Oklahoma City, OK--ROBERT LENDA HEFLIN, died April 17, 1988. Born April 30, 1904 in Drew County, AR. Moved from Arkansas to Emit, OK. in 1911, then to OKC in 1923. Worked for Okla. Railway 9 years, Inspection Bureau of OKC Fire Dept. 22 years and Okla. State Corporation Commission as Field Supervisor 15 years. Served in the US Coast Guard in WWII. Bob was an active member of Putnam City Baptist Church, life member and Past Master of Siloam Lodge 276, life member of Scottish Rite of Guthrie, OK., past member of York Rite and Shrine Temple. Received the Cross of Honor and Legion of Honor in the Order of DeMolay, also worked with Rainbow Girls many years, serving on the Rainbow Board. Member and Past Worthy Patron of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 373. Survived by wife, Marguerite; daughter, Jeanne Layton of Kemp, TX.; stepsons, Jack and Dan Milner; stepdaughter, Mary Tilley, all of OKC; 10 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Services 10am Wednesday, Putnam City Baptist Church. Bill Merritt Bethany.  --Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - April 20, 1988
 

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Jones, OK--RICHARD MURRAY, age 76, of Jones, passed away November 20, 1982. Memorial services will be Tuesday at 2 P.M. in Bill Eisenhour NE Chapel. He was born April 5, 1906, in Drew County, Arkansas. He was a farmer. Survived by his wife Savannah of the home, one daughter Loretta Odom of Midwest City, two brothers, Larry & his wife Lani Shropshire of Tuttle, & Kelly Odom of Midwest City, & two grandchildren.   --Source:  Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - November 23, 1982.

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WILLIAM THOMAS "W.T." SOMERVELL, formerly of Little Rock, AR, and Kansas City, MO, age 92, passed away at Bethany Lutheran Home, Council Bluffs, IA, on Sunday, March 9, 2003, where he had resided near his son. W.T. was born in Collins, Drew County, AR, on November 4, 1911.
W.T. was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Cyril Cobb Somervell. He is survived by one brother, Frank Somervell of Dermott, AR, and his only child, William Francis "Bill" Somervell, daughter-in-law, Ellen Eisenhart Somervell of Glenwood, IA; five grandchildren, Barry Todd Somervell of West Hartford, CT, William T. "Will" Somervell of Villa Grove, IL; Sherry Lynn Somervell-Peck of Independence, MO, Andrew Lee "Drew" Somervell of St. Louis, MO, Stacey Smith Crumley of Omaha, NE; 10 great-grandchildren; and four sisters-in-law.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2003, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth Funeral Home, 5800 W. 12th St., Little Rock, AR. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2003, at Redfield, AR, Cemetery. --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - March 11, 2003

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