Deaths and Funerals Lead Off City Area Obituaries
Obituaries list funeral services for John Oliver Carter 97 of 703 Monroe to be held at Calvary Baptist Church with burial at Faxon Cemetery under Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home. Other notices include Florence A. Cothren and Allie Taylor graveside and memorial services. Nellie Wolverton Tilton and W. B. Greenlee among survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oliver Carter
Monroe
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Baggett
Faxon Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Carter
Goliad
Tex
Mattie Patton
Houston
Faxon
Osie Lynch
Cache
Raymond Carter
E. M. Carter
Ernest Carter
Borger
Esthel Duke
Charles Sellers 1888 grave services set for Tuesday
Graveside services for Charles Sellers 88 who died Sunday after a long illness will be at 10 30 am Tuesday in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home Ray Wright minister of the Sixth and Arlington Church of Christ will officiate Sellers a retired carpenter was born Sept 10 1888 in Shay Ark He is survived by a granddaughter Linda Huber Tulsa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence A. Cothren
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Baggett
Pecan Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
ELGIN
Allie Taylor
Lawton
Ray Haack
Elgin Congregational Jehovah's Witnesses
East Congregational Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Wit
Charles Sellers
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Ray Wright
Sixth
Arlington Church of Christ
Mr. Sellers
Shay
Ark
Linda Huber
Tulsa
Police Reports From Lawton City Police
A list of cases reported to the Lawton Police Department includes thefts from autos and residences, property damage, and lost items. Complainants include Walter Roby, Lore Ann Fortney, Margaret Johnson, Patricia Boggett, Alva Matheny, John A. Nichols, Patricia A. Killingsworth, Brigitte Russell, Terry Sharp, Ken Fountain, Chevy N Picking, Robert F. Bohn, Albert D. Lee, Diane Santos, Southwest Grill, Ralph Priest, and Evlas Jeffries. Locations include 402 Gristy Food Stores, 1579 Gore Blvd, 509 Mission Blvd, 1823 Gore Blvd, 27718 NW 6th, 7409 SW 74th Place, Holiday Bar, Sears, Montego Bay, 1314 Sell, 106 Columbia, 2621 Jitty Food Store, and 1816 SW 61st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Bob Bomer
Angus
Gore Blvd
Walter Roby
Mission Blvd
Avco Financial Services
Ann Fortney
Margaret Johnson
Patricia Boggett
Ferris
Holiday Bar
Hunter Road
Southwest Grill
Lee Ltd
Ralph Priest
Ozman
Cameron Baptist Church
Jitty Food Store
Stith
Truck Drivers Delay Speed Limit Protest Cancelled
Independent Truckers Association cancels protest against 55 mph limit due to severe winter weather. Organizers planned a 40 mph pace starting midnight Sunday to disrupt interstates across the Midwest. Leaders including Mike Parkhurst could not attend a Medina Ohio meeting to endorse the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breezewood
Independent Truckers Association
Associaton
Medina
Ohio
Mike Parkhurst
Overdrive
Truckers
Cotton Council hears briefing on farm policy and export goals
Agriculture Secretary Bergland told about 1,500 delegates at Disney World that Carter policy will favor market oriented farm supports and avoid heavy stockpiling or two price schemes. He urged growers to help craft policies, noting cotton exports valued at $1.35 billion in 1974 and stressing overseas markets. President Lawson warned against price control and new regulations, urging focus on world markets amid tight supplies and rising imports. In California, Amer n a’s first space shuttle moved from a hangar to a Dryden runway for tests, carried by Contractors Cargo. The 110 ton orbiter, valued around $500 million, will undergo ground and flight tests before potential use of expendable rockets for space missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando, Fla
Robert Bergland
National Cotton Council Today
Carter Administration
Bergland
Commodity Credit Corporation
Disney World
Department of Agriculture
United States
Palmdale
Calif
Amerna
Rockwell International
California
Lancaster
Edwards Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden Flight Research
Lee Bisson
Contractors Cargo
NASA
Dryden
Donald ‘Deke’ Slayton
Fred Haise
Girl Scouts Back ERA Endorsement Nationwide
The Girl Scouts officially endorse the Equal Rights Amendment, saying active involvement in current issues guides girls as they mature. National president Dr. Gloria Scott cites the board’s call for action, noting 38 states must ratify and 35 have done so, while committee chair Mrs. Creighton Abrams stresses timely ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Scott
Girl Scouts
National Board
Girl Scouts of the USA
U.S
Creighton Abrams
Special Committee On
Queen Contest Set At Fort Sill School Homecoming
Fort Sill Indian School will crown a homecoming queen at halftime tonight during the basketball game against Grandfield. Contestants include Tammy Burgess freshman Sonya Hamlin sophomore Julie Marroquin junior and Loretta McKinney senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill Indian School
Grandfield
Tammy Burgess
Sonya Hamlin
Julie Marroquin
Loretta McKinney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florence Cothren
Nesses
Taylor
Colorado
Willis Taylor
Oklahoma
Barnes McDonald
Route 1
Nellie Tilton
Tilton
First United Methodist Church
W. B. Greenlee
Oak
Mabel Aycock
Euclid
Cotton Council
Air Force Test
Florida Agribusiness Institute
South Florida
W. D. Lawson
Gastonia
N.C
Gates
Lawson
Juanita Achard
Cache Road Square
Okay Rights Amendment
Pritren
LTA Remem
Aan
Blisis U la Ee
Ene
Jnational Bank
BF Aed
Lawton Loan and Investment Corp
C Ave
Tur Laun
Mel
Lawton Constitution
Terri Shay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!