Brazilian born Ada resident Mrs Johns dies in Joplin
Mrs S D Johns born on Brazil plantation and daughter of a Civil War era Oliver family, died in Joplin Missouri while visiting her daughter Mrs Janice Redding. Funeral at Bayshore Baptist Church LaPorte Texas with burial there. Survived by daughters Mrs Redding and Mrs Clary, son Oliver D Johns and Herman Johns, plus three grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Johns
Ada
Brazil
Mont Gay
Joplin
Mr. Johns
Janice Redding
Bayshore Baptist Church
LaPorte
Tex
Mrs. Johns
Calvin
Col
A. T. Oliver
South America
Santa Barbara
Sao Paulo
Daniels
Alabama
Col. Oliver
Drucilla Daniels
Johns
Catheryn Oliver
Sea Paulo
U. S.A
United States
Redding
Clary
Oliver D. Johns
Hercan
Dallas
Rites for Jim Underhill Draw Large Jesse Crowd
About a thousand mourners attended the last rites for Jimmy Underhill held Monday in the Stonewall school auditorium with Rev. L M Cass delivering the sermon. D D Duke read the obituary and praised Jimmy's life and scholastic achievements. Survivors include his parents, siblings, and grandparents, with pallbearers named from his school friends. Jimmy lived most of his life in Jesse, attended local schools, and was at East Central for a year. Burial followed in the Stonewall cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Markley
Jimmy Underhill
Stonewall School
L. M. Cass
D. D. Duke
Jimond
Duke
Jimmy
Cole Underhill
Coleone
Janay
Perry
Shorty Beauford
Cannerville
Georgia Underhill
Pantotoc
Perry Felking
Kenneth Jones
Eldon Lynch
Monroe Hodge
Don Mosier
Ronnie Sawyers
Joe Winton
Frank Murray Bennie Walls
Maurice Poole
Jesse and
Stonewall
East Central
Stonewall Cemetery
Former neighbors share updates and oil wildcat drill
The column notes extended family visits from Ada and Pauls Valley to California kin, including Wanda Lou Morgan’s engagement to Donald Brady of Oklahoma City. It also reports Mrs. Clarence Poole’s return to East Central, teachers’ degree pursuits, and a Seaboard Oil wildcat drilling at Rhynes ranch reaching 350 feet as crews seek oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beth
Mary Beth Rhynes
Willard Rhynes
Rhynes
Clarence Poole
East Central
Poole
Pleasant Hill School
Tom Morgan
Latta Road
Ada
Wanda Lou
Donald Brady
Oklahoma City
Brady
Og&e
Morgans
Jesse
Wildcat Seaboard Oil Company
Parish Chapel Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Parish Chapel items list visits among residents: Ray Dryden and family of Lawrence visited brother Frank Dryden Tuesday night. Ollie Tucker and Thelma Ruth Hunter stayed with relatives in Ada and Oklahoma City over Labor Day. Myrtle Passmore, Hank Burk, Virgie Pennington, Alvie Miller, and Reta Davis are noted in brief calls and stays across Ada and Vanoss communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dryden
Lawrence
Frank Dryden
Thelma Ruth Hunter
Oklahoma City
Mrs
Rance Tucker
Sunday Social Notes From Ada Area Farms and Hens
A long list of local visits and residents' activities fills a Sunday page. Mrs J E McClaren of Stratford and Lorraine Pennington are among those seen in Ada area visits. Iva Carson boasts a five pound channel cat from a farm pond, while several families from Ada and Stratford gather for visits, funerals, and school outings. A curious stray hen from Obituary A B Goins and community scenes at the Drydens and Dryden family round out the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Carson
Obituary notices from Duncan and Grand Prairie regions
S. Rowlett of Duncan and L. H. Rowlett of Sweetwater Texas die. Funeral services held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Church of Christ 405 West Sixth with C C Kessinger officiating, burial in Rosedale cemetery. Mrs N T Teague Carnegie died Tuesday night Oklahoma City funeral and burial Friday in Carnegie. Mrs Teague sister of S H Boles Ada. William Craig Tingle eight days Grand Prairie Texas died Saturday at Grand Prairie. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Rofs First Baptist Church Rev Truman Spurgin East Hill Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Tingle of Grand Prairie sister Jerry Lee and brother Thomas Joe, grandparents Mr and Mrs EB T Tingle Roth and Mrs M G Bowen Tulsa.
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A. B. Goins
Route 1
Ada
Southwest Church of Christ
Wayne Smithers
Rosedale
Criswell Funeral Home
Ray White
Doc Williams
Harold Kidd
Lee Ramsey
Chuck Parker
Albert Bennett
Eva Goins
Princey Goins
Elbert
Ed Goins
Blakley
Benjamin Oliver Blakley
Stratford
Stratford Methodist Church
Minnie Witt
Minnie Louise Witt
St. Paul's Methodist Church of
Okemah
W. A. Hearron
William Arthur Hearton
South Francis
Dibble Free Will Baptist Church
Bil Kirby
Lonnie Ward
Dibble
Smith Funeral Home
Essie
Sybil Dunaway
Bakersfield
Calif
Taerena Barnholf
Los Angeles
Edith Smith
Roseburg
Ore
Rose Barrentine
Blue Water
N. M
Grace Turner
Oak Hurst
Clara Threlkeld
Wichita
Kassons
Arthur
Oklahoma City
Luther
Dallas
Clarence
Fort Worth
Tom
Jim
Dumas
Tex
Church of Christ
West Sixth
C. C. Kessinger
Rosedale Cemetery
N. T. Teague
Carnegie
William Craig Tingle
Willian Craig Tingle
Grand’ Prairie
Rofs First Baptist
Truman Spurgin
East Hill
Criswell
Suraving
Thomas Tingle
Grand Prairie
Jerry Lee
Thomas Joe
EB. T. Tingle
Roth
M. G Bowen
Tulsa
Death of Jimmy Keith Underhill at Stonewall
Jimmy Keith Underhill aged 13 of Route 41 Stonewall died from an accidental pistol wound Friday night around 9. Funeral services were set for Monday at 2 34 PM in the Stonewall High School auditorium with Rev. L M Cass officiating. Burial at Smith Funeral Home. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Cole H Underhill two sisters Colene and Janey a brother Perry and grandparents Mr and Mrs Shorry Beau ford of Connerville and Mrs Georgia Underhill of Pontotoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Keith Underhill
Stonewall
Stonewall High School
Rev. L. M. Cass
Smith Funeral Home
Cole H. Underhill
Sters
Colene
Janey
Byper
Perry
Shorry Beauford
Connerville
Georgia Underhill
Pontotoc
Party Line News For Farm Women
Martha Mote and Yaldene Kozn present county fair guidance for Pontotoc residents. Exhibitors are invited September 16 to 19 with entry times and office locations noted. Basic canning and freezing methods for field peas are described, plus kitchen organization tips to save time and effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mote
Yaldene Kozn
Pontotcc County
Calf Rampage Ends With Local Gunfire in Ada
Two pure Brahma calves escaped Wickham Packing in Ada. One calf roamed downtown before being chased by workers and boys. A bike rider was knocked over but suffered only bruises, while the calf was finally downed by gunfire on West Seventh. The other calf remained at large by noon Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Wickham Packing Co
Wickham
West Fifth
Tom Grisham
Grisham
James Donald Simpkins
West Ninth
Young Simpkins
Kent Simpkins
West Seventh
James
Boy
Eys
Ada Schools Show Gain of 125 Pupils
Ada Public Schools end the first week of the new year with 125 more students, a rise from last year. White grades total 1,391, Ada Junior High up 50 to 541, and Ada High School up 52 to 468. The grand total reaches 2,422, up 124, with Horace Mann Lab School at 263 in 12 grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Public
Washington
Willard
Irving
Glenwood
Hayes
Napier
Ada Junior High School
Ada High School
Horace Mann Lab School
East Central State College
Divorces Granted in Rye and Carroll Cases
Jassie Wade Rye is divorced from Virginia Louise Ryve with the divorce granted and Adams restored as the defendant’s former name. Daisy Alice Carrell is divorced from Henry Wesley Carroll with the divorce granted and the plaintiff restored to her former name Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jassie Wade Rye
Virginia
Louise Ryve
Adams
Daisy Alice Carrell
Henry Wesley Carroll
Kelly
Former Ada resident Homer Ellison dies by gunshot in Corpus Christi
Homer Ellison forty two, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ellison of Ada, was found dead with a 32 caliber revolver in his hand at his Corpus Christi home. Justice of the Peace verdict cited personal safety gunshot. He lived in Corpus Christi fifteen years, worked for Sears Roebuck, previously served time for a 1938 Ada shooting, and leaves a wife a daughter and siblings in Ada and Corpus Christi. Funeral planned in Corpus Christi Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Ellison
W. A
Bud) Ellison
Ada
Bs Home
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ellison
Justice of the Peace
Patrick Dunne
South Texas
Sears-Roebuck
Homer
State Penitentiary
John D. Kuehn
el Paso
Adat Sisters
Ruth Parsons
Alibina
May Henderson
Ray
Connecticut
Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Club Opens New Year
Pontotoc County schoolmasters club starts the 1957-58 year with a Monday meeting at Vanoss High School cafeteria. The program follows a 7:00 p.m. dinner served by the Vanoss Home Demonstration Club. Vanoss fine arts students provide music with State Insurance Commissioner Joe B Hunt as speaker. Special guests include members of the Pontotoc County Insurance Board. Virgil Medlock presides as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Vanoss High School
Vanoss Home Demonstration Club
Vanoss Fine Arts
State Insurance
Joe B. Hunt
Pontotoc County Insurance Board
Virgil Medlock
County Schoolmasters Club
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W. E. Cobern
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ADA Booster Club
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