 4 Guyman F. Poor Military stone World War II Miami News Record, Mar 22, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 3 and U. V. Edward Phillips, Pfc, U.S. Army Mar 23, 2001, Pg. 3A, Col. 3. Photo World War II Born 1911, Died 1978 Dee Wesley Post, Pvt Military stone World War II Oklahoma, 345 Base Unit AAF Willard Morris Phillips, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Nov 3, 1920, Died Feb 22, 1971 World War II Born Apr 7, 1928, Died May 13, 1977, age 49 Eva Mae Potts Military stone World War II Born Sep 11, 1917, Died Aug 28, 1977, age 59 Wesley M. Piercefield, Jr., U.S. Navy Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born Mar 22, 1926, Died Jun 1, 1970, age 43 Jack Potts, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Jun 1, 1970, Pg. 3, Col. 6 World War II Born Jan 29, 1924, Died Jul 12, 2000, age 76 Jack E. Pinnell Miami News Record, Jul 14, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5, photo World War II Military stone

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Young Samuel Potts, U.S. Air Force Bonar Leon Ramsey, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II World War II. Texas Born Mar 9, 1915, Died Dec 19, 1969, age 54 Born Oct 10, 1916, Died Jul 19, 1971 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II

Edward William Power, Pfc, U.S. Army Claude "Bob' Cleveland Ray, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Jul 23, 1908, Died Nov 28, 1982, age 74 Born Oct 17, 1921, Died May 26, 2000, age 78 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Miami News Record, Jun 1, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 Military stone Jesse Orville Hoppy Ray, U.S. Navy James Prather, Jr. T Sgt, U.S. Air Force World War II. Pacific Theatre World War II Born Jun 7, 1925, Not decreased as of Jul 2002 Born Aug 3, 1919, Died Jan 29, 1986 A shared stone with Military information Military stone Wesley Blaine Read Ralph K. Price, British, Royal Air Force World War II World War II Born Jan 1, 1923, Burial date Ap 1, 1989 (VR), No. 574445, L.A.C. Miami News Record, Mar 3, 1989, Pg. 14, Col. 1 Died Oct 3, 1942, age 19 God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform Carl L. Rector, Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Aug 28, 1916, Died Jun 22, 1977 Allen L. Proper, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Served from 1942 to 1962 George W. Redbird, T Sgt, U.S. Army Born Oct 3, 1920, Died Aug 25, 1994, age 73 World War II Born May 24, 1913, Died Jan 14, 1978 James Paul Provine, Ensign Military stone World War II Killed in a plane crash in Florida Bob F. Redden, U.S. Army Born 1923, Died Jun 30, 1945, age 22 World War II Miami News Record, Jul 2, 1945, Col. 1 and Born 1922, Died 1975 Jul 3, 1945, pg. 2, Col. 1 Military stone

Chester C. Pyle, U.S. Army Roy Eugene Redden, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Sep 27, 1923, Died Feb 13, 1995 Born Aug 21, 1924, Died Dec 16, 2000 Tri-State Tribune, Feb 16, 1995, Pg. 2, Col. 4 Miami News Record, Dec 18, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Military stone Military stone

Louis Harvey Quapaw, Pvt Ira L. Reeves, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II World War II Oklahoma, 871 Field Arty Bn Born May 20, 1913, Died May 18, 1985, age 72 Born Oct 4, 1909, Died Sep 29, 1970 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Military stone Harry Ruknsta Raimund, Phm, U.S. Navy World War II Billy E. Rentfrow, Phm 1st Class, U.S. Navy Born 1907, Died 1978 World War II Military stone Entered active service Apr 30, 1940, On Apr 13, 1943, was transferred to Boston, Mass, for duty on the U.S.S. Baltimore. Kenneth Raisbeck, British, Royal Air Force Captain W.C. Calhoun was in command, and they reported to the World War II Pacific Fleet, off to the West Coast via Panama Canal in Sep (VR), No. 1807868, A.C. 2 1943--. American Defense, Asiatic Pacific with 13 Stars. the Died Jun 26, 1944, Age 26 American Area Victory Medal, Philippine Lib, 1 Star, Victory Greater love has no man that he lay down his life for his country. Medal and the Good Conduct Medal, 1 Star Military stone Born Sep 29, 1919, Died Jul 24, 1993

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John Reyes, Pvt, U.S. Army John C. Robison, Pfc, U.S. Army Air Corp World War II World War II Born Aug 9, 1922, Died Aug 15, 1986 Born Jul 29, 1927, Died Oct 15, 1988 Military stone Military stone

Louis D. Rhinehart, Pfc, U.S. Army John Benjamin Rodgers, F1, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Mar 28, 1924, Died Jan 26, 1991, age 66 Born Nov 17, 1914, Died Sep 14, 1978 Military stone Military stone

Winford Dale Richardson, TEC 4, U.S. Army Edward M. ‘Bud’ Rodgers, U.S. Army World War II. Served in the Aleutian Islands World War II Bronze star and a Bronze Service Star Served in the Aleutian Islands, Eastern Mandates and Born Mar 3, 1919, Died Feb 20, 1997, age 77 Southern Philippines and Ryukyus Veterans Funeral Detail Records Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars Military stone Born May 11, 1921, Burial date Oct 10, 1989 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Thomas H. Richardville, Jr., U.S. Army World War II Floyd Lee ‘Choc’ Rogers, Jr., U.S. Army Born Feb 28, 1927, Died Aug 13, 1993, age 66 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record U.S. Army Medical Corps A Cherokee Indian Cecil J. Riddell, British, Royal Air Force Born Dec 2, 1926, Burial date Dec 18, 1987 World War II Veterans Burial Detail Record (VR), No. 1628999, A.C. 2 Died May 2, 1945, age 20 Harold E. Rogers, T. Sgt, U.S. Air Force Our beloved boy deeply mourned by all at home. We will World War II. Killed in Action while serving with the 18th Air remember. Military stone Force in a mission over Budapest, Hungary Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters, Distinguished Service Bert Edward Rimmer, M Sgt Cross and the Purple Heart awarded posthumously World War II Seneca Indian Chief Watson Whitewing was in charge of a Oklahoma, 82 Replacement Co second graveside ceremony at G.A.R. cemetery Born May 10, 1925, Died May 12, 1951 Died Jul 1944, newspaper information Miami News Record, Jan 16, 1949, Pg. 1, Col. 6 Eugene Claude Roberson Re-burial 1949 World War II and Korean War Served in the Army Air Corp during WW II and in the Army Ray Engsworth Rogers, Pvt, U.S. Army Artillery in Korea World War II American Campaign Award, Asia-Pacific Campaign Award, Born Sep 13, 1916, Died Sep 16, 1994, age 78 World War II Victory Medal, Korean Campaign Medal, United Veterans Funeral Details Record Nations Medal, and the National Defense Medal Military stone Born Oct 28, 1913, Died Jun 21, 1999, age 85 Miami News Record, Jun 22, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 3 James Edward Ross, Petty Officer, U.S. Navy World War II. Johnie F. Roberts, Pfc, U.S. Army A survivor of Pearl Harbor bombing by Japanese on Dec 7, 1941. World War II Served in the Pacific Theater Born May 2, 1918, Died Mar 9, 1982 Born Sep 18, 1915, Died Apr 15, 1954, age 38 Military stone Miami News Record, Apr 16, 1954, Pg. 3, Col. 4

Vernon S. Roberts, Maj, U.S. Army Air Corps Ira F. ‘Bud’ Rotter, Seaman-Fireman 1st Class, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Feb 14, 1907, Died Feb 2, 1988 Killed during a typhoon that caused much damage to the Third Military stone fleet on Dec 17 and Dec 18, 1944 Born 1917, Died Dec 18, 1944 Clifford K. Robinson, Sr., U.S. Navy Miami News Record, Feb 11, 1945, Pg. 1, Col. 2 World War II. Oklahoma In Loving Memory stone Born Mar 16, 1908, Died Apr 1, 1952

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Earl James Roy, MD BN, Pvt, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Details Record World War II Kansas, Company C, 16 Engr Albert E. Seat Born Jan 10, 1906, Died Nov 11, 1961 World War II Military stone Died Jun 1, 1955, newspaper information Miami News Record, Jun 2, 1955, Pg. 1, Col. 4 and Carl Quentin Rundell, Sgt, U.S. Army Jun 3, 1944, Pg. 2, Col. 8 World War II Born Sep 3, 1919, Died Dec 14, 1996 Robert Lee Sedberry, Cox, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Jan 25, 1923, Died Sep 18, 1997 John L. Rutherford, U.S. Air Force Military stone World War II. Air Force officer, died near Rushden England after being wounded during a bomber mission over enemy territory Frank W. Sellars, Pfc, U.S. Army [Germany] World War II. Served in the Pacific Died Aug 3, 1944, newspaper information Born Dec 31, 1910, Died Apr 20, 1997, age 86 Miami News Record, Feb 2, 1949, Pg. 2, Col. 3, returned to Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records Miami for re-burial. Ottawa County Beacon-Quapaw Oklahoma, Dec 10, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 4 Dwight Benjamin 'Ben' Sexton, CM Sgt, U.S. Air Force World War II, Korean War and Vietnam Conflict H. Kenneth Saft, U.S. Army Entered Air Force Aug 22, 1940, served 26 years World War II Born Nov 8, 1920, Died Jan 22, 1999, age 79 Born Oct 12, 1914, Died Jul 28, 1986 Miami News Record Jan 24, 1999 Military stone and a shared stone with Helen G. Hecksher William A. Salyer World War II Floyd Lee Shamblin, S1, U.S. Navy Born Nov 19, 1918, Died Nov 15, 1991 World War II Non-military stone shared with Dorothy L. Salyer Born May 26, 1926, Died Jun 14, 1986, age 60 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma William Paul 'Sandy' Sanders, U.S. Army World War II Harvey Shamblin, Jr. S 1, U.S. Navy Born May 8, 1920, Died Jan 3, 1996, age 75 World War II Miami News Record, Jan 7, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 6 Born Feb 17, 1928, Died Dec 21, 1980, age 52 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Hiram L. Sapp, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Military stone Navy in World War II and Army in Korea Born Aug 13, 1906, Died Jun 18, 1992 Richard Lee Shamblin, U.S. Navy Veterans Funeral Detail Record World War II Born Dec 15, 1919, Died Oct 7, 1977, age 57 William O. Sawtell, S 1, U.S. Navy Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II. Oklahoma Military stone Born Oct 22, 1923, Died Sep 12, 1968 Oscar Robert Shepherd, S 1, U.S. Navy William Jackson Sayles, Maj, U.S. Army Air Force World War II. Oklahoma World War II Born Dec 23, 1919, Died Jun 7, 1965, age 45 Served for three years. Died of polio Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Born about 1904 Military stone Miami News Record, Aug 28, 1949, Pg. 11, Col. 1, photo Melvin Jesse Shirley, U.S. Army Walter Glenn Scantlin, Sr World War II. Purple Heart World War II Born Nov 16, 1920, Died Dec 19, 1994, age 74 Born Mar 19, 1917, Died Sep 27, 1985, age 68 Miami Oklahoma News Record, Dec 20, 1994, Pg. 10 and News Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Record, Dec 21, 1994, Pg. 3 Military stone Eldon Eugene Seamands, U.S. Marines World War II Reuben L. Shirley, U.S. Army Born Mar 28, 1928, Died Jun 11, 1994, age 66 retired from military service as a major

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Born Oct 23, 1918, Died Oct 29, 2000, age 82 DeLores M. Smith, WAC, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Oct 30, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5 and World War II Nov 8, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Served from Jun 1940 - Dec 1944 Born Apr 15, 1922, Died Oct 21, 1988 David Rowe Shuck, S 1/C, U.S. Navy Non-military shared stone with Leonard R. Smith World War II. Killed in Action, when the destroyer on which he served was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Italy. Ferman W. D. Smith Shuck was crushed to death when a Nazi shell hit the gun he was World War II operating. He and 30 other crewmen lost their lives in the Born Oct 3, 1922, Died Mar 6, 1989, age 66 encounter at sea Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Died May 3, 1944, age 18, newspaper information Miami News Record, Mar 4, 1949, Pg. 1, Col. 3 and on March 6, Jack Kelsey Smith, Pfc, U.S. Army 1949, Pg. 12, Col. 6, body was returned for re-burial World War II Born Sep 29, 1912, Died Feb 5, 1997, age 84 Leroy Eugene Shuck, 2nd Lt, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Military stone Born Dec 24, 1921, Died Apr 7, 1987 Miami News Record, Apr 8, 1987, Pg. 4a, Col. 2 Leonard R. Smith, CV3 PRC, U.S. Navy, Ret Military stone World War II and Korean War USS Saratoga and USS Phillipine Sea CVA 47, CAG 9 Korea Sherman Leon Siler Born Nov 3, 1920, Died Sep 13, 1976 World War II. Purple Heart Non-military stone shared Europe and Pacific Theater Born Oct 30, 1925, Died Jan 27, 1987 Luther C. 'Doc' Smith, U.S. Army World War II Charles P. Sill, U.S. Army Served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves World War II and Korea Born Nov 14, 1921, Died Aug 8, 2001, age 79 Born Nov 10, 1925, Died Jul 27, 1990, age 64 Miami News Record, Aug 9, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 3, photo Veterans Funeral Detail Record Norris George Smith, U.S. Army Ted R. Simmons World War II World War II Born Sep 10, 1921, Died Nov 12, 1999, age 78 Participated in the Battle of the Bulge in Europe Miami News Record, Nov 14, 1999, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Born Dec 10, 1918, Died May 26, 1999, age 80 Miami News Record, May 28, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 2 Richard Alvin Smith, U Phm3,.S. Navy World War II Lewis M. Simpson, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Jan 30, 1913, Died Dec 7, 1990, age 77 World War II Military stone Born Aug 26, 1909, Died Feb 11, 1986 Military stone Robert Glenn Smith, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II Clifford Sloan, U.S. Army Air Corps Born Aug 9, 1925, Died Jan 28, 1978 World War II Military stone Born Sep 8, 1922, Died Oct 6, 1994, age 72 Veterans Funeral Details Record Loyd L. Snyder, S Sgt, U.S. Army World War II. Purple Heart Carl Henry Smith, Cpl, U.S. Army Air Corp Born Nov 27, 1924, Died May 5, 1992 World War II Military stone and shared stone with Earlene Snyder Born Sep 18, 1909, Died Jul 19, 1990, age 80 Military stone Marshall Guy Spangler, U.S. Army World War II Cecil Ibera Smith Served with the 43rd Engineers World War II Born Nov 26, 1916, Died aug 4, 1996, age 79 Born Apr 15, 1897, Died Aug 9, 1971, age 74 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Miami News Record, Aug 9, 1971, Pg. 3, Col. 3 and Aug 10, 1971, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Lawrence C. Sparks, U.S. Army Air Force World War II

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Born Jul 3, 1920, Died Feb 24, 1982, age 61 Born Dec 12, 1924, Died Dec 18,1997, age 73 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail Records Non-military stone, a shared stone Ray N. Sparks, U.S. Army World War II and Korean Conflict Steve Stines, Jr., U.S. Army Born Sep 27, 1929, Died Jun 11, 1990, age 60 World War II Born Jul 14, 1927, Died May 25, 1992, age 65 William C. Speirs, British, Royal Air Force Veterans Funeral Detail Record World War II (VR) No. 1561238, L.A.C John O. Stone, U.S. Seabees Died Apr 8, 1943, age 20 World War II Too soon, too soon comes death to show we love more deeply Born Jul 12, 1917, Died May 4, 1964 than we know. Military stone Miami News Record, May 4, 1964, Pg. 3, Col. 5

Leo P. Stafford, U.S. Army Air Corps Lance L. Storey, Sr World War II. Served in the South Pacific World War II and Korea Born Sep 7, 1924, Died Oct 13, 1999, age 75 Burial Date Oct 13, 1986 Miami News Record, Oct 17, 1999, Pg. 3A, Col. 3 Military stone Truman E. Story World War II Roy F. Stallon, Tec 5 Served from 1943 to 1946. Battle of the Bulge, Battle of World War II Northern France and the Battle of the Rhine Oklahoma 3212 Engr FFGT Co Born Feb 28, 1917, Died Mar 19, 2002, age 85 Born Dec 8, 1912, Died Dec 3, 1950 Miami News Record, Mar 21, 2002, Pg. 3, Col. 3

Earl Frederick ‘Rusty’ Stallsworth, U.S. Navy Willard Roy Stout, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Mar 17, 1919 Born Mar 29, 1916, Died Dec 23, 1979 Miami News Record, Nov 4, 1973, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Military stone

Arthur R. 'Turk' Stanley, Pvt James G. Stratton, Sgt, U.S. Army Air Corp World War II. Oklahoma World War II Co. C 5 Engr TNG BN Born Feb 15, 1923, Died May 11, 1996, age 73 Born Jan 7, 1908, age 52, Died Nov 21, 1960 Frank H. Streeter, Tec 5, U.S. Army Luther J. Stanley, Sgt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Served in Normandy, the Rhineland, the Ardennes, northern Born Jul 14, 1920, Died May 19, 1979 France and central Europe Military stone Silver Star Medal Born Sep 22, 1920, Died Nov 3, 1997, age 77 Hulen Don 'Jack' Stapleton Veterans Funeral Detail Records World War II Military stone Born Aug 10, 1922, Died Jul 7, 1965, age 42 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma John Wesley Streeter, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II Harden Stepp, U.S. Navy and Merchant Marines Born Aug 2, 1914, Died Nov 26, 1993 Reserve. World War II Military stone Born Jul 4, 1914, Died Apr 1945 G.A.R. Cemetery, Burial date Apr 7, 1945 William Marion Striplin, Tec 5 World War II John Henry Stevens Born Feb 19, 1917, Died May 9, 1984 World War II Born Dec 12, 1919, Died Jun 6, 1965, age 45 Glynn Raymond Stripling Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born Apr 9, 1919, Died age 52, newspaper info Eugene ‘Gene’ H. Still, U.S. Army infantry Miami News Record, Feb 4, 1972, Pg. 1, Col. 3 Awarded three Bronze Stars and other military awards

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Raymond Brown Stroud, T Sgt, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Details Record World War II Born May 21, 1924, Died Oct 21, 1993 Charles Davis Thomas, Pfc, U.S. Army Military stone and a shared stone World War II Born Aug 8, 1923, Died Jun 18, 1977 Guy S. Sullivan, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Oklahoma, S 2 James G. Thomas, Pfc U.S. Army Born Jan 3, 1908, Died Nov 29, 1969 World War II 1969 Elmer L. Surridge, Pfc Military stone Kansas, 779 AAA Auto WPNS BN CAC Born Nov 12, 1917, Died Nov 7, 1949 Marvin F. Thomas, Cpl., U.S. Army Military stone Born Nov 6, 1920, Died Sep 15, 1986, age 65 Military stone Jensen A. Svend World War II. Bronze Star for gallantry William ‘Bill’ M. Thomas, Jr. U.S. Navy Involved in the Philippine liberation campaign World War II Born Apr 28, 1922, Died Aug 16, 1999, age 77 Miami News Record, Jul 16, 2000, Pg. 3A, Col. 5 Miami News Record, Aug 18, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 4 Park D. Thomason, U.S. Air Force Bruce R. Switzer, Cpl, U.S. Army Air Force World War II World War II Served for 22½ years Born Feb 14, 1918, Died Apr 4, 1999, age 81 Born Jun 7, 1915, Died Feb 29, 1996 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone and a shared stone Clyde L. Thomasson, Pfc , Infantry Blaine Taylor, Jr, M Sgt, U.S. Air Force World War II World War II Oklahoma. Co E 128 Infantry Born Feb 16, 1917, Died Jan 18, 1982 Born Jan 22, 1927, Died Sep 8, 1954 Military stone Don H. Thompson, Sr., Cpl, U.S. Army Burl H. Taylor, Pvt, U.S. Army World War II. Received five Bronze Stars World War II Served in Normandy, the Rhineland and Central Europe Born Nov 9, 1928, Died Aug 5, 1998, age 69 Born Mar 12, 1919, Died Oct 9, 1997, age 78 Military stone and Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone Clyde Alva Taylor, U.S. Army World War II John Thomas Thompson, Jr., U.S. Army Born Dec 22, 1919, Died Dec 10, 2000, age 80 World War II Miami News Record, Dec 11, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Born Feb 23, 1925, Died Sep 11, 2000 Military stone Muriel Taylor, U.S. Army World War II Joseph S. Thompson, Lt, U.S. Navy Born Mar 7, 1923, Died Jan 9, 2000, age 76 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Aug 8, 1912, Died Dec 24, 1996 Military stone Roy Lee Taylor, Sr., U.S. Army World War II Robert Alton Thompson, U.S. Army Born 1922, Died 1978 Born Aug 4, 1916, Died Jul 23, 1999, age 82 Military stone Miami News Record, Jul 25, 1999, Pg. 3, Col. 3 Non-military stone, a shared stone Thomas Allen Taylor, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army World War II James Oscar Thorne, Cpl, U.S. Army Served eight years in Navy and served four years with Army World War II during World War II Born Jun 5, 1923, Died Aug 26, 1976, age 53 Born Dec 7, 1926, Died Jan 23, 1995, age 68 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma

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Military stone Born Nov 1, 1912, Died Dec 5, 1994, age 82 Veterans Funeral Details Record James Raymond Throop Non-military stone, a shared stone with photo World War II Born Oct 21, 1939, Died Jan 13, 1972, age 32 Walter J. R. Turner, Pvt, U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born May 8, 1921, Died Dec 29, 1983 Antonio Tirres, Sr., Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Jan 17, 1915, Died Feb 16, 2000 Scott R. Tuthill, Lt. Colonel, retired Military stone World War II Born 1915, Died 1996, age 81 Robert J. Toye, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Oct 28, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 5 World War II and Korean War. Purple Heart Served in the 1st Armored Division Max Edward Uto, CW3, U.S. Army Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel World War II, Korean War and Vietnam Conflict Born Feb 19, 1917, Died Jan 31, 1995, age 77 Born Aug 23, 1923, Died Jan 7, 1987 Veterans Funeral Details Record Military stone

Lilburn Leon Trease, U.S. Air Corp Charles A. VanHoose, AS, U.S. Navy World War II World War II. Kansas Born Apr 15, 1921, Died Jun 15, 1986, age 65 Born Jun 15, 1911, Died Apr 19, 1952 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Eppy Van Ingram, U.S. Army Air Force Carl Edward Trigg, SP 2, U.S. Navy World War II World War II Born Apr 17, 1913, Died Apr 20, 1939, age 76 Born Mar 1, 1908, Died Oct 28, 1987 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma

William C. Trover, BKR2, U.S. Navy Walter S. Vanatta, Sgt World War II. Illinois World War II Born Dec 28, 1915, Died Jul 9, 1968 Born Feb 3, 1907, Died Feb 26, 1995 Military stone Miami News Record, Mar 2, 1995, Pg. 2, Col. 3

Fred Tufft, British, Royal Air Force Isaac ‘Ike’ James Vanover, MM3, U.S. Navy World War II World War II (VR) No. 1207274 L.A.C. Born Sep 21, 1920, Died Jul 18, 2001, age 80 Died Oct 27, 1941, age 31 Miami News Record, Jul 19, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Military stone Military stone and a shared stone

Richard Lee Tune, U.S. Army Bruce Wayne Vaughn, Seaman, 2nd cl, U.S. Navy World War II World War II. Oklahoma Born Jan 23, 1927, Died Aug 25, 1991, age 64 Died at Salton Sea naval air station, Holtville California. Enlisted Veterans Funeral Detail Record in the Navy five months before his death Born May 20, 1918, Died Oct 17, 1944, age 26 Archie H. Turner, Pvt, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Oct 18, 1944, Pg. 1, Col. 3 World War II Born Jul 12, 1916, Died Mar 7, 1997 Chester Donald Vaughn, Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone and a shared stone World War II Born Aug 13, 1906, Died Feb 1, 1982, age 75 Harley H. Turner, Cpt. U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II, Inf. Military stone Killed in Action at Wurselen German Born Jul 8, 1917, Died Oct 22, 1944, age 27 Clarence M. Vercruysse, SP3, U.S. Army Military stone with photo in uniform World War II and Korean War Born Sep 13, 1926, Died Oct 8, 1992 Logan Turner, U.S. Army, 43rd Inf Military stone World War II

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James Edgar Wagner, 1st Lieutenant Military stone World War II Born May 30, 1911, Died Aug 7, 1960 James R. Webb, Pfc, U.S. Army Air Forces Military stone World War II. Oklahoma Born Apr 6, 1919, Died Mar 3, 1973 Jesse L. Walker, TEC5, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Mar 16, 1920, Died May 27, 1980 Roy C. Webber, Cox, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Jul 5, 1923, Died Jun 1, 1985, age 61 Ralph Leon Walker, U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Military stone Born Apr 17, 1923, Died Dec 3, 1996, age 76 Franklin Lavon Weeks, Cpl Rolla Leroy ‘Hook’ Walker, Jr., Tec 5, U.S. Army World War II. Killed in Action in the Sicilian campaign, Sicily World War II Italy Born Oct 25, 1921, Died Jul 24, 1998 Gunner in 15th Infantry, 3rd Div. When the draft began Weeks Military stone and a shared stone enlisted and was always in active service. Was stationed in the North African area for one year before his death. Thomas J. Walker, Pvt Born Apr 29, 1920, Died Aug 7, 1943, age 23 World War II. Oklahoma Miami News Record, Sep 3, 1943, Pg. 1, Col. 1 and Jul 28, 1948, 3861 SVC Com D Unit Pg. 2, Col. 3 Born Apr 27, 1923, Died Mar 3, 1966 body returned and re-buried 1948. Stone

Wilbert G. Walker, PHM1, U.S. Navy John Henry Wheeler, U.S. Air Force World War II World War II Born May 30, 1914, Died Nov 7, 1983 Died Feb 17, 1957,age 36 Miami News Record, Feb 18, 1957 Melvin E. Wallace, F 1, U.S. Navy World War II. Oklahoma Ira Jack White, U.S. Navy Born Feb 16, 1916, Died Jul 27, 1951, headstone information World War II Born Jun 4, 1925, Died Jan 15, 1988, age 62 A. F. ‘Budd’ Walser Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Served as a signalman in the China Basin area Vernon Eugene White, U.S. Navy Born Nov 18, 1924, Died Jan 25, 2000, age 75 World War II Miami News Record, Jan 27, 2000, Pg. 3, Col. 5 Born Aug 12, 1919, Died Jul 12, 1981, age 61 Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma John Calvin Walters, AMM3, U.S. Navy World War II George J. Wicks, M Sgt, U.S. Air Force Born May 28, 1924, Died Nov 3, 1993 World War II Military stone and a shared stone Born Jun 9, 1919, Died Mar 30, 1975 Military stone Ike Walton World War II Earl L. ‘Pat’ Wilcox, Sgt, U.S. Army Born Nov 17, 1921, Died May 26, 1975, age 53 World War II Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Served in the Philippines Born Mar 17, 1923, Died Mar 26, 1996, age 73 Edward Thomas ‘Papa Joe’ Ward, Cpl, U.S. Marines Military stone World War II Born Nov 9, 1920, Died Dec 25, 1989 Glenn H. Willard, AS, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born May 25, 1925, Died Nov 14, 1943 Richard Ward Warner, Cpl, U.S. Army Air Corps Military stone World War II Born Dec 18, 1917, Died Jun 25, 1994, age 76 Norval L. William, Sgt Veterans Funeral Details Record World War II

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Oklahoma , HQ Co 381 Infantry BSM Oct 18, 1993, Pg. 2, Col. 3 Born Mar 14, 1907, Died Nov 12, 1953 Military stone

Kirby Cecil Williams, Jr., Pfc, U.S. Army Rubin F. Wilson, MM3, U.S. Navy World War II. Purple Heart World War II Born Aug 3, 1920, Died Aug 7, 1996, age 76 Born Aug 25, 1925, Died Jun 13, 1997 Military stone headstone information

Thomas G. Williams, T Sgt, U.S. Air Force Woodrow Dane Wilson, T. Sgt, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Mar 16, 1917, Died Jan 20, 1981 Born 1919, Died 1979 Military stone Jack Wimberley, Pvt, U.S. Army Woodrow Wilson Williams, Cpl, U.S. Army World War II World War II Born Apr 22, 1929, Died Sep 15, 1979 Born Jun 5, 1917, Died Apr 17, 1996, age 78 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Records Jack Roger Wimer, SSG, U.S. Army George O. Willis, Jr. Pvt, U.S. Army World War II. Bronze Star World War II Medical officer in the Europe and Pacific theaters Born Aug 15, 1918, Died Jul 12, 1973 Born Jul 19, 1916, Died May 16, 1994 Military stone Miami Oklahoma News Record, May 16, 1994, Pg. 2, Col. 5, photo and May 18, 1994, Pg. 2, Col. 6 Albert Wakefield Wilson, Pvt, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born May 2, 1918, Died Jun 23, 2001 George F. Windham, Sgt, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Jun 26, 2001, Pg. 3, Col. 3 World War II. Oklahoma Military stone and a shared stone Born Jul 31, 1909, Died Aug 15, 1969 Military stone Edgar J. Wilson, S2, U.S. Navy World War II. Oklahoma Foster Elbert Wisdom, MSGT, U.S. Air Force Born Jan 2, 1925, Died May 8, 1971 World War II, Korean War and Vietnam Conflict Military stone Born Jun 12, 1920, Died Apr 2, 1997, age 76 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Joseph L. ‘Joe’ Wilson, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Died Apr 12, 1986 Walter L. Wojciechowski, U.S. Air Force World War II. Career Serviceman John Henry Wilson, U.S. Army Air Corps Born Aug 19, 1934, Died Sep 8, 1993, age 59 World War II Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Dec 30, 1907, Died Jan 29, 1993, age 85 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Grady Micky Wood, U.S. Marine World War II John J. Wilson, Pfc, U.S. Army Born Sep 8, 1919, Died Aug 23, 1969, age 49 World War II. Purple Heart Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Born Dec 31, 1920, Died Nov 30, 1994 Military stone Lonnie Elmer Wood, Sgt World War II Melvin Andrew Wilson, TEC 5 Born Jan 14, 1909, Died Feb 17, 1984 World War II Born Jun 6, 1919, Died Dec 5, 1985, age 66 Marion Wilson Wood, Tec 5, U.S. Army Air Force Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma World War II Born Mar 13, 1915, Died Dec 12, 1966, age 51 Moody Lee Wilson, Pfc, U.S. Army Military stone World War II Born Feb 14, 1908, Died Oct 13, 1993, age 85 William W. 'Pete' Woodard, U.S. Army Miami News Record, Oct 17, 1993, Pg. 2, Col.. 6 World War II

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Born Mar 14, 1918, Died Jul 3, 1993, age 75 Born Dec 22, 1923 Veterans Funeral Detail Record There is no death date on the shared stone Non-Military stone Doyle E. Woolard, Sgt World War II. Killed in Action during the battle of Normandy James A. Zimmerman, Capt Born 1919, Died Jun 25, 1944, age 24 World War II Miami News Record, Jul 8, 1948, Pg. 1, Col. 4. Body returned Born Feb 6, 1917, Died Jul 17, 1995 for re-burial in 1948. Jul 11, 1948, Pg. 11

James R. Wormington, Pfc, U.S. Army World War II. Oklahoma Peace Time Military or War/Conflict not Identified Born Mar 12, 1908, Died Apr 16, 1969 Military stone Edgar A. Adams, Sgt., Oklahoma, 315 Engrs, 90th Div Floyd Wright, Pfc, U.S. Army Died Oct 24, 1935 World War II Military stone California, 18 Inf 1 Div Born Jan 11, 1911, Died Jan 29, 1945 David William Adkins Burial Date Dec 7, 1988, age 65 Glenn A. Wright, Sgt, U.S. Army Purple Heart and three Bronze Service Stars World War II Born 1925, Died 1981 Harry W. Ahalt, Pvt 1st Class Military stone Iowa, 110 Engrs, 35 Div Died Feb 22, 1936 William Jackson ‘Jack’ Wynn, U.S. Navy Military stone World War II Born Nov 19, 1925, Died Jan 17, 1997, age 71 George Akers, U.S. Army, Cook Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Mar 22, 1893, Died Sep 27, 1963, age 70 Military stone Charles L. Wyatt, U.S. Army World War II Ward Allen, U.S. Army Born Nov 27, 1940, Burial date Jun 27, 1986 Born Jan 30, 1912, Died Oct 27, 1990, age 78 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Edmond J. Yankowski, U.S. Army World War II John F. Bagby, Pvt 1st Class Born Dec 15, 1919, Died Jan 24, 1999, age 79 Oklahoma, 39 Inf, 4 Div Born Mar 7, 1896, Died Mar 14, 1935 Willard Eugene Yost, U.S. Marine Corps Military stone World War II Born Oct 26, 1914, Died Sep 8, 1976, age 61 Frank Bornheim, Jr., U.S. Army Jim Thomas Funeral Records-Commerce Oklahoma Oklahoma, 344 Field Arty, 90th Div Military stone Died Jan 20, 1941 Military stone Oscar L. Young, Pvt World War II. Killed in Action in Germany, after his return to Forrest E. Bradley, U.S. Air Force, Pfc duty after recovering from wounds received Nov 1944. 743 Tank 1045 Base Unit AF Battalion. N Co D Born May 27, 1913, Died Oct 10, 1959 Born Feb 18, 1915, Died Apr 8, 1945 Military stone Miami News Record, Oct 31, 1948, Pg. 15, Col. 1, re-burial in 1948. Stone Adams Bithman, Pvt. 1st Cl., Oklahoma Evac Hospital 15 Martin Zagortz Died Jan 22, 1930 World War II Military stone Born Oct 10, 1911, Died Aug 31, 1979 Ronald Frank Boutz, U.S. Air Force Guy Eugene Zeigler, U.S. Army Served from 1956 until Sep 1960 World War II Born Nov 17, 1936, Died May 27, 2000, age 63

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Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Billy Joe Boyd, U.S. Navy Z. V. ‘Scrapy’ Davis Served 26 years in the Navy, retired 1984 Died Nov 20, 1991, age 68 Born Jun 26, 1938, Died Apr 26, 1994, age 55 Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Clifford Nelson Brooks, U.S. Navy, radio electrician James H. Dawson Born Apr 7, 1910, Died Jul 28, 2000, age 90 Born May 20, 1941, Died Apr 28, 1994, age 52 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Details Record

Frank Buck, belonged to American Legion Kenneth Norman Dewett Burial date Sep 4, 1940 Died May 18, 1991, age 68 stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Harry Burt Wilson E. Dukes, Sr., U.S. Army ret. 1955 Died Jan 15, 1991, age 79 Born Nov 4, 1912, Died Mar 1, 1991, age 78 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Harvey K. Buzzard, U.S. Army, Bglr Frankie Eckert Oklahoma, 85th Inf, 15th Div Burial Date Aug 23, 1989 Died Jan 2, 1932 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone Ralph P. Eick Dwight Campbell, Sr. Capt Died Aug 1, 1987, age 65 Oklahoma, 6006 air CMDR SQ A5 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Jan 25, 1939, Died Feb 22, 1967 Military stone Leonard M. Ellison, Pvt 157 Inf, 40 Div Alfred Homer Christopher, U.S. Navy, Fireman 1st CL Died Jul 14, 1940 North Carolina Military stone Died Feb 13, 1928 Military stone Tomy Eytman, Pvt CO Trans Corps Kemp Charles Clodfelter Died Jun 10, 1934 Burial date Jun 22, 1987 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record Eugene N. Ferris Leroy Luther Cox Died Jan 15, 1990, age 63 Burial date Jun 17, 1987 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Veterans Funeral Detail Record Nicholas J. Fisher Samuel Craig, Pvt U.S. Army in Germany 6 Field Sig Bn Born Dec 25, 1934, Died Jan 18, 1996 Died Sep 7, 1935 Miami News Record, Jan 21, 1996, Pg. 2, Col. 3 Military stone Leroy D. Gabriel, U.S. Army, Pvt., Delmon G. ‘Dink’ Crownover, U.S. Navy Missouri, 354 Inf, 45 Div Born Oct 24, 1933, Died Nov 28, 1996, age 63 Died Jun 4, 1932 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Military stone

Louis Cullen, Pvt., Arthur Gann, U.S. Army, Pvt 7th Inf, 3rd Div. 358 Inf, 90th Div Died Dec 1, 1929 Died Mar 6, 1941 Military stone Military stone

Randall Ray Curlee William Raymond ‘Bill’ Garren, U.S. Army Died Dec 9, 1989, age 36 Born Dec 23, 1932, Died May 21, 1998, age 65

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Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Detail Records

Jack Fredrick Garrett, U.S. Navy, F2 James S. Hopkins, Corp Oklahoma Missouri, 36 Inf, 12 Div Born Dec 25, 1923, Died May 3, 1953 Military stone Military stone W. M. Hoskins, U.S. Navy, Shipfitter 1st Class Warren C. Gonce Born Nov 4, 1894, died Mar 17, 1929 Company B, 127 Bat Military stone Born 1924, Died 1945 Military stone Lyle L. Hurst, U.S. Navy Served in the Navy for 30 years, retiring in 1987 George H. Gordon, Born Jun 5, 1937, Died Jul 21, 1997, age 60 American Legion Emblem on stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record 1888-1926 stone Dee Witt Kinney, U.S. Navy, AMM2 Born Feb 18, 1905, Died Feb 10, 1955 James M. Gould Military stone Died Feb 12, 1987, age 64 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Harry Linthicum, Pvt., Oklahoma, 162nd Depot Brig Jesse Gunn, Pvt 1st Class Died Jun 29, 1931 Kansas, Military stone Died Oct 15, 1933 Military stone Richard Lofland Born Mar 26, 1920, Died Sep 26, 2000, age 80 Collis C. Haltman, Pvt, Veterans Funeral Detail Records Arkansas, 47 Inf, 37 Div Born Sep 14, 1895, Died Jun 8, 1945 Archa Mathis, U.S. Navy Military stone Born Dec 17, 1897, Died Sep 15, 1994, age 96 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Alfred Hamon, U.S. Federal Border Patrol Born Feb 23, 1939, Died May 13, 1976 Matthew Maxwell, Pvt., stone Oklahoma, 162 Depot Brig Died May 21, 1933 Ed Hankins, Pvt., Military stone Oklahoma, 157 Inf, 40th Div Died Jan 2, 1940 Ralph Leonard McKinley, Military stone Born Oct 5, 1924, Died Dec 24, 1999, age 75 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Orie E. Hart, Sgt. 4, Missouri, Deport BN, Sig Corp Ernest Guye Morris, Died Sep 17, 1932 Born Sep 18, 1929, Died Jan 22, 1999, age 69 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Records

Robert Paul Hatmon Harold E. Newlon, U.S. Marine Corps Res, Pfc Burial Date Jan 30, 1989, age 67 Kansas Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Mary 19, 1925, Died Oct 16, 1966 Military stone Homer Hawker, Pvt., Inf, 90 Div. Purple Heart William Newton, Born Oct 2, 1894, Died Jul 20, 1944 Born Jan 4, 1909, Died May 21, 1987 Military stone Stone

Billy Joe Haynes Richard Mark Osburn, U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy from 1960-64 Torpedoman 2nd Class Born Dec 24, 1936, Died Jun 21, 1999, age 62 Born Feb 9, 1940, Died Jun 21, 2000, age 60

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Victor L. Ostroske Kenneth Charles Reich Burial Date Feb 7, 1989 Died Feb 27, 1987, age 46 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Glen Owen, U.S. Army, Pvt., Louis D. Rhinehart 79 Inf, 15th Div Born Mar 18, 1924, Died Jan 26, 1991, age 66 Died May 25, 1930 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone Richard Aaron Richardson, U.S. Navy Eugene O. Palmer, U.S. Army Born May 30, 1951, Died Apr 30, 1992, age 40 Born Jun 1920, Died Aug 1979 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone Herbert Franklin ‘Pete’ Roberts, Peter W. Payton, U.S. Army, Pvt., Born Nov 2, 1941, Died Feb 24, 1996, age 54 Kansas, 28th Inf. Veterans Funeral Detail Records Died Dec 8, 1937 Military stone Luther Henry Sayers Born Oct 3, 1918, Died Oct 9, 1999, age 81 Charles Warren Pendergraft, U.S. Army Veterans Funeral Detail Records Attended U.S. Army Helicopter School at Ft. Sill Oklahoma in 1953 Paul Douglas Seamon, U.S. Air force Born Jan 13, 1933, Died Oct 30, 1998, age 65 Born Dec 6, 1938, Died Nov 16, 1993, age 54 Veterans Funeral Detail Records Veterans Funeral Detail Record

William Harry ‘Sonny’ Pendleton Dewey H. Shaffer Cuban Missile Crisis Born Dec 17, 1941, Died Oct 25, 2000, age 58 U.S. Air Force Veterans Funeral Detail Records Born Sep 4,1938 - Died Sep17, 1999, age 61 William Carl Shepherd, Pvt., Frank Pitts, Pvt 1 CL, Oklahoma, 46th Company Trans Corps 138, M.G. Bn, 38 Div Bor aug 10, 1892, Died May 21, 1939 Died Feb 1, 1935 Military stone Military stone Henry Louis Shinn Donald R. Pool, U.S. Marines Died Jan 1, 1990, age 87 Born Mar 5, 1935, Died Aug 24, 1997, age 62 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Veterans Funeral Detail Records William Arthur Shinn James L. Powell, Pvt Born Jul 11, 1923, Died Oct 27, 1993, age 70 Kansas, Med Dept Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Feb 7, 1897, Died Dec 15, 1940 Military stone Sherman L. ‘Barney’ Siler Died Jan 27, 1987, age 61 William R. Rees, Cook Veterans Funeral Detail Record 49th Inf Died Jan 20, 1931 Robert L. Sillivan, U.S. Army Military stone Born Apr 27, 1922, Died Dec 19, 1992, age 70 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Clyde J. Reynolds, Pvt., Oklahoma, 387 Inf, 97th Div Delores Smith Born Jul 4, 1899, Died Aug 8, 1944 Burial Date Oct 24, 1988 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Odes W. Rodecap, U.S. Army, Tec 4 Floyd Thomas Spann Born Aug 25, 1909, Died Nov 7, 1982 Born Dec 3, 1945, Died Sep 15, 1994 Military stone Veterans Funeral Details Record

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Frank Stanfield,, U.S. Army, Pvt., Veterans Funeral Detail Record 150 Inf, 38th Div Born Feb 14, 1892, Died Feb 27, 1941 Guy Edward Webb, Pvt., Military stone Missouri, 164 Depot Brig Died Nov 26, 1937 E. H. ‘Gene’ Still, Military stone Dec 12, 1924, Died Dec 18, 1997 A flag flying on the grave, is the only info Woodrow ‘Woody’ Wilson Webber Burial Date Mar 20, 1989 Grover C. Stone, Pvt. 1st Class Veterans Funeral Detail Record Oklahoma, 31st Inf. Military stone Jake L. Whitecrow, Jr. Born Jul 2, 1928, Died Oct 12, 1989 Richard Lee Straton, A2C Veterans Funeral Detail Record Oklahoma, 97 Medical Grp AR Julian L. Wilson Born Dec 3, 1929, Died Nov 20, 1953 Born Mar 16, 1920, Burial Date May 25, 1990, age 70 Military stone Veterans Funeral Detail Record

Noah Striplin Rodney Lee Whitson, U.S. Ari Force, S Sgt, Died Oct 7, 1987, age 60 Born Apr 1, 1931, Died Oct 8, 1994 Veterans Funeral Detail Record Military stone

C. J. Swank Harry L. Willard, U.S. Navy Burial Date Jan 15, 1988 Served as a Machinist Shipfitter First Class Veterans Funeral Detail Record Born Sep 13, 1904, Died May 19, 1998, age 93 Veterans Funeral Detail Records James Clifford ‘Gob’ Taylor Died Feb 2, 1993 Matthew L. Wood, Veterans Funeral Detail Record Oklahoma, Mech 27 Engrs Born Aug 31, 1886, Died Mar 1, 1944 Henry T. Templeton, Pvt., Military stone Oklahoma, 162nd Deport Brig Died Jun 7, 1933 William W. Woodard, Pvt Military stone Oklahoma, Quarter Master Corps Died Jun 17, 1934 James Hilditch Thomas, U.S. Air Force Military stone Born Dec 15, 1930, Died Nov 15, 1997 Military stone Steve Wurtz Burial Date Oct 29, 1990 William E. ‘Hoot’ Thompson Veterans Funeral Detail Record Died Oct 13, 1991, age 69 ...... Memorial Service Apr 24, 1992, ...... G.A.R. cemetery, Miami Oklahoma Share your knowledge, it is a way To achieve Veterans Funeral Detail Record immortality. Humm...... What is this Kermit Q. Turner, Cpl., U.S. Army trend called Genealogy? Inf. Oct 13, 1919 Humm.....What is the hardest part Of Genealogy? Documentation.... Military stone with photo in uniform Genealogy: Chasing your own Tale! Ester Young, Pvt., Arkansas, 38 Inf, 3rd Div It’s an unusual family that hath Neither a lady of the evening or a thief. Died Sep 21, 1938 Military stone Strange!!!!! Half my ancestors are WOMEN!

Warren B. Veirs Burial Date Dec 23, 1988

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Marie Rentfrow presents these A Serviceman died today And the style in which he lives, Genealogy Quips she picked up off - author unknown - are sometimes disproportionate, the internet. From the RAF Upper Heyford To the service that he gives. Memorials Genealogists live in the past lane. Submitted by Betty Pulley While the ordinary Serviceman, Who offered up his all, Any family tree produces some lemons, He was getting old and paunchy Is paid off with a medal some nuts, and a few bad apples. And his hair was falling fast, And perhaps a pension, small. And he sat around the Legion, A family tree can wither if nobody tends Telling stories of the past. It’s so easy to forget them, it’s roots. For it is so long ago, Of a war that he had fought in, That our Henry’s and Jim’s and Isn’t genealogy fun? The answer to one And the deeds that he had done. Johnny’s problem leads to two more! In his exploits with his buddies; Went to battle, but we know They were heroes, everyone. How can one ancestor cause so much It was not the politicians, TROUBLE? And ‘tho sometimes, to his neighbors, With their compromise and ploys, His tales became a joke, Who won for us the freedom, Genealogists are time un-ravelers. all his buddies listened, That our Country now enjoys. For they knew whereof he spoke. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: Should you find yourself in danger, They hide...I seek! But we’ll hear his tales no longer, With your enemies at hand, For ole’ Bob has passed away, Would you really want some cop-out, I’m always late. My ancestors arrived And the world’s a little poorer, With hs ever waffling stand? on the JUNEflower. For a Serviceman died today. Or would you want a Serviceman, Only a Genealogist regards a step He won’t be mourned by many, Who has sworn to defend, backwards, as progress. Just his children and his wife. His home, his kin, and Country, For he lived an ordinary, And would fight until the end? It’s almost 2003....Do you know where Very quiet sort of life. your G-G-Grandparents are? He was just a common Serviceman He held a job and raised a family, And his ranks are growing thin, My ancestors must be in a witness Quietly going on his way, But his presence sould remind us, protection program! And the world won’t note his passing; We may need his like again. ‘tho a Serviceman died today. Shake your family tree and watch the For when countries are in conflict, nuts fall! When politicians leave this earth, Then we find the Serviceman’s part, Their bodies lie in state, Is to clean up all the troubles, I should have asked them BEFORE they While thousands note their passing, That the politicians start. died! And proclaim that they were great. If we cannot do him honor, “Crazy” is a relative term in my family. Papers tell of their life stories, While he’s here to hear the praise, From the time that they were young, Then at least let’s give him homage, A pack rat is hard to live with, but But the passing of a Serviceman, At the ending of his days. makes a fine ancestor. Goes unnoticed and unsung. Perhaps just a simple headline, FLOOR: The place for storing your Is the gratest contribution, in the paper that might say: priceless genealogy records. To the welfare of our land, Some jerk who breaks his promise, “Our Country is in Mourning, Gene-Allergy: It’s a contagious disease And cons his fellow man? for a Serviceman Died Today.” but I love it. Or the ordinary fellow, I’m not sick, I’ve just got fading genes. Who in times of war and strife, Goes off to serve his Country Genealogy... will I ever find time to and offers up his life? mow the lawn again? The politician’s stipend

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Index Bennett Warren H...... 7 Ables Jackson ‘Jack’ Arthur...... 5 Browning Hildred H...... 2, 3 Benson Alfred L...... 7 Adams John Lloyd...... 5 Bruner Edgar A...... 35 Wayne P...... 5 Oscar G...... 7 Adkins Beverley Buck David William...... 35 Frederick D...... 5 Frank...... 36 Adkison Billington Buckner Lee F...... 4 William K. 'Dick'...... 6 Wayne Dale...... 7 Ahalt Billups Buergey Harry W...... 35 Delbert...... 6 Fred...... 7 Akers Bithman Bullis George...... 35 Adams...... 35 John W...... 7 Aldridge Blankenship Burman Othel Oren...... 4 Ernest A...... 6 Harold A...... 7 Allee Bluejacket Burnett A. L...... 4 Charles E...... 6 Alec L...... 7 Allemann Boggs Burt James A...... 4 Eugene Fred, Sr...... 6 Harry...... 36 Allen Bond Busby Ward...... 35 Basil Leo...... 6 Willie Miles...... 7 Allgood Bonner Bussey Gene Walter...... 4 Albert E...... 6 Hector J...... 7 Amiott Bornheim Buzzard Lester Leon...... 4 Frank, Jr...... 35 Harvey K...... 36 Anderson Botts Bybee Paul Melvin...... 4 Dale D...... 6 Harold...... 7 Atkinson Ellsworth Barton...... 6 Howard Wayne...... 7 Champ Clark...... 4 Boutz Byrd Elmer R...... 4 Ronald Frank...... 35 James Henry...... 8 Bagby Boyd Campbell John F...... 35 Bertie J...... 6 Arthur ‘Monk’...... 8 Bailey Billy Joe...... 36 Dwight, Sr...... 36 Earl Hugh...... 4 James...... 6 George W...... 8 Lee Roy...... 4 Bradbury Carselowey Baker Earl Austin...... 6 Clarence 'Bobby'...... 8 Lawrence A...... 4 Braden Carter Lester Leroy...... 4 William...... 6 Shirley...... 2 Banta Bradley William Amos...... 8 Merlyn N...... 4 Forrest E...... 35 Cass Barger George Chet...... 6 Amel R...... 8 Joseph Samuel...... 5 William R...... 6 Casto Barr Brady Kenneth D., Sr...... 8 Kenneth Glen...... 5 Charles, Mr. and Mrs...... 4 Cavin Barron Joseph Milford ‘Mutt’...... 6 Orval Harlan ‘O.H.’...... 8 Henry Leroy...... 5 Sergeant...... 4 Chambers Barton Brammer Noah L...... 8 Loyal C...... 5 Mr...... 1 Roy Bill...... 8 Thomas Henry...... 5 Brandon Champlin Baty Kenneth L...... 6 Billy E...... 8 Johnnie Wesley...... 5 Brewer Chandler Bayless John Henry...... 6 Joe G...... 8 Earle Grantham...... 5 Wesleyon A...... 6 Chazell Bear Brewington Bert Leroy...... 8 Herman W...... 5 Hester A...... 6 Cherry Thurman Walter, Sr...... 5 Bridgett Elmer E...... 8 Beard Levi J...... 6 John Wylie...... 8 Floyd Lee...... 5 Brooks Chesnut Beason Clifford Nelson...... 36 Charles C...... 8 Denzil W...... 5 Brookshire Wylie G...... 8 Beaury Earl Loyd...... 7 Chris George Orval...... 5 Brown John...... 8 Beekman Alan...... 7 Christensen William Newton...... 5 Chleora May Young...... 7 Lyle D...... 8 Bell Howard Evert...... 7 Christopher Everett...... 5 Joe E...... 7 Alfred Homer...... 36 Wilma B...... 5 Lawrence...... 7 Christy Belt Oren U. ‘Bill’...... 7 Thomas...... 8 James William...... 5 Ralph L...... 7 Clanton Bender Raymond Lee...... 7 John B...... 9 Wayne...... 5 Virgil L...... 7 Paris B...... 9

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Clinton Louis...... 36 Orlan Glen...... 12 Daniel Seth...... 9 Cunningham Erwin Clodfelter Everett Dee...... 10 Harold Eugene...... 12 Kemp Charles...... 36 Curlee Evans Coble Harold G...... 10 Frank John...... 12 Orville...... 9 Kathryn L...... 10 Eytman Coghill Randall Ray...... 36 Tomy...... 36 Chauncey Glude...... 9 Walter Edward...... 10 Fansler Cole Daigh Edgar A.., Jr...... 12 Jack M...... 9 Clarence James...... 10 Farrell Collard Darnall Carroll...... 12 Jack W...... 9 Carl O...... 11 Farrington Collins Davis Jim...... 12 Jack B...... 9 Arie L. ‘Kink’...... 11 Farris James Wilbur, Sr...... 9 Clyde F...... 11 James Robert...... 12 Colvard Ervin...... 11 Ferguson E. W...... 9 Lynn R...... 11 Alvin M...... 12 George E...... 9 Z. V. ‘Scrapy’...... 36 Benny Robert...... 12 James A...... 9 Dawson Ferris James V...... 9 James H...... 36 Eugene N...... 36 Combs Dean Fields Charles Merl...... 9 Harry T...... 11 Edward S...... 12 Commons DeMier Fisher Arthur Logan 'Al'...... 9 John Daniel...... 11 Nicholas J...... 12, 36 Conner Denney Fisk Carl Franklin...... 9 William T...... 11 Isaac B...... 12 Connolly Detchemendy Fleming John Coleman, Sr...... 9 Bobby 'Dutch' Max...... 11 James Clark...... 12 Conrad DeVilliers Ford Leland J...... 9 William Rodney...... 11 Harry C...... 12 Cook Dewett Forslund Dora M...... 10 Kenneth Norman...... 11, 36 Robert M...... 13 Emeral Burnell...... 9 Dinneen Fraley Junior Monroe...... 9 George H...... 11 William E. 'Dick'...... 13 Cooper Ditmore Frazier Andrew Jackson...... 10 Clinton B...... 11 Leon M...... 13 Fred James...... 10 Dobbin Gabriel Rolfe...... 10 Richard E...... 11 Leroy D...... 36 Corn Doty Gaines Onie Kenneth...... 10 William G. 'Gib'...... 11 Cletus O'Dell...... 13 Cornelison Drage Ernest Henry...... 13 Ralph S...... 10 Robert Leonard...... 11 Gann Cornog Dryer Arthur...... 36 William E. 'Bill'...... 10 Lloyd Lee...... 11 Garber Cortez DuBois Robert Lee...... 13 Raymond...... 10 Maurice L...... 11 Garner Cox Dudley Pete O. S...... 13 Leroy Luther...... 36 Hubert F...... 11 Garren Cozart Dukes William Raymond ‘Bill’...... 36 Charles Edward...... 10 Wilson E., Sr...... 36 Garrett Crabtree Dunning Jack Fredrick...... 37 Kenneth...... 2 Henry G...... 11 Merle K...... 13 Craggett Eby Wilbert 'Hardrock'...... 13 John Roy...... 10 Benjamin F...... 12 Gaylor Craig Eckert Paul D...... 13 Edwin Clark 'Ed'...... 10 Frankie...... 36 Genuso Samuel...... 36 Ehrhart Tony...... 13 Cresswell Dick G...... 12 George Clifford J...... 10 Eick Norman P...... 13 Croninger Ralph P...... 36 Gerhart Robert A...... 10 Ellington Kenneth L...... 13 Cross Clarence W., Jr...... 12 Gibbs Lathan V...... 10 Elliott Ralph Roberts...... 13 Crow John W...... 12 Gibson Vernon Wilson...... 10 Walter E...... 12 Athel D...... 13 Virgil Lewis...... 10 Ellis Gilmore Crownover Harold Franklin ‘Jack’...... 12 James S...... 13 Delmon G. ‘Dink’...... 36 Ellison Gladhill Cruzan Buddy Melvin...... 12 Kenneth H. E...... 13 Cecil W...... 10 Leonard M...... 36 Glenn Cullen Emerick Ralph Joseph...... 13

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Goettel Ed...... 37 Hooten Marian A...... 13 Hannebohn Ralph T...... 17 Goettell Ernest Franz...... 15 Hoover Arthur C...... 13 Haralson Clarence D...... 17 Golden John G...... 15 Hopkins Ellis John...... 13 Harfield Floyd...... 17 Lon Alvin...... 13 Donald A...... 15 James S...... 37 Gonce Hargrove Horine Warren C...... 37 Denton C...... 15 Kenneth Lloyd...... 17 Gordon Harney Horn Bernard Lee...... 14 Verl G...... 15 Leon David. Jr...... 17 George H...... 37 Hart Hoskins Gorman Henry Aslee, Sr...... 15 W. M...... 37 Burl D...... 14 Orie E...... 37 Howell Gene Lyle...... 14 Hasler Clarence Monroe...... 17 Gould Benjamin E...... 15 Hudson James M...... 37 Hatcher Carl C...... 17 Grant Delford...... 15 Leroy...... 17 Ulysses S...... 3 Hatley Huff Ulysses S., General and Mrs...... 3 A. J...... 15 Lloyd...... 17 Ulysses S., Mrs...... 3 Hatmon Huffman Green Robert Paul...... 37 Billy Joe...... 17 Earl Maurice...... 14 Hawk Levi J...... 17 Floyd Edward...... 14 Clyde B...... 15 Hulvey Howard Richard...... 14 Hawker Ira D. 'I.D.'...... 17 Loyd R...... 14 Homer...... 37 Hunt Greenfeather Hawks Richard K...... 17 James I...... 14 Amos...... 15 Hurst Griffith Hayes Lyle L...... 37 Walter R...... 14 Donald L...... 15 Hutson Griggs Haynes Glennis W...... 17 Wyman M...... 14 Billy Joe...... 16, 37 Hutts Grigsby Jack Otto...... 16 Roger N...... 17 John Edward...... 14 Helm Ingram Gudenoge David Henry...... 16 Eppy Van...... 32 Jack LeRoy...... 14 Helton Jackson Guild George Grant...... 16 Lynn Quentin...... 17 John Roberts...... 14 Henry Jasmine Lena Frisbie...... 14 Joseph ‘Bill’...... 16 John, Mr. and Mrs...... 6 Gunn Herrell Johnson Jesse...... 37 Donald Max...... 16 Eugene Marion...... 17 Gustin Herren Homer James...... 17 Jack Wayne...... 14 Lee Almon...... 16 John Louis...... 18 Hackney Hershman Leslie Marvin...... 18 Delbert F...... 14 Alfred Martin...... 16 Paul Elbert...... 18 Hacksley Hicks Johnston Herbert H...... 14 Melvin J...... 16 Billy L...... 18 Hadley Higgins Jones Howard E...... 14 Henry...... 16 Aden M...... 18 William W...... 14 Ken...... 2 Fred Lloyd...... 18 Haggard Highfill Houston B...... 18 Robert Gowdy...... 14 James B...... 16 Lee D...... 18 Hale Hill Raymond E...... 18 Claude Alvin...... 14 Joseph Riley...... 16 Jordan Hall Hines Ray M...... 18 Bert Roy...... 14 Clovis D...... 16 Robert...... 18 Edward P...... 15 Hobbs Journeycake Henry C...... 15 James Leon...... 16 Helen L...... 18 Hallett Hodge Jack A...... 18 Webbster 'Webb' Daniel...... 15 Earnest E...... 16 Kelley Haltman Ira W...... 16 Edward Eugene...... 18 Collis C...... 37 Hoffman Kelly Hamon Orvle Lloyd...... 16 Carman Q. 'C. Q.'...... 18 Alfred...... 37 Virgil L...... 16 James R., Sr...... 18 Orville Ernest...... 15 Holcomb Kerr Hampton Claude M...... 16 Lyle W...... 18 Louise H...... 15 James H...... 16 Ketcher Thomas Henry...... 15 Holden Ross Lee...... 18 Hancock Glen E...... 17 Kinder Kenneth E...... 15 Hood Jasper L...... 18 Hankins Radford Leroy, Sr...... 17 King

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. Alas Poor Genealogy

This was written by one Carrie Lartigue of the Tay Valley Area of Scotland..

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Research formed a pattern some decades ago.. With records a-plenty all lined in a row. Scholars then knew the thrill of the chase. When they started this hobby, their family tree to trace. They found proof of lineage in documents true; Birth, death and marriage; and through these they knew, The names of progenitors back through the years. Plus history they made with their sweat and their tears.

Then a new lifestyle began to emerge. They called it free love, just follow that urge. Maybe the one night stand was to blame. She scarcely had time to ask him his name! Or the “live in mate” couldn’t make up his mind. To a final commitment, so now we can’t find, Any Paternal data to place in the file. Will Genealogy go out of style? Those who couldn’t beget the old standard way. Caused Medical Science to have a field day. With test tube experiments and clever implants. To the older generation this was a new slant!

With Surrogate mothers so much in the news, The poor genealogist searches for clues. T’was the surrogate mother who give the child life. She bore the babe, but she’s not pappa’s wife, Does one follow lineage of Papa’s spouse? Or the true bloodline through the surrogate house? Only these happenings aren’t worth a cent, If they can’t be proved by some document.

Fifty years hence when they start to trace back, There are some who will come to the end of the track. Instead of that joy where blood lines entwine. He’ll find he was sired by bank number nine.

So pity the searcher, he must now confess. They boggled his mind with the scrambled up mess!!

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`1Ottawa County Genealogical Society Founded November 4, 1975

“On September 19, 1975, Mr. Brammer of Salt Lake City, Utah, conducted a seminar on genealogy in Miami. Thirty persons attended the meeting and as a result, the group assembled November 4, 1975, and organized the Ottawa County Genealogical Society.” From History of Ottawa County by V. Nieberding.

We are in our twenty-seventh year as an Dear Fellow Researchers, organization. Happy 2002! We have a brand n e w Purpose The purpose of the Society is to promote year to explore and make great new discoveries. Like world the preservation of genealogical records, explorers and archeologists, we have new fields to explore and more resources than ever before and assist people in researching and to find our treasures. publishing their family history. We are looking forward to a great year in the Ottawa County Genealogical Society. The Board Monthly Meetings met at the library on January 10th to make plans for the year. We have several ideas in the mill. Annual Membership in the Society is $7.00 If you have suggestions we are always ready to consider new ideas. We may not be able to st st per year, from January 1 to December 31 . implement all of them, but we will do our best to make this your Society. The membership includes a one-year subscription to the Smoke Signals, a quarterly published four times a year. I have designated the month of February Bring a Friend Month. I'm asking each member to bring someone you know who is interested in genealogy to the February meeting. We hope to Ottawa County Genealogical Research have some programs in place that will be of interest and help to budding genealogists. We are Collection at the Miami Library working on having some special help classes to be held in the hour preceding our monthly The research collection at the Miami Public meetings. We encourage you to round up your friends and bring them in. We hope to see you Library has a total of about 2,000 reference there. materials, comprised of individual books from many states and counties, as well as Until next time, happy hunting. historical information. There are 29 city directories from about 1917 to 1999, and a collection of about 160 telephone Sincerely, directories, and about 800 exchange periodicals from other genealogical Marjorie A. Patton societies. The focus of the past two years in acquiring new materials is the Tri-State area, with many materials also from the Four-State area. Most researchers come to this area to research this area. Included in acquisitions are materials from members’ areas of interest from a survey made two You are Invited to Our Regular Monthly Meeting years ago. Friends and Kin, Please Join In Computers at Library The Society meets at 7:00 pm, at the Nine Tribes Tower Dining room. Meeting Dates for 2002 are: There are four computers at the library that Jan 21, 2002 Feb 18, 2002 Mar 18, 2002 are free to the public. A special program Apr 15, 2002 May 20, 2002 Jun 17, 2002 provided to the society is one that accesses Jul 15, 2002 Aug 19, 2002 Sep 16, 2002 ancestry.com. The library has to pay a Oct 21, 2002 Nov 18, 2002 Dec 16, 2002 yearly fee for the use. Go visit this site and find your people. You can even access Parking is free, and please bring a guest. many original documents, such as, census records. The library staff will assist anyone Hail, Guest! We ask not what thou art; in searching for information. Copies are 10 If Friend, we greet thee, hand and heart; cents for a b/w and 25 cents for color. If Stranger, such no longer be, If Foe, our love shall conquer thee

Stovall Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1

Letter from the President Smoke Signals-Winter 2002 Heros of History Editions Smoke Signals-Winter 2002

Smoke Signals OFFICERS Smoke Signals is published by the Ottawa County Genealogical Society, Box 1883, PRESIDENT...... Marjorie Patton (542-8550) Miami Oklahoma 74355-1383, four times VICE-PRESIDENT...... Shirley Carter (533-1628) yearly. Publication periods are: SECRETARY...... Ken Higgins (540-3107) CORRESPONDING SECRETARY...... Hildred H. Ables (542-4705) and Viola Taylor(542-4463) Winter (Jan, Feb, Mar) TREASURER...... Betty J. Pulley (540-0937) Spring (Apr, May, Jun) Summer (Jul, Aug, Sep) Committees Fall (Oct, Nov, Dec) Acquisitions & Library...... S. Mahurin, M. Patton, M. Rentfrow, B. Pulley, H. Ables Single copies are available for a cost of Membership...... $3.00 per copy, based upon availability. Greeter...... Hazel McNeely (542-5180) Neither the editor, nor the society assume Computer Interest...... responsibility for errors which may appear Web-Site and e-mail...... Ken Higgins in the publication. Beginner Classes...... Members Historian...... Marjorie Patton Did You Know? Program...... Shirley Carter and Kenneth Crabtree Hospitality...... Shirley Ratliff and Luretta Williams Yesterday is the Past, Smoke Signals Editor...... Shirley J. Mahurin Tomorrow is the Future, Callers...... But today is a gift, IN MEMORY OF That’s why it’s called Audrey May (Estes) Topliff The Present. 1908-2001 (From the Stovall Quarterly, Vol 17, No. 1) Charter Member of Ottawa County Genealogy Society Served as President, Secretary, Historian, Editor of the Smoke signals, Did You Know? Abstractor of vital records of local newspapers The Society, for a fee of $5.00 for the first hour and $10.00 for each additional hour Loved and Respected by All who Knew Her will do county research? Most general research can be done in an hour. Copies of The Reverend Daryl S. Bates materials found will be $1.00 an article, 1934-2001 and cost of postage is also charged. This Minister, Teacher, Author/Abstractor, Avid Genealogist research charge is necessary in order to continue adding books and materials to our Sadly Missed by His Many Friends collection......

Did You Know? New Books added to the Library-2000 You should send a copy of all your research Franklin county Arkansas data to a friend or relative; someone in a Wills of Franklin county Arkansas Cemeteries of Franklin county North Arkansas River different location. Anyone can be a victim Highland Cemetery, Franklin county Cemeteries of Franklin county South Arkansas River of a natural disaster of one kind or another. Steep Hill Cemetery, Franklin county Franklin county Arkansas 1850 Census Lightning can damage your computer and Franklin county Arkansas 1860 Census Franklin county Arkansas 1880 Census destroy your records. Disks can be damages Franklin county Arkansas 1890 Census by several methods, but don’t forget your Sebastian county Arkansas research records can also be damaged or Abstracts of Will Records 1852-1881 Marriage Records, Ft. Smith Dist. 1865-1895 destroyed by fire, theft, etc. Protect your Sebastian County Tax Lists 1851-1866 Obits of Washington county, Arkansas years of research by copying them and store Death & Marriage Announcement...1844-1886 Arkansas Death record Index 1914-1923 them elsewhere. Arkansas Death Records Index 1924-1933 Arkansas Death Record Index 1934-1940 Arkansas death Record Index 1941-1948 Did You Know? You can come to the monthly meeting one Missouri hour early and get help with research Joplin Township Census Galena Township Census problems. We are going to have help with Jasper county Probate Court Index The Best of Joplin, Pictorial History computer needs with the Family Tree. We Civil War In the Ozarks Civil War in the Indian Territory are going to emphasis this year on how to Angling in the Archives Mining’s Tragic Events, southwest Missouri organize your research material. Betty J. Missouri School Land Sales Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840... Vol. 3 Pulley has award winning books to display Marion, Lincoln, McDonald, Madison, Marion and Mineral Townships Census and several people will help you to get your Jackson, Jasper, Preston, Sarcoxie, Twin Groves, Union Townships Census material under control. Kentucky The Kentucky Land Grants - 2 Volumes Set New Books added to the Library-2001 Arkansas Reconstructed 1890 Census of Franklin county Arkansas

Missouri Missouri Pioneers Vol. 8 Gasconada county Marriage Records, Bks A-C 1821-1873 Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 & Beyond Vol. 3 Missouri Genealogical Records, Vol. 4: 1741-1839 Jasper county Missouri: The first 200 years Oklahoma Renegades Biog. Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford, and Gasconade counties

Oklahoma Delaware county Births and Deaths 1916-1917 Delaware county Births and Deaths 1917-1918 Births, Deaths & Marriages 1900-1912 Vol. III Timpson chapel Cemetery Bluejacket (new) Cemetery Welch Cemetery Craig County History Book, Vol. III

General Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, 2110 pages Index to Old Wars Pension Files 1815-1926, 844 pages Index of Volunteer Soldiers 1784-1811, 748 pages Index to Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1978, 401 pages Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars 1815-1858, 1590 pages

The Book Committee is putting together a good list, so if you have any suggestions, write down the information and give it to an officer, or a member of the book committee.

The Tales Old Cookbooks Tell Mary Hulvey’s old cookbooks tell a story of a good cook. Browsing through her old recipes, you can find a notation that “Corn, is at its best when eaten no more than one hour after picking.” “Bake at 275 degrees if using a tin pie pan.” It is possible to linger over faded pictures of pink prime rib surrounded by crispy fat, salads with garden fresh produce, custard pie with Peanut Butter and Bacon Canapes. The most unusual recipe is one for cooking whole baby chickens. The scent of mildew rises from stained and stuck together pages. “Too much sugar,” she had written next to one recipe; “Try this,” she had penciled near another. She had hundreds of newspaper recipe clippings, loose and glued in notebooks. These yellowing page summons up this woman who showed her love, by cooking for women clubs, church groups and her nieces. She spent a lot of time on fancy decorated birthday cakes, and special pies for special occasions. As family and friends gather today for celebrating holidays using some of these traditional recipes, these special meals heighten our sense of belonging to a long line of mothers and grandmothers who, often unacknowledged, bound their families together with the ritual of food. Betty J. Pulley put together a recipe book containing material from the society’s members and friends. The cookbook committee is still working on publishing the book. The writer’s group worked on putting together a small family Christmas recipe book and it was wonderful all the memories they invoked. A treasured cookbook holds a lifetime of memories.

Editor’s Note: The genealogy scene is changing so rapidly that we all have a challenge in trying to stay abreast of all of the new developments. Staying on the cutting edge is more important now than ever before. The exciting news is that there are numerous resources we can use to help know what is new and to learn how to use all of the new tools. The Ottawa County Genealogical Society has been in existence since 1975, and we are all trying to step easily into this new century. Most of our members now have computers and the Internet with e-mail. The software available, such as Family Tree Maker, makes record keeping easier and faster. And e-mail can be used to stay in touch and collect new research material. At the library we have a start on a collection of CD-rom resources, including the Social Security Index, Indian Territory Census, and several others. Also available is the program sponsored by the library in accessing millions of other records, and we have increased indexing capabilities, thanks to computer databases and spreadsheets. Thanks to Hildred H. Ables we now have a good computer in the basement, waiting for new programs and people to use them. Using the computer, Ken Higgins, has almost finished compiling information about persons buried in the Glenn-Abbey Cemetery. It will soon be available for sell by the society. This compiling always takes a while to complete even with a computer, but wow! it is much faster than the old typewriter method. Betty J. Pulley also put her computer and her imagination to work in compiling the cookbook for the society. The group walking G.A.R. cemetery is using the computer to put together a book on servicemen buried there. It too will be available for the society. We are going to offer a one hour class each month starting at 6:00 pm on meeting nights (third Monday each month), to help learn to use the new programs and methods of organizing research materials. After the class we can fellowship with the other genealogists at the meeting. I hope you’ll be inspired to take advantage of research available in Miami, and that you realize the value of your genealogical society. If you are not already a member, join us, and if you have put aside your genealogy research temporarily, come join us and pick it up again. Looking forward to seeing you.

Heroes of History

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of former Union soldiers and sailors — the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. General John A. Logan declared it should be May 30, 1868. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. the cemetery already held the remains of 20,000 Union dead and several hundred Confederate dead. The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of General Robert E. Lee. General and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and other Washington officials presided. After speeches, children from the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Orphan Home and member of the FAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns. By the end of the 19th century, Memorial day ceremonies were being held on May 30th throughout the nation. It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all Americans wars. In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, though it is still often called Decoration Day. In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, New York, the “birthplace” of Memorial Day.

May 1868, the acknowledge First Memorial Day gathering “Let us, then at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds about them with the choicest flowers of springtime... “Let raise up above them the flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation’s gratitude - the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan.” Major General John Logan, Commander-In-Chief, Grand Army of the Republic, May 1868

Following Information from the Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma, May 2001 As we live in a mostly peaceful time, it is easy to forget why we are a free people. So, it is our duty to ensure that every once that breathes the fresh air of freedom is reminded of the price paid and of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

• The young and idealistic doughboy of World War I. His country needed him and he went willingly. More than 116,000 Americans lost their lives in that war. • During World War Ii, Americans again fought, not just for themselves, but for the entire world, and 400,000 died. • Then came the biting cold of Korea. There on a frozen peninsula, 37,000 Americans paid the price. • In Vietnam, 58,000 lost their lives and thousands more remain unaccounted for to this day. • And during the mercifully short Persian Gulf War, another 300 Americans died to preserve someone else’s freedom, to save someone else’s homeland.

At the request of the people at the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami Oklahoma, four members of the society are researching the veterans buried at the cemetery. The early records of the cemetery do not reflect if a person was a veteran or not. Shirley J. Mahurin, chairman of the research, is assisted by Hildred H. Ables, Betty J. Pulley and Bill Thorpe in walking the cemetery in search of headstone reflecting any military service. This is an on-going research and is not yet complete. Realizing that not all stone indicate service to their county, Mahurin and Ables are also researching obits for service information. The following research shows only the Civil War burials found, and the British Boys. Other Smoke Signals will cover other research.

Known Civil War Heroes Buried at the G.A.R. Cemetery at Miami Oklahoma Some Obits were found, and are included

Freeman Z. P., Miami Daily District News, Oct 1, 1925, Pg. 1, Col. 1 Born about 1838, Died Aug 5, 1935, age 97. Miami News Record, Aug 7, 1935, Pg. 7, Col. 3 Robert E. Lee Joyner, U.S. Army, 157 N Inf. Levi Chandler, Pvt., Born 1834, Died 1922, age 88. Oklahoma. Born Jun 21, 1838, Died Jan 16, 1901, age 62. James A. Rodger Union Soldier. Buried in the G.A.R. section John P. Ballard, Pvt., of the G.A.R. cemetery. CO. K, 4th Tennessee Cav, North Carolinian by birth. Born Mar 1824, Died Jan 21, 1922, age 98, newspaper info. Born 1846, Died Jun 3, 1913. Miami Daily Record Herald, Jan 22, 1922, Pg. 1, Col. 1 Miami Record Herald, Jun 6, 1913, Pg. 1, Col. 2 Miami Daily District News Jan 23, 1922, Pg. 1, Col. 5

William H. Reed, Corpl, R. M. J. Shriver CO. D. 73 Indiana Inf. Co. A 78, died at the National Military Home Miami District Daily News, Nov 20, 1917, Pg. 7, Col. 6 at Leavenworth Kansas. Born Jan 12, 1843, Died Nov 24, 1919, about 80. John Bell Barlow, Corpl., Miami District Daily News, Nov 25, 1919, Pg. 2-- 46 Inf, CO. E. Headstone application Nov 26, 1919, Pg. 8, Col. 4 and signed on Sep 30, 1913 by R. M. J. Shriver, G.A.R. Post Adjt. Nov 28, 1919, Pg. 1, Col. 7 Born Dec 23, 1844, Died Jul 6, 1913, age 68, newspaper info William Burris William M. Hart Born Mar 31, 1840, Died May 4, 1922, age 82. Wisconsin 1st Volunteer Infantry, CO. E, 42 Reg. Inf. Miami Daily Record Herald, May 5, 1922, Pg. 1, Col. 7 Born Dec 25, 1831, Died Oct 16, 1916. Miami Record Herald, Oct 20, 1916 Robert A. Gibson, U.S. Army, Co. D 51st Ohio Inf. David Salon James death datae1901, in G.A.R. cemetery index 14th KS Cav. Green M. McGinnis, Pvt, rheumatism for the past year and had been confined to his bed and room. He CO. M, 8th Missouri Cav. leaves a widow and several sons and daughters, all married. He had lived in Died Mar 17, 1907. Ottawa and Wyandotte Oklahoma for the past 24 years coming here from Miami Record Herald, Mar 22, 1907 McDonald county Missouri. Uncle Jerry Hubbard, his friend during the past quarter of a century officiated at the funeral, conducting the services at the Abner W. Abrams, U.S. Army, Friends church Tuesday, after which the remains were taken in charge by the Oklahoma, 2nd KS Inf. Enlisted at the age of 11. Local G.A.R. Post of which he was a member. Interment was in the City Born 1847, Died 1927. cemetery. (Miami Record Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Jul 11, 1913, Pg. 1, Col. 6) --- On account of the distance and the dry hot weather the people William J. Oldham, Pvt, U.S. Army, of this community were prevented attending the funeral of J. B. Barlow last 81st Illinois Inf. Tuesday. Ottawa News Column. (Miami Record Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Miami District Daily News, Feb 16, 1923 Jul 11, 1913, Pg. 1, Col. 5)

William Christopher Nolte, Pvt., HART - W. H. Hart - age 84, died Oct 16, Civil War Veteran with 112th Illinois Inf. 112 Reg CO. K. Company E, 142rd Wisconsin I Volunteers Infantry. Born Dec 25, 1831 He served in the Union Army the last year of the war. (Miami Record Herald Oct 20, 1916) Born Nov 15, 1844, age 78, Died Feb 15, 1923. Miami District Daily News, Feb 16, 1923, Pg. 1, Col. 6 and 7 RODGER - James A. Rodger - Picher Oklahoma, Jan 21. James A. Rodger, a veteran of the Civil War, died of pneumonia at the home of, Mrs. C. W. Joseph E. Jackson Davis, South Ella street, Picher, at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon Civil War following an illness of four years. Rodgers was born in Tennessee and Miami Record Herald, Jun 6, 1919, Pg. 2, Col. 2 would have been 99 years old if he had lived until March. he was a Union soldier during the Civil War, he had only recently applied for a pension, Milton ‘Milt’ E. Drake according to his sister. One brother, Thomas Rodgers, and two sisters, Mrs. Civil War, Union Army Margaret Pierce and Mrs. Davis survives. The whereabouts of all relatives Member of Company E, 10th Kansas Infantry. except the sister in Picher, are unknown. Funeral arrangements have not Member of McPherson Post G.A.R. No. 11 been completed. (Miami Daily Record Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Jan 22, Miami Record Herald, Jan 13, 1905, Pg. 1, Col. 3 1922, Pg. 1, Col. 1) --- Funeral services for James A. Rogers, 99 years old, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. W. Davis, on Etta street, Known Civil War Veterans Obits, Picher at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon were held from the Todd buried at G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami Oklahoma undertaking chapel, Monday afternoon at 2:00. Burial will be made in the G.A.R. section of the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami. Note: There could be two FREEMAN - Z. P. Freeman - age 97, a Civil War veteran died Monday, Davis names, C. W. Davis or D. W. Davis or the same person with a Aug 5, 1935, at the home of his daughter Mrs. Nina Diddea of Vliet Kansas. mistake. (Miami Daily District News-Miami Oklahoma - Jan 23, 1922, Pg. He was the Father of Charles J. Freeman of Miami, who died here several 1, Col. 5) weeks ago. Short services were conducted at Miami at 10 o’clock this morning at the G.A.R. cemetery. The Rev. T. W. Meadow officiated. SHRIVER - R. M. J. Shriver - a veteran of the Civil War, for many years Pallbearers were R. W. Hulsman, W. R. Kreeger, R. L. Campbell, E. F. a resident of Miami, died last night at the Federal Soldiers home at Bedell, J. J. Sprinkle, and O. W. Widdick. Burial was under the direction of Leavenworth Kansas, according to word received today by friends of the Cooper undertaking company. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - family. Mr. Shriver was about 80 years of age. Mr. Shriver was well known Aug 7, 1935) by the early residents of Miami. Twenty years ago he was a deputy United States marshal. Later he was engaged in the real estate business. Four BALLARD - John P. Ballard - age 67 years died Tuesday morning of daughters and two sons survive. He was married twice. Surviving children general debility. He was a North Carolinian by birth, and was an old soldier of the first marriage are Mr. O. W. Hereford of Las Vegas New Mexico, who had rendered government service serving in the Civil War. Funeral Oscar Shriver of Leavenworth and Eugene Shriver who lives in the west. Of services were held at the family residence on North Pine street Wednesday the second marriage the children are Martha Shriver, Ruby Shriver and morning. Rev Cooper and Rev. Jerry Hubbard officiating, under the Beulah Shriver. They live with relatives at Leavenworth. Mrs. Shriver, the auspices of the G.A.R. post, followed by interment at the G.A.R. cemetery second wife, died about four years ago. Funeral arrangements had not been at Miami. (Miami Record Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Jun 6, 1913, Pg. 1, completed this morning. (Miami District Daily News-Miami Oklahoma - Col. 2) Nov 25, 1919, Pg. 1, Col. 20) — The body of R. M. J. Schriver, who died Tuesday night at the Federal soldiers’ home at Leavenworth arrived in REED - W. H. Reed - 78 years old, died at the home of George Miami this morning and is being held at the undertaking parlors of the Southerland, northwest of Miami about 2 o’clock Monday. Illness, Mitchell-Fleming undertaking company chapel tomorrow afternoon at 3 complicated with his age, caused his death. His daughter, with which he had o’clock. Rev. George C. Cole, pastor of the M. E. church will conduct the lived for the last nine years, is in a hospital at Joplin Missouri, and could not service. The interment will be at the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami. The be at his bedside during his last illness, nor will she be able to attend the relatives who will be able to be present are: Mrs. O. W. Herford, and two funeral, it is said. Mr. Reed was a member of the Old Fellows’ Lodge and sons, Oscar Schriver and James Schriver of Montana. (Miami District Daily a veteran of the Civil War. He served in the federal army. He leaves besides News-Miami Oklahoma - Nov 26, 1919, Pg. 8, Col. 4) Mrs. George Southerland, two sons, G. A. Reed of Miami, and L. O. Reed of St. Louis. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. (Miami Record McGINNIS - Green M. McGinnis - died Mar 17, Civil War veteran, Buried Herald, Nov 23, 1917, Sec. 2, Pg. 5, Col. 5) G.A.R. cemetery at Miami Indian Territory (Miami Record Herald, Mar 22, 1907) BARLOW - J. B. Barlow - died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chancey Kipps on Olive street, Miami, Sunday evening at 7:30 pm after a long ABRAMS - Abner Abrams - Funeral services for Abner Abrams, who died illness. age 68 years. Funeral services will be held today. (Live Wire-Miami Sunday in Fort Worth Texas, at the age of 80 years, will be held at the Oklahoma - Jul 11, 1913, pg. 6, Col. 3) --- John B. Barlow, age 68 years, Methodist Episcopal, church, South, Miami, at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday an old veteran of the Civil War, died at the old Kipps place on Olive street, afternoon. The Rev. Ernest P. Lloyd, pastor of the church, will preach the Sunday evening last at 7 o'clock. Deceased had been afflicted with sermon. Mr. Abrams is survived by two sons, S. W. Abrams of this city and Earl B. Abrams of Baxter Springs Kansas and their mother, Mrs. M. J. securing the construction of Frisco railroad line from Baxter Springs to Abrams of Baxter Springs. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami with Afton Oklahoma. In recent years Mr. Abrams has been engaged in the oil the Masonic lodge in charge of the services at the grave. The following men business at Fort Worth. Mr. Abrams is survived by two sons, S. W. Abrams will be honorary pallbearers: C. J. Fribley and S. C. Fullerton, of Miami; of this city and Earl B. Abrams of Baxter Springs and their mother, Mrs. M. Fred Hall and L. D. Brewster, of Baxter Springs, and Riley Bingham and J. Abrams of Baxter Springs. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Jan Isaac Bingham, of Quapaw Oklahoma. The body of Mr. Abrams, who was 12, 1927, Pg. 3, Col. 1) the father of S. W. Abrams of Miami, arrived here this morning. The Cooper undertaking company, Miami, is in charge of arrangements for the JAMES - David S. James - one of the early residents of Miami Oklahoma, funeral. The death of Mr. Abrams marked the passing of one of the most died at 9:30o’clock Wednesday night at his home, 202 C street northeast. widely known and influential of the early residents of the Quapaw Mr. James was well-known in Miami and Ottawa county Oklahoma, and is Reservation. The history of his life among the Indians of this section is most said to have been one of the first settlers of the settlement which later interesting and reflects in many ways his sterling character. About 20 years became Miami. He was 83 years old. Mr. James is survived by is widow and ago, a wandering missionary brought word to the Quapaw Indians of the eight children, Calvin G. James of Fairland Oklahoma. L. D. James of splendid ability and aggressive spirit of Mr. Abrams. He was at that time a Miami. Mrs. Della Copeland of Welch Oklahoma A. D. James, of resident of Fulton Kansas. A delegation from the Indian settlement called Dayestown Pennsylvania, J. L. James of Miami and Claude James, who upon Mr. Abrams, but he was reluctant to leave his comfortable mercantile lived with his parents at the time of his father’s death. Serving as a volunteer business at Fulton for the very unpromising country which the Indians then in the Civil War, Mr. James was attached to the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry. occupied near here. A newspaper report that the Daws commission had He served the duration of the war and then moved to Oklahoma and settled decided to open the Quapaw Reservation to settlement after allotting to them at Miami. Funeral services will e held at the James’ home Friday afternoon 80 acres each, instead of the whole tract that had been give to them, was the at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Rodgers will preach. Burial will be in the G.A.R. deciding factor that brought Mr. Abrams to the rescue of the Quapaws. The cementer at Miami, under the direction of the Cooper undertaking company. Quapaws were then very poor and had no money to employ aid. Mr. Abrams (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Oct 1, 1925, Pg. 1, Col. 3) was of the Stockbridge Indian tribe, but the Quapaws had agreed to adopt him and his family and enable them to share with others of the tribe in the JOYNER - R. E. Joyner - funeral services for Robert E. Joyner, 88, who allotment of their lands. They had been given a strip seven miles wide and died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, 10 miles west of sixteen miles long in Oklahoma adjoining the Kansas border. When Mr. Miami, were held at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon from the Baptist church of Abrams arrived in what is now Ottawa county Oklahoma after having sold Commerce. The Rev. Thomas New conducted the services. The pallbearers his holdings in Kansas he was unable to find any of the Quapaws. Cattlemen were from the ranks of the G.A.R. organization. Interment was in the G.A.R. from northern fields had turned their stock loose upon the farms of the cemetery at Miami under the direction of the Cooper undertaking Indians and what hay and grain they had raised was consumed and the establishment. (Miami Record Herald Weekly-Miami Oklahoma - Jun 2, Indians decided to move. Only one family was to be found. Learning that 1922, Pg. 1, Col. 5) the Quapaws had joined the Osagee, Mr. Abrams rounded them up and persuaded them to move back to their original reservation. About that time NOLTE - William Christopher Nolte - 78 years old, a veteran of the Civil Mr. Abrams interested Sam J. Crawford, the first governor of Kansas, in an War, died at his home at 129 I street northeast, at 10 o'clock Thursday night effort to bring about the proper allotment of the Quapaw lands. Long of complications, after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be sessions with the governmental departments at Washington were finally held from the Cooper undertaking company's chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday crowned with success and the allotments of 240 acres each, part in timber, afternoon. Burial will be made in the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami. Mr. Nolte and part in prairie land, were assigned to each member of the tribe. The was born in Beardstown Illinois, November 15, 1844. he was married to discovery of lead and zinc on the Indian lands was made on one of Mr. Miss May Melissa Jaques in 1866. he served in the Union Army the last Abrams’ farms near Lincolnville Oklahoma. The Iowa and Oklahoma year of the war. in 1885, the deceased moved to Kansas and was a resident Mining Company was organized and were developed among them a number of that state until 1902 when he moved to Welch Oklahoma. in 1905 he of valuable properties, Sunnyside Mine, the Good Luck Mine, White Eagle came to Miami to make his home. Mr. Nolte is survived by two sons, L. W. Mine and others which were very good mines in their day. In the early stage Nolte, of Lallarpe Kansas and H. F. Nolte, Newton Kansas and four of the mining game, Mr. Abrams was associated with Governor Renfro. At daughters, Mrs. F. M. Wortman of Iola Kansas, Mrs. J. W. Coons of Miami, one time these two men owned a large number of leases which embraced a Mrs. C. G. Lykins of San Diego California and Mrs. J. B. Simpson, Miami. great deal of the district which later provided the rich mining field of he is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and eleven great Commerce, Cardin and Picher Oklahoma. Mr. Abrams did not regard this grandchildren. Rev. M. L. Simpson, pastor of the First M.E. church, will district as desirable as that around Lincolnville and with his associates, sold preach the funeral of Mr. Nolte. (Miami District Daily News-Miami the leases to the American Lead, Zinc, and Smelting Company for Oklahoma - Feb 16, 1923, Pg. 1, Col. 7) --- the members of the Women's approximately $15,000. Unfortunately for that company its managers had Relief Corps are requested to meet at the American Legion hall Saturday no more faith in the new field that had Mr. Abrams and Governor Renfro, afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. they will march in a body to the Cooper and the leases were abandoned. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Abrams undertaking parlors where they will attend the funeral of William did not get actively into the development of the mines in the richest section Christopher Nolte, who passed away Thursday night at 10 o'clock in the of the Tri-State field, he was a dominant factor in all the business dealings northeast of the city. (Miami District Daily News-Miami Oklahoma - Pg. of the Quapaws and practically all the early day leases were under his 1, Col. 6) supervision. His splendid character had enabled him to gain the confidence of both the Indians and the government and men who desired to deal with JACKSON - Joseph E. Jackson - 74 years old, died at his home, 123 B the Quapaws soon learned to respect and admire him for the steadfast fight street southwest, Miami, about 7 o’clock Friday night. Death was due to the he made on their behalf. Mr. Abrams was a member of the Baxter Springs advance of old age. Mr. Jackson was born in Pennsylvania October 30, Kansas Masonic lodge having received the Scottish rite and York degrees. 1844. He is the father of D. S. Jackson of 11 E street southwest, and the He was also a member of the Temple of Shriners at Kansas City. He was grandfather of Mrs. Erma Laird, who was buried Friday. He is also survived born at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and moved to Baxter Springs in 1900. He by his wife, another son, Richard Jackson, of Denver Colorado, who was resided there for about 16 years. For many years he was connected with the here for the funeral, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Price and Mrs. Ras Baxter Springs National Bank. He had served in the Civil War with the Hubbard, both of Miami. There are a number of grandchildren. The funeral Union forces, having entered the army at the age of 11 years. It was while was held Saturday afternoon at the family home. The Reverend C. in the army that Mr. Abrams became acquainted with Governor Crawford Stubblefield, pastor of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Jackson was a of Kansas who assisted very materially in bringing about the distribution of member, conducted the services. Burial was in the soldiers’ section of the the Quapaw lands to the Indians. Mr. Abrams was also influential in G.A.R. cemetery. That brief funeral notice means much, since it marks the passing of another of the men “who held the Union together in the 1860's.” Frank R. Stewart - Spanish-American - Pvt, U.S. Army, Kansas, 20 Kansas It was the gentle patios of fate that Joseph E. Jackson, a soldier of the Infantry. Born Jun 24, 1878, died Dec 10, 1947. Republic, should answer his last muster roll call on Memorial Day, the day set aside by a nation to commemorate the deeds of him and of his comrades. Oscar Hammerberg - Spanish-American - Pvt, U.S. Army, Iowa Company Mr. Jackson was a charter member of the G.A.R. post in Miami and had L, 49 Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Went to Cuba in May 1898, and served to been a resident here for about twenty-five years. He had been engaged in the end of the war. Died Oct 8, 1935, age 69, newspaper info. (Miami News various lines of business, but retired from active commercial life a number Record-Miami Oklahoma - Oct 9, 1935, Pg. 1, Col. 1) of years ago. (Miami Record Herald Weekly-Miami Oklahoma - Jun 6, 1919, Pg. 2, Col. 2) Joseph A. Covert - Spanish-American - U.S. Army, Kansas Corp, 38 U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Died Feb 6, 1937, stone information, age 63 from DRAKE - Milton Drake - Milt Drake is dead. Long a citizen of the Miami newspaper. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Feb 9, 1937, Pg. 2, Indian Nation, he was a man well-known far and wide, a leader among his Col. 6) people, a loyal friend, an open enemy, he never skulked in the dark but fought in the open. He was a life long Republican, a Union soldier in the George Haggerty - Spanish-American - Born 1872, died 1934, headstone Civil War. Born in Indiana, in 1840, his life measured in years reached three information. score and five, but an untimely accident last Saturday evening near his home in the North end of the Miami Reserve, ended his career. He was thrown Frank M. McBee - Spanish-American - Corporal L Company B I U.S. Field from his buggy on his head and shoulders, and his injuries caused Art. concussion of the brain; he never rallied consciousness, but gradually sunk till Monday at 10:50 am, he passed away. A diamond in the rough was Milt George O. Gibson - Spanish-American - U.S. Army, Missouri ARTIFICER, Drake, honest, true in friendships, a hard hitter and made of the stuff that 11 Infantry. Born Oct 12, 1877, newspaper information, died Oct 4, 1924. moves the world. Peace to his ashes. His funeral was under the auspices of (Miami Record Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Aug 4, 1916) the McPherson Post G.A.R. No. 11, of which he was a member, on Tuesday at one o’clock pm at his home some ten miles northwest of Miami. The Joseph D. Michail - Spanish-American - TR. K 3 CAV. Born about 1867 interment occurred in the G.A.R. cemetery of Miami immediately after the (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - May 11, 1934, Pg. 4, Col. 3) exercises at the house. Milton Drake was a member of Company E. 10th Kansas Infantry in the late war, was married in Miami county Kansas, and Mathas H. Worley - Spanish-American - U.S. Army, Company M 11 came to the Indian Territory in 1869, settling on Jackson Prairie east of Infantry. Born Aug 13, 1855, died Dec 24, 1935. (Miami News Record- Spring River, but took his allotment in the North end. He leaves a widow Miami Oklahoma - Dec 24, 1935, Pg. 1, Col. 4) and eleven children who survive him. Mrs. Lon Roseberry, Four Mile; Mrs. Josie D. Pope, Miami; Mrs. Sallie Horton, Four Mile; Miss Marchie Drake; Linn Root - Spanish-American - died Muskogee Oklahoma Veterans' Wayne Drake, Edna Kansas; David Drake, Talala Indian Territory; Ed Hospital. Died age 78, newspaper information. (Miami News Record-Miami Drake, Chelsea Indian Territory; Milton Drake, Jr., Pearce Arizona; and Oklahoma - Jan 28, 1952, Pg. 2, Col. 3) John Thomas Drake and Patrick Drake, minors. The circumstances that led to the accident that resulted in his death are briefly as follows: He left Miami Spanish-American War Veterans Obits, last Saturday at about 5:30 pm and arrived at I.B. Herbert’s one and one-half buried at G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami Oklahoma miles this side of his home where he ate supper and stayed til 10 or 10:30 o’clock and then stared on home in his buggy. The night was dark and he COVERT - Joe Covert - 63 years old. Funeral services for Joe Covert, drove along pretty fast. About a quarter of a mile beyond Herbert’s the road former Commerce Oklahoma patrolman who died at Tucson Arizona makes a right angle turn out of a lane that is badly washed by the rains, the Saturday, will be conducted at 1 pm Thursday at the First Christian church banks probably two feet higher than the road bed, and the outside wheels as of Commerce. The Rev. C. C. Cockrum will officiate. Covert left Commerce he made the turn dropped into the deep washout, throwing him violently about three years ago. He was at one time a ground boss for one of the against the bank where he was discovered some twenty minutes later in an district’s mining companies. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American unconscious state. The buggy had righted itself and the team went on home. War. Surviving are his wife, Rose Covert; one son, Glenn Covert, of Note: The death date on Drake’s tombstone is different than the date stated Seminole; two sisters and one brother. Short rites will be held at the grave in the newspaper. (Miami Newspapers-Miami Oklahoma - Jan 13, 1905, Pg. in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami by Masonic lodge No. 493, of which Covert 1, Col. 3) was a member. Burial will be under direction of the Mitchelson undertaking company. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Feb 9, 1937, Pg. 2, Spanish-American War Heroes Buried at the G.A.R. Cemetery at Col. 6) Miami Oklahoma Some Obits were found, and are included GARY - Fred C. Gary -...Gary is a veteran of the Spanish American War. He joined Company G, Fifth Missouri volunteers Infantry in April, 1808, Walter Tydings - Spanish-American and World War I - and served until November of that year. Following the war, he became a Corporal in Spanish-American and Captain in World War I. Captain of miner, working continuously in that capacity until three years ago, when Company A, 129th Gun Battalion, 35th Division, a Captain of the "Hound conditions forced reduction in payroll staff of the district. While a miner, he Dawg" Company E, Missouri Infantry along the Mexican border. Died Sep has been a ground foreman and machine man, having been identified in the 4, 1934, age 59, newspaper info. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - former capacity with the Charles T. Orr Company of Webb City Missouri, Sep 6 1934, Pg. 1, Col. 3) for seven years. He came to Picher Oklahoma in 1921. A year ago Gary was given employment of the Tar Creek improvement project. When that task Pearl L. Hardin - Spanish-American - Corporal, U.S. Army, Company A was completed, he shifted to the Lytle Creek undertaking. ...(Miami News 6, Regt Missouri Infantry. Born Apr 29, 1872, died Jan 14, 1919. Record-Miami Oklahoma - Apr 9, 1935, Pg. 1, Col. 2) – ...(Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Jul 15, 1936, Pg. 1, Col. 3) — Photo - Fred Fred G. Gary - Spanish-American - U.S. Army, Company G, 5 Missouri C. Gary, 60 years old, who won national wide publicity as the “wheelbarrow Infantry. Born Apr 27, 1879, died Dec 13, 1939. (Miami News Record- mayor” in 1935, died at his home, 522 South Francis street, at 11:45 o’clock Miami Oklahoma - Dec 15, 1939, Pg. 2, Col. 4) last night. He had been in ill health for three years. Gary elected major in 1935, had been working on a WPA flood control project at the time of his Armstead Parish - Spanish-American - Pvt, Minnesota. Born Mar 5, 1878, selection to head the Picher city administration. While employed on the died Mar 11, 1963. project, which embraced the dredging and rip-rapping of Lytle Creek, Mayor Gary won the office easily as a Democrat. Retiring from the project apportionment of the land into lots for building in what is now known as to accept the job, Gary served one term as mayor. During his period of Tydings addition...With the late Homer Seals he owned the old Turkey Fat office, there were numerous bitter debates among members of the city Mine and then held full interest in the Bird Dog Mine. At his death he was council... He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and was well interested in other mine properties. He was a veteran of both the Spanish- known among political leaders of the district. Mr. Gary was born in American and World War I, holding a rank of corporal in the first and Columbus Kansas, in 1879 and has lived in the Tri-State district all his life. commission of captain in the latter. Mr. Tydings was captain of Company He held the position of mine foreman for 30 years. He was an active member A, 129th machine gun battalion 35th division, in World War I, and saw 10 of the Union church and the Knights of Pythias lodge. Mr. Gary was married months of service in the war area. After his return to Sarcoxie from Miami to Miss Ida Ritchy at Carthage Missouri in 1906. He is survived by his wife; in 1909, he took an active part in military affairs. He was a leader in the one son, Kenneth Gary of Picher; one foster daughter, Mrs. Walt Moser of organization of old Company E, Second Missouri infantry, later well known Carl Junction Missouri; three grandchildren, one brother, I. A. Gary of as the “Hound Dawg” regiment in its activities along the Mexican border. Pindall, Arkansas; and one sister, Mrs. George Smith of Joplin Missouri. As captain he serviced over 120 members of this infantry along the border The body is in charge of the Durnil funeral home. No funeral arrangements in the Mexican uprising in 1915. Returning to Sarcoxie in the summer of have been made. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Dec 14, 1939, 1916, he began recruiting additional men to round out a 150 because of the Pg. 2, Col. 1) – Funeral services for Fred C. Gary, 60 years old, former anticipated strife with Germany. The infantry was broken up into machine mayor of Picher who died Thursday night, will be conducted at 2 o’clock gun battalions later, but he held the commission of captain of one battalion. Sunday afternoon at the Picher Union church. The Rev. J. H. Mott will While captain of Company A, 129th machine gun battalion, thirty-fifth officiate, assisted by the Rev. S. Y. Allgood and the Rev. James Davis. The division, he was instrumental in securing insurance for each man serving. Knights of Pythias will have charge of services at the church and military Each was insured to the limit of $10,000, a record, which as far as can be rites will be held at the grave in G.A.R. cemetery by the Spanish American ascertained was not equaled by any other unit. Mr. Tydings was born Jun 1, War veterans. Active pallbearers will be Chester Starr, John Holcomb, 1875, near Moberly Missouri. He was married in 1899, after his discharge George Carey, Elmer Denton, Frank Hendricks and Ward Lee. Honorary from the army. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Tydings; one pallbearers will be Charley Safford, Tommy Goodwin, C. H. Jennings, daughter, Mrs. Gladys Davis, and two grandchildren, all of Miami; one Harry Craig, Adam Koch and George Allen. Burial will be under direction brother, Frank Tydings of Mount Vernon Ohio, and one sister Mrs. J. K. of the Durnil funeral home at Picher. (Miami News Record-Miami Boyd of Smithville Missouri. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Sep Oklahoma - Dec 15, 1939, Pg. 2, Col. 4) 5, 1934, Pg. 1, Col. 4) — Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning at the family home, 604 West Central avenue. The Rev. GIBSON - George O. Gibson - born Camden county Missouri Oct 12, Dean R. Edwards of Chickasha Oklahoma will officiate. Pallbearers will be 1877 moved to western Kansas then in 1886 to Oklahoma panhandle until John Robinson, W. W. Dobson, Moody Tidwell, Sr., H. W. Harrison, 1891 then to Ottawa county Oklahoma, veteran of the Spanish-American George Bomford and Paul Randall. Honorary pallbearers: Capt. Fred War. (Fairland News Herald-Miami Oklahoma - Apr 2, 1916,Col. 3) Nesbitt, Colonel Loy, General W. R. Raupp, Roy Wills, George Stein, Barney Finn, J. D. Roper, Dr. J. W. Boyd, Clyde Dawson, F. E. Millner, HAMMERBERG - Oscar Hammerberg - 69 year old Spanish-American Roscoe O’Bannon, C. H. Mullendore, John Mayes and Clyde Robinson. At War veteran, died at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday night at his home on D street the grave a bugler, who served under Mr. Tydings in Company A, 129th southeast, Miami. he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Hammerberg; his machine gun battalion, Thirty-fifth division in France during the World step-mother, Mrs. Mary Hammerberg of Beverly Hills California; two half- War, will sound taps. Mr. Tydings was captain of that battalion. Burial will brothers, Jim Hammerberg and Lyn Hammerberg of Beverly Hills be in G.A.R. cemetery under direction of the Cooper undertaking company. California; one half-sister, Mrs. Anna Tharpmarton, also of Beverly Hills. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Sep 6, 1934, Pg. 1, Col. 3) funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of the Cooper undertaking company. the Rev. Leslie Moore will officiate. The IOOF lodge will also participate in the rites. Burial will be in the G.A.R. cemetery at Miami under the direction of the Cooper undertaking company. Hammerberg was a private in Company L of the Forty-ninth Iowa volunteer infantry. He went with his company to Cuba in May 1898, and served to the end of the war. Members of the IOOF lodge will act as pallbearers at the services and honorary pallbearers will be Spanish- American War veterans. (Miami News Record-Miami Oklahoma - Oct 9, 1935, Pg. 1, Col. 1)

MICHAEL - Joseph D. Michael - 67 years old, died at 10 o’clock last night at his home two and a half miles east of Quapaw Oklahoma. Death was due to paralysis. Michael had been ill several years. He was a Spanish American War veteran. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary C. Michael, and son, William Michael, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Thompson Gibbs and Mrs. Katherine Smith of Baxter Springs Kansas, Mrs. Helen Butler of Oranago Missouri, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton [ ? ] of Commerce Oklahoma; three brothers, Charles Mitchael of Davenport ...Navy ..can’t read the microfilm. (Miami Newspaper-Miami Oklahoma - May 11, 1934, Pg. 4, Col. 3)

TYDINGS - Walter Tydings - age 59 years, was prominent in mining and other business enterprises in Miami, Indian Territory and the Tri-State district for 18 years, died unexpectedly at his home, 604 West Central avenue, Miami, at 11:30 o’clock Tuesday night. Death was attributed to a coronary disease of the heart. Mr. Tydings moved his family to Miami in 1904. He was first associated with Charles Richardville in a furniture store and undertaking establishment. Later he owned and managed a 30 acre strawberry farm in the territory directly in front of the present site of the Frisco passenger depot on East Central avenue. He then directed the Ables Joseph A...... 7 Lyn...... 8 Ward...... 8 Hildred H...... 2, 4, 6 Rose...... 7 Martha...... 8 Lloyd Abrams Craig Mary...... 8 Ernest P...... 6 Abner...... 6 Harry...... 8 Oscar...... 7, 8 Logan Abner W...... 5 Crawford Hardin John...... 4 Earl B...... 6 Governor...... 6 Pearl L...... 7 John A...... 4 M. J., Mrs...... 6 Sam J...... 6 Harrison Loy S. W...... 6 Davis H. W...... 8 Colonel...... 8 Allen C. W...... 5 Hart Lykins George...... 8 C. W., Mrs...... 5 W. H...... 5 C. G., Mrs...... 6 Allgood D. W...... 5 William M...... 4 Mahurin S. Y...... 8 D. W., Mrs...... 5 Hendricks Shirley J...... 2, 4, 6 Ballard Gladys...... 8 Frank...... 8 Mayes John P...... 4, 5 James...... 8 Herbert John...... 8 Barlow Dawson I.B...... 7 McBee J. B...... 5 Clyde...... 8 Hereford Frank M...... 7 John B...... 5 Denton O. W...... 5 McGinnis John Bell...... 4 Elmer...... 8 Herford Green M...... 5, 6 Bates Dobson O. W., Mrs...... 5 McNeely Daryl S...... 2 W. W...... 8 Higgins Hazel...... 2, 7 Bedell Drake Ken...... 2 Meadow E. F...... 5 David...... 7 Holcomb T. W...... 5 Bingham Ed...... 7 John...... 8 Michael Isaac...... 6 John Thomas...... 7 Horton Joseph D...... 8 Riley...... 6 Marchie...... 7 Sallie...... 7 Mary C...... 8 Bomford Milt...... 7 Hubbard William...... 8 George...... 8 Milton...... 7 Jerry...... 5 Michail Books Milton ‘Milt’ E...... 5 Ras, Mrs...... 7 Joseph D...... 7 New...... 2 Milton, Jr...... 7 Hulsman Millner Boyd Patrick...... 7 R. W...... 5 F. E...... 8 J. K., Mrs...... 8 Wayne...... 7 Hulvey Mine J. W...... 8 Edwards Mary...... 3 Bird Dog...... 8 Brammer Dean R...... 8 Indians Good Luck...... 6 Mr...... 1 Finn Quapaw...... 6 Sunnyside...... 6 Brewster Barney...... 8 Stockbridge...... 6 Turkey Fat...... 8 L. D...... 6 Freeman Jackson White Eagle...... 6 Burris Charles J...... 5 D. S...... 7 Mitchael William...... 5 Z. P...... 4, 5 Joseph E...... 5, 7 Charles...... 8 Butler Fribley Richard...... 7 Moore Helen...... 8 C. J...... 6 James Leslie...... 8 Campbell Fullerton A. D...... 6 Moser R. L...... 5 S. C...... 6 Calvin G...... 6 Walt, Mrs...... 8 Carey Gary Claude...... 6 Mott George...... 8 Fred...... 8 David S...... 6 J. H...... 8 Carter Fred C...... 8 David Salon...... 4 Mullendore Shirley...... 2 Fred G...... 7 J. L...... 6 C. H...... 8 Cavalry I. A...... 8 L. D...... 6 Nesbitt Fourteenth Kansas...... 6 Kenneth...... 8 Jaques Fred...... 8 Chandler Gibbs May Melissa...... 6 New Levi...... 4 Thompson, Mrs...... 8 Jennings Thomas...... 6 Cockrum Gibson C. H...... 8 Nieberding C. C...... 7 George O...... 7, 8 Johnson V...... 1 Cole Robert A...... 5 Lyndon...... 4 Nolte George C...... 5 Goodwin Joyner H. F...... 6 Company Tommy...... 8 R. E...... 6 L. W...... 6 American Lead, Zinc. . . . . 6 Grant Robert E...... 6 William Christopher. . . . 5-7 Charles T. Orr...... 8 Ulysses S...... 4 Robert E. Lee...... 4 O’Bannon Oklahoma Mining...... 6 Ulysses S., Mrs...... 4 Kipps Roscoe...... 8 Coons Haggerty Chancey, Mrs...... 5 Parish J. W., Mrs...... 6 George...... 7 Koch Cooper Hall Adam...... 8 Rev...... 5 Fred...... 6 Kreeger Copeland Miami Fred...... 6 W. R...... 5 Della...... 6 Hamilton Laird Covert Elizabeth...... 8 Erma...... 7 Glenn...... 7 Hammerberg Lee Joe...... 7 Jim...... 8 Robert E...... 4 Armstead...... 7 Smith Patton George, Mrs...... 8 Marjorie...... 2 Katherine...... 8 Marjorie A...... 1 Southerland Pierce George...... 5 Margaret...... 5 George, Mrs...... 5 Pope Sprinkle Josie D., Mrs...... 7 J. J...... 5 Price Starr Robert, Mrs...... 7 Chester...... 8 Pulley Stein Betty J...... 2-4 George...... 8 Quarterly Stewart Stovall...... 1, 2 Frank R...... 7 Randall Stubblefield Paul...... 8 C...... 7 Ratliff Tharpmarton Shirley...... 2 Anna...... 8 Raupp Thorpe W. R...... 8 Bill...... 4, 6 Reed Tidwell G. A...... 5 Moody, Sr...... 8 L. O...... 5 Tilghman W. H...... 5 Anna Maria...... 10 William H...... 4 Tench...... 10 Renfro Tillman Governor...... 6 Stephen Frederick...... 10 Rentfrow Topliff Marie...... 2 Audrey May (Estes)...... 2 Revere Tydings Paul...... 10 Frank...... 8 Richardville Nellie...... 8 Charles...... 8 Walter...... 7, 8 Revolutionary War Colonel Tilghman married Ritchy Washington 1783 Anna Maria Tilghman, born Ida...... 8 George...... 10 Tench Tilghman, born Dec 25, Jul 17, 1755 and died Jan 17, Robinson Widdick 1744 and died Apr 18, 1786. 1843. Congress voted to award Clyde...... 8 O. W...... 5 Commissioned June 1776 as a Tench Tilghman an outstanding John...... 8 Williams Captain of a Pennsylvania horse as a show of appreciation Rodger Luretta...... 2 Battalion of the Flying Camp, he for his service to the country. James A...... 4, 5 Wills served General George Washington Unfortunately he died just two Rodgers Roy...... 8 in the Revolutionary War as days before the horse was Thomas...... 5 Worley Military Secretary and Aide-de- delivered. Note: In a set of books Rogers Mathas H...... 7 Camp, Apr 1, 1777 he was containing correspondence from James A...... 5 Wortman promoted to Lieut. Colonel. He the Revolutionary War, located in Root F. M., Mrs...... 6 was in every action in which the the Library of Congress, can be Linn...... 7 main American Army was found over 500 letters written by Roper concerned. A great deal of the time Tilghman. Note: This information J. D...... 8 he refused to take pay. A brave and is documented in Spes Alit Roseberry efficient officer, he was selected by Agricolam (Hope Sustains The Lon, Mrs...... 7 President Washington to carry his Farmer) Covering the years 1225 Safford official dispatch of the surrender on to 1961 of the Tilghman (Tillman) Charley...... 8 Oct 19, 1781 of Lord Cornwallis to and Allied Families by Stephen Schriver the Congress then meeting in Frederick Tillman, and historical James...... 6 Philadelphia. Many contributions documents and books. Oscar...... 6 In Following issues we will feature have been written of R. M. J...... 5 military persons related to our local Colonel Tilghman. One book Seals members. The following is the Famous Rides and Fifty Famous Homer...... 8 story of a relative of Shirley J. Riders,” is used in many of the Shriver Mahurin. public schools throughout the Beulah...... 5 country. His ride has often been Eugene...... 5 considered equal to that of Paul Martha...... 5 Revere in American History. Oscar...... 5 R. M. J...... 4, 5 Ruby...... 5 Simpson J. B., Mrs...... 6 M. L...... 6 My Flag - My Country

Yes, that’s my flag, that red, white and blue banner But it’s so much more than a piece of fabric

Born of Conflict, stained with the blood of sacrifice It’s been tattered and torn, then strongly mended My ancestors were in the revolution that created it Their sons fought in the war to preserve it

A civil war ripped a gash that was hard to repair My great-great grandfathers almost faced each other My uncles, cousins and the man I married Carried the banner to battles across the seas

My flag returned triumphant in the name of peace.

Yes, this is my country, spread across from sea to sea It’s more than cities, highways, plains and mountains

It is people, my people, who crossed those vast waters And my people who were on the shore to meet them Some were soldiers, others tailors, cobblers and clerks Bowing to no dynasty, kneeling to the deity of their choice

They created a land from diversity, melded it to a nation We now work together as one great voice in the world Sure we squabble amongst ourselves, that’s our right But threaten or harm one, you face the wrath of us all

My country is filled with descendants of my people

Betty J. Pulley September 2002