Westville Reporter - 1962
January 19, 1962
JONES
Funeral service was held on Tuesday afternoon in the Roberts Funeral Home
Chapel for Benjamin Frank JONES, 86, with Rev. Bud LACIE officiating. Music
was furnished by the LACIE family and Mr. and Mrs. Archie CAGLE.
Mr. JONES was born December 14, 1875, at Harrison, Ark. Other information
concerning his early life is unknown. In later years, he lived for some time
in the Summer, Ark., area before moving to Oklahoma. In 1948 he moved to
Westville, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Westville.
Nothing is known of his relatives. His last contact with any of them was over
30 years ago. He died January 14, 1962, in his room on the Charlie CAGLE
property, where he had lived for the past 12 years. He had been in poor
health for some time.
Pallbearers were Oscar SMITH, Elbert SHEFFIELD, Marvin CAGLE, Don CAGLE, Dee
SMITH and Floyd MORRIS. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J.R. GRAVES, Charlie
COMSTOCK, Fred PALONE, Haden COLVIN, A.S. NICKELL, O.B. VEAZEY.
Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts
Funeral Home.
February 23, 1962
STALCUP
Funeral rites for Mrs. Myrtle Edna STALCUP, 83, were held Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock in Roberts Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Edwin BEEM, pastor of the
Christian church, officiating. Mrs. Paul CARRINGTON, Mrs. Carl ISHMAEL and
Fred ALLISON, accompanied by Mrs. Grover HOWARD sang, "The Old Rugged Cross"
and "Shall We Gather at the River" and Mrs. Harold Ray HART sang, "In the
Garden."
Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Eber SMITH, Dennis MORRIS, Thomas BRIGHT, Bill SHARP, Clyde
RATHER, Cecil PATTERSON. Flower bearers were Mrs. Art BLANTON, Mrs. Dennis
MORRIS, Mrs. Marvin CAGLE, Mrs. Bill SHARP, Mrs. Clyde RATHER, Mrs. Bill CAMP.
Mrs. STALCUP was born October 21, 1878, at Prairie Grove, Ark., the daughter
of Callie and W.B. LOFLIN, and died February 18. She, with her parents, moved
to Westville in 1898 where her father was one of the early day blacksmiths.
In November, 1902 she and R.L. STALCUP, a young man, also from Westville, who
was employed by the Frisco Railroad, were married at Cincinnati, Ark. They
established their home in Missouri, but in a few years returned to Westville,
where Mr. STALCUP owned and operated a meat market just west of where the
Westville Fire Department is now located. Later he became an employee of the
Kansas City Railway and they moved from Westville, returning in 1931 where
they since resided.
Mrs. STALCUP was one of the early day telephone operators in Westville. She
was a member of the Christian church.
Survivors include her husband, R.L. STALCUP; two sons, Milton STALCUP of
Westville, J.W. (Bill) STALCUP of Fresno, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Fred
(Pauline) SHUPERT, Grove; a sister, Mrs. Bertha WHILHITE, of Westville; a
half sister, Mrs. Vera MURRAY, Winslow, Arizona,; three grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.
March 2, 1962
FOLSOM
Funeral rites for Mrs. Effie FOLSOM, 82, were held Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock in Roberts Funeral Chapel with T.J. TEEL of Stilwell, Church of
Christ, officiating. Music was furnished by members of the Church of Christ
of which she was a member.
Mrs. FOLSOM was born November 20, 1879, in Arkansas, the daughter of Will and
Nancy BARRETT, and died Thursday, February 22 at her home in Westville,
following a long illness.
Mr. FOLSOM preceded her in death several years ago.
Burial was in the Baptist Mission Cemetery under the direction of Roberts
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Marvin CAGLE, Oscar SMITH, C.E. PACE, Joy Lee POYNOR, Lee
PICKENS, Hardy COMSTOCK. Flower bearers were Mrs. Lee PICKENS, Mrs. Carley
PACE, Mrs. Kenneth SHERRIN, Mrs. Paul ROBERTS, Mrs. Vivian JONES and Miss
Bertha BROWN.
Survivors were four daughters, Mrs. Syrena PACE, Westville, Mrs. Edna ELLIS,
New Castle, Wyo., Mrs. Hattie FOREST, Rock Springs, Wyo., Mrs. Gertrude
CHURCH, Powell, Wyo.; one son, Elmer FOLSOM, Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters,
Mrs. Hattie WARWICK and Mrs. Emma OXFORD of Calif.; two brothers, George and
Charley BARRETT of Calif.
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PIERCE
Funeral service for Richard PIERCE, 95, was held Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock in Roberts Chapel, with the Rev. Luther NELSON, pastor of the First
Baptist church, officiating.
Mrs. Harold Ray HART and Mrs. Paul CARRINGTON, accompanied by Miss Margaret
CARMICHAEL sang, "Rock of Ages," "Near to the Heart of God" and
"It is Well
with My Soul."
Mr. PIERCE was born March 29, 1866, near Westville, Indian Territory, the son
of John and Sarah CRITTENDEN PIERCE, and died Monday, February 26, at the
Russell Nursing Home.
Interment was in the Foreman Cemetery under the direction of Roberts Funeral
Home.
Pallbearers were Owen BUFFINGTON, Neal MARKHAM, Luther SIMMONS, Oscar SMITH,
Clyde RATHER, Elbert SHEFFIELD. Flower bearers were Mrs. Nora SINGLETON, Mrs.
Edith HILLARD, Mrs. Bessie CAGLE, Mrs. Clint NEELEY, Mrs. Kate HADDOCK.
Mr. PIERCE's father came from England to the United States, later to Arkansas
where he first lived near Summers. Richard PIERCE attended Sunday School and
church at the Old Baptist Mission and it was at Sunday School that he met
Miss Nannie Bell PARRIS of Cherokee Indian descent, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Malachi (Wade) PARRIS, who lived near the Mission.
They were soon married and took up a claim near his father's farm, and built
a log cabin, later buying a farm northeast of Westville and it was here that
their children were born. Mrs. PIERCE died September 18, 1904. He and the
children then moved back to his old home place, with his mother, his father
having died a short time before.
He was in the district clerk's office at the Old Cherokee Capital in
Tahlequah, Indian Territory for six years, also served as guard at the
Cherokee Capital for a number of years.
His children all received allotments by virtue of Cherokee Indian blood from
their mother. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
(See paper for additional information.)
June 15, 1962
ALDERSON
Graveside service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Westville
Cemetery with Rev. Clayton WALTERS, pastor of the Methodist church
officiating. Interment was under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home.
Mrs. ALDERSON died in New York. She was born in Russia, but had lived in New
York for 40 years. Her death followed a short illness.
Her late husband, Bob ALDERSON, a former resident of Westville, was the
brother of Leslie ALDERSON, and a nephew of Pete ALDERSON, and another
brother, Otto ALDERSON, of Stilwell. Mrs. ALDERSON was a recent guest of
relatives in Westville and Stilwell.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Helen GROSS of Brooklyn, New York.
July 27, 1962
KIRBY
Funeral service for A.M. KIRBY, 84, was held Sunday, July 22, 2:00 p.m. in
Roberts Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tom HAMM, Jehovah Witness minister,
officiating.
Mr. KIRBY was born March 2, 1878 in Missouri and died July 18 in Bennett
Nursing Home, in Tahlequah. Interment was in Alberty Cemetery under the
direction of Roberts Funeral Home.
Pall bearers were Luther SIMMONS, Marvin CAGLE, Oscar SMITH, Luther WADLEY,
Hollis WEAVER.
He is survived by one brother, P.S. KIRBY of Muskogee. Out of town relatives
who attended the funeral were P.S. KIRBY, Mrs. Shirley BRYAN, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon BURKETT, of Muskogee; Mrs. and Mrs. Luke CRITTENDEN of Porum; Jack
CRITTENDEN, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Dee KING and Eddie WALKINGSTICK Lincoln,
Ark.; Chief CRITTENDEN, Hulbert, Okla.
Nancy jane
Tarzana, CA
April 1945