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Prudence J. Selby
GAINESVILLE, Texas ‹ Services for Prudence J. Selby, 69, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, 1999, at the Clement-Keel Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville, Texas. Steve Lee, Hillcrest Church of Christ, and Dr. Joel Gregory will officiate. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
Mrs. Selby, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, began her final journey with the Lord on Jan. 4, 1999. She was born to Jesse W. and Vita G. Wilson on March 26, 1929, in Bulcher, Texas.
She married her lifelong partner, Kenneth E. Selby, on Dec. 22, 1950, in Era, Texas. They were married for 45 years when her loving husband preceded her in death in 1995.
Upon receiving her bachelor of science degree in elementary education from North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, in 1950, she began a rewarding career of educating youth that spanned more than 37 years. Twenty-eight years of her career were spent as a sixth-grade instructor at Muenster Public School in Muenster, Texas. She possessed a deeply intense passion for her chosen profession and was rewarded many times for her dedication to educating and enriching the lives of children. She retired from her beloved profession in 1987.
She and Kenneth spent the beginning nine years of their loving marriage residing in Era, Texas, and the remaining 36 years of their shared life together in Muenster, moving there in 1959. She continued to live in Muenster until the time of her departure from this Earth. Throughout her life, her strength and comfort came from her devotion to the Lord and her church. She ws a charter member of Hillcrest Church of Christ in Gainesville for many years.
She is survived and will be greatly missed by her daughter, Kathy Enderby, and her husband, Bill; by ³the loves of her life,² her three adoring granddaughters, Courtney, Tiffany and Natalie Enderby; and her two ³newest² loves, twin great-granddaughters, Makayla and Makenzi Enderby, all of Ardmore. She will be dearly missed by her loving sister, Constance Smith, of Kilgore, Texas; and many nieces, nephews, friends and former students. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her mother and father, and brothers, Dan, Jesse W. and James Wilson.
Pallbearers will be nephews, Greg, Michael and Scott Selby, Denney and Mickey Smith, and family friend, Edgar Dyer.
Memorials may be made to Christıs Haven for Children, P.O. Box 467, Keller, TX 76248.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Elizabeth M. Beauford
Graveside funeral services for Elizabeth M. Beauford will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Eastern Star rites will be conducted by the Mattie Bruce Chapter.
She was born Jan. 8, 1920, at San Saba, Texas, to Bob and Hattie Ripple Maxwell. She died Jan. 11, 1999, in a local health care facility.
A longtime Ardmore resident, she was married to Howard Beauford here on May 18, 1941. He preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1989. She was retired from the Oklahoma Veterans Center where she served as a pastry cook. She was a 50-year member of Eastern Star of St. Jo, Texas and a member of V.F.W. Auxiliary.
Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Sherry and Charles McDonald, Luther, Okla.; a son and his wife, Arthur Robert and Delilah Beauford, Ardmore; a sister, Ruby Shields, Avanell, Calif.; a brother, B.T. Maxwell, Ardmore; granddaughter, Charnetta "Charlie" McDonald, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; two stepgranddaughters, Cindy Clark, Oklahoma City, and Janie Stinett, McLeod, Okla. She was preceded in death by a brother, Herman Maxwell; and two sisters, Clem Brown and Ruth Gorham.
Funeral services are under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.

Surrena Campbell
Services for Surrena Campbell will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Victory Temple with Chester Figures officiating. Interment will be at Clearview Cemetery under the direction of Ragsdale-Grant and Sons Mortuary.
Mrs. Campbell died Jan. 8, 1999. She was born Feb. 26, 1926, at Idabel, to Butler and Willie Cole.
She is survived by six brothers, Rolland Cole, Idabel, Classic Cole, Kansas City, Kan., James and McKerson Cole, Oklahoma City, and Oland and Augusta Cole, San Francisco; three sisters, Sis Jackson, Oklahoma City, Ruby and Martha Cole, Los Angeles; several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter.

Clyde C. McClenny
TEMPLE -- Services for Clyde C. McClenny will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at Temple Cemetery under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home.
McClenny died Jan. 11, 1999, at his home. He was born Aug. 29, 1914, at Red Springs, Texas, to J.C. and Myrtle Brown McClenny.
He moved to Oklahoma in 1925 and served with the Army during the Battle of the Bulge and worked in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include his wife, Martha, of the home; daughter, Dana Custer, Manhattan, Kan.; two brothers, Lennis, Ardmore, and Weldon, Perryton, Texas; a sister, Dovie Douglass, Temple; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by a son, Curtis; and three brothers, Arbie, Olen and Odice.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Lawton Area Inc., 1930 Ferris Ave., Lawton, OK 73507.

Earl M. McGahey
Funeral services for Earl Merritt McGahey will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Craddock Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Robert Peterson, pastor of New Hope Church of God, will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. McGahey was born April 8, 1913, at Legate, Okla., to Walter Elijah and Willie Lucion Willis McGahey. He died Jan. 12, 1999, in the local hospital following an extended illness.
A longtime Ardmore resident, he was married to Bonnie Shurley at Provence on Nov. 6, 1933. She preceded him in death on June 7, 1978.
He was a retired employee of Memorial Hospital. He attended New Hope Church of God.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Norman and Sam West, Ardmore; a son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Joy McGahey, Ardmore; a son, Keith McGahey, Ardmore; his twin brother, Burl McGahey, Ardmore; two sisters, Carra Gilbertson, Visalia, Calif., and Lorene Matthews, Tulare, Calif.; six grandchildren, Debbie McCarthick and her husband, Carl, Ardmore, Mark McGahey and his wife, Melodianne, North Richland Hills, Texas, Brian McGahey and his wife, Nikki, Ringling, Shae McGahey, Ardmore, Sandy McCalip and her husband, Billy Ray, Iowa Park, Texas, and Shelly Weaver and her husband, Darrell, Norman; seven great-grandchildren, Dillon and Austin McCarthick, Britann McGahey, Weston and Laret McCalip, Madison and Ashley Weaver.
Bearers will be Gary Simmons, Marland Vance, Curtis Moore, Tom Moss, Gene Jones and Bob Harris.

Irving Y. Fishman
GRINNELL, Iowa -- Memorial services for Ardmore native Irving Y. Fishman, 73, were Tuesday in Grinnell, Iowa.
Fishman, who died Jan. 10, 1999, at his residence, was born Sept. 12, 1920, in Ardmore, to Ike and Dora Fishman.
A graduate of Ardmore High School, he received degrees in physiology and zoology from the University of Oklahoma and his doctorate in physiology and biochemistry from Florida State University. He began his career in the biology department at Grinnell College in 1948 and served as chairman of that department 15 years before he retired in 1991. He received many awards and honors and grants and was author of numerous publications relating to his field. He served in the Army during World War II and was discharged from the Army Reserves as Lt. Colonel in 1967. He and Sara Mayer were married July 25, 1942, in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Paula Rosenstein, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Elaine Sherp, Dallas; a sister, Ida Yaffe, Ardmore; and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Family Outreach of America, 1329 7th St. Suite B, Corpus Christi, TX 78404.
Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Pearl Stone Whatley
DAVIS -- Services for Pearl Stone Whatley will be 2 p.m. today at Fox Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Finis Steelman officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery.
Born Jan. 15, 1915, at Lexington to Andy and Jettie Willis Cox, she died Jan. 14, 1999, at Ardmore. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Chester Stone and Cecil Whatley; one son, Calvin Stone; three sisters, Ruby Greeson, Velma Kilmer and Juanita Kilmer; and one granddaughter.
Survivors include six daughters, Wiltse Armstrong, Harrison, Mich., Tanna Sanders and Portia Warren, Davis, Lanna Jones, Wynnewood, Dixie Finley, Oklahoma City, Charlotte Hess, Chickasha; one son, Billy Wayne Whatley, Davis; two sisters, Margaret Calahan, Patterson, Calif., and Edna Thompson, Chandler, Ariz., 17 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.
Bearers are sons-in-law.

Eliza Jane Mose
McMILLIAN -- Graveside rites for Eliza Jane Mose were 2 p.m. Saturday at McMillian Cemetery with Jimmy Royal officiating.
Born Jan. 10, 1913, at Reagan to Allen and Icy Wilson Brown, she died Jan. 14, 1999, at Tishomingo. She married Vernon Mose on March 7, 1942, at Madill. He preceded her in death in 1989. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Pearl Carolyn Wilson Keel; and one brother, Cyrus Mose Wilson.
Mrs. Mose had lived in Ardmore since 1990, moving from McMillian. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pickens Baptist Church.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services are under the direction of Craddock Funeral HOme.

Eugene Teel
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Eugene Teel, 81, will be 1 p.m. Monday at the Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Robert Yandell officiating. Interment follows at Byrds Prairie Cemetery, Tupelo.
Born Aug. 6, 1917, at Centrahoma to Robert Lee and Bertha Brannon Teel, he died Jan. 15, 1999, at Tishomingo. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Willie, Delmas and Otto Teal; and three sisters, Zelma Turner, Lille Dodd and Jewel Anderson.
He married Evelena Johnson on Jan. 5, 1946, at Coalgate. Teel was an INCA weatherization program engineer.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; five sons, Robert Teel, Oklahoma City, Ted Teel, Fort Worth, Texas, Ronald Teel and Edwin Teel, both Tishomingo, and Terry Teel, Ardmore; one sister, Clora Young, Hemet, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Corbin Funeral Home.

Ola Martha Schilling
IRVING, Texas -- Graveside services for Ola Martha Schilling, 77, Ardmore, were Saturday at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Monsignor John Bell officiating.
Born July 17, 1921, at Louisville, Ky., she died Jan. 13, 1999, at Ardmore. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Schilling Sr.
Mrs. Schilling had lived in Ardmore since 1960. She was a housewife.
Survivors include two sons, John Schilling, Irving, and Charles "Chuck" Schilling, Houston; one daughter, Sandra Swan, Ardmore; three sisters, Beulah, Jerry and Reba; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services were under the direction of Chism-Smith Funeral Home.

Doil Burton Summerville
Services for Doil Burton Summerville, 66, Lone Grove will be 10 a.m. Monday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. LeRoy Holman officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery.
Born Aug. 19, 1932, at Lakeview, Texas, to Burt and Gladys Summerville, he died Jan. 16, 1999, at the local hospital. He was preceded in death by a brother, Tommy Summerville.
Summerville married Hazel Faught Jan. 20, 1951, at McCaulley, Texas. He had lived in the Lone Grove area since 1994, coming from Dalhart, Texas. He attended the Maranatha Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; one son, Ronald Summerville, Irving, Texas; five daughters Debra Clark, Perkins, Kathy Worley and Pam Lemley, both Ardmore, Donna Weber, Marshall and Patty Snow, Lone Grove; one brother, Dwayne "Pete" Summerville, Grandbury, Texas; one cousin, Jimmy Shieldknight, Spearman, Texas; and 16 grandchildren.
Bearers are John Worley, Tommy Lemley, Gary and Anthony Snow, Terry Weber, Mike Worley, Jesse Weaver and Patrick Clark. Honorary bearer is Kyle Summerville.

Jimmy Dale Webb
ROFF -- Graveside rites for Jimmy Dale Webb, 68, will be 2 p.m. Monday at East Hill Cemetery with Don Ellis officiating.
Born Oct. 16, 1930, at Fitzhugh to Comer Haskell and Dema Alice Killan Webb, he died Jan. 15, 1999, at Ada. He was preceded in death by a sister, Kay Brassfield.
Webb was a retired carpenter. He had lived in the area all of his life and delivered meals to senior citizens at Roff. He attended school at Fitzhugh. Webb was an United States Air Force veteran.
Survivors include three brothers, Richard and Phillip Webb, both Fitzhugh, and Wylie Webb, Ada; and two sisters, Barbara Morgan, Ardmore, and Margaret Lackey, Roff.
Services are under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home,

Troy Dale Farris
MARIETTA -- Graveside rites for Troy Dale Farris will be 2 p.m. Monday at Lakeview Cemetery with Ray Hilliard officiating.
Born Feb. 26, 1962, at Fort Worth, Texas, to Tommy Joe and Arlene Rhody Farris, he died Jan. 13, 1999, at Huntsville, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Tina McIntire, Fort Worth; one son, Troy Farris Jr., Beaumont, Texas; stepdaughter, Jade McIntire, Fort Worth; mother, Marietta; father, Reno, Texas; one brother, Joe Farris, Marietta; and one sister, Cynthia Watts, Springtown, Texas.
Services are under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.

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