Westville Reporter - 1963 #2
February 22, 1963
MAPLES
Funeral service for Mrs. William (Florence) MAPLES, 79, was held Wednesday at
2 p.m. in the Roberts Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Luther NELSON, Stilwell,
officiating and assisted by the Rev. Eugene BIBY Mrs. Paul CARRINGTON and
Mrs. Carl ISHMAEL accompanied by Mrs. Robert EFFENBERGER, sang "Precious
Memories," "I'll Meet You in the Morning," and "Farther
Along."
Mrs. MAPLES was born July 2, 1883 in Dodge City, Kansas, and died Monday,
February 18 in the Elizabeth Hospital, Prairie Grove, Ark.; following several
weeks illness.
Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Roberts
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Neil AKIN, Fred WILT, Marvin CAGLE, Will COSBY, Junior
CHOATE and John CRITTENDEN.
Flower bearers were Mrs. W.E. SYLER, Mrs. Minnie MELROSE, Mrs. Joe ROORK,
Mrs. Fred WILT, Mrs. Dora BEACH and Mrs. John CRITTENDEN.
Survivors include her husband William MAPLES; six sons, James R. MAPLES,
Trona, Calif., Alvis MAPLES, Sacramento, Calif., Frank MAPLES, Amarillo,
Tex., Elmer MAPLES, Lubbock, Tex., Daniel MAPLES, St. Louis, Mo., Leonard
MAPLES, Orange, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel PARKER, Helens, Oregon, and
Mrs. Jim (Edith) BEACH, Westville; two brothers, one sister, twenty-two
grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren.
October 18, 1963
SMITH
Funeral service for Mrs. Lettie SMITH, 71, of Muskogee, was held Wednesday at
2 p.m. in the Lescher Funeral Home in Muskogee, with the Rev. Sam COX, pastor
of Northside Baptist church officiating.
A twin sister of Mrs. Charley (Bess) CAGLE of Westville, Mrs. SMITH died
Saturday in a Muskogee hospital, following a lengthy illness.
Born October 10, 1892, in Christie the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
LITTLE, Mrs. SMITH had made her home in Muskogee since 1943 where she was a
member of the Northside Baptist church. Her husband, Bill SMITH, preceded her
in death by several years.
Survivors include seven sons, Robert, Joe, Carl, Bill, Edgar and Sherman, all
of Muskogee and Lloyd of Harvey, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. R.M. PERRY, of
Muskogee; 28 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; four sisters, including Mrs.
CAGLE, Westville, Mrs. Jennie SMITH, Muskogee, Mrs. Susie BARTON, Kilgore,
Texas, Mrs. Mary VANBEBER, Kansas, and a brother, Charley LITTLE of River
Bank, Calif.
Interment was in the Proctor Cemetery.
Those from Westville who attended the funeral service and burial were Mr. and
Mrs. Charley CAGLE, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin CAGLE and Deborah, Mr. and Mrs. Don
CAGLE, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd MORRIS, Mrs. Lois RECTOR, Mr. and Mrs. John KIRBY.
Nancy Jane
Tarzana, CA
April 1945