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     Alma Frances Ratcliff was born on July 21, 1926 at Cherokee Co., North Carolina.²

     Her Social Security Number was 246-14-3352.³ Edna Maria Howell was buried at Curlew Hills Cemetery, Palm Harbor, Pinellas Co., Florida.⁵ Her married name was Hall.⁷ She married Unknown Hall.⁷ Edna Maria Howell was born on July 9, 1916 at Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina.^6,3,8 She died on May 15, 2003 at Clearwater, Pinellas Co., Florida, at age 86.^3,4 She HOWELL, EDNA M., 85, of Clearwater, died Thursday (May 15, 2003) at home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. She was born in Murphy, N.C., and came here in 1976 from Dayton, Ohio. She was a retired office administrator and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, George W. "Stormy," Grand Island; a sister, Marjorie D. Gustin, Clearwater; a grandson, Jason Palmer Howell; and a great-grandson, Palmer Urban Howell. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor. on May 17, 2003.⁴

     John W. Zimmerman was buried at Cochran Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn Co., Tennessee.² He was born on November 29, 1896 at North Carolina.^1,2 He married Zelda Clyde "Zeldie" Howell, daughter of John Edgar "Ed" Howell and Ganarah R. Patton, on August 11, 1916 at Cherokee Co., North Carolina.^4,3 John W. Zimmerman died on February 12, 1972 at age 75.²

     Her Social Security Number was 415-28-6262.³ Charlcie Mae Sallie Strickland was buried at Haven Hill Memorial Gardens, Madisonville, Monroe Co., Tennessee.¹ She was born on March 4, 1913 at Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tennessee.^1,3 As of June 6, 1959,her married name was Tilson.² She married Samuel Ovid "Sam" Tilson, son of William E. Tilson and Inez Wright, on June 6, 1959 at Monroe Co., Tennessee.^1,2 Charlcie Mae Sallie Strickland died on March 27, 1995 at Tennessee at age 82.¹

     Her Social Security Number was 243-78-5898.² Laura Green was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1498 Sand Hill Road, Candler, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.¹ Her married name was Goforth.¹ She married Philetus Victor Goforth Jr.¹ Laura Green was born on February 4, 1947 at North Carolina.^1,3,2 She died on September 1, 1990 at Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, at age 43.^1,2,3

     Philetus Victor Goforth Jr. was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1498 Sand Hill Road, Candler, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.¹ His Social Security Number was 386-26-8927.⁴ He married Laura Green, daughter of Ottis Lucius Green Jr. and Mary Virginia Ferguson.¹ Philetus Victor Goforth Jr. was born on May 13, 1922 at Madison Co., North Carolina.^1,2,4 He died on April 10, 1995 at Buncombe Co., North Carolina, at age 72.^1,3

     Adolphus Hershel Hayner was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Porter, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma.¹ His Social Security Number was 457-07-4213.⁷ He was born on May 26, 1909 at Porter, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma.^1,7,4 He married Juanita Jewel Smith on August 15, 1936 at Muskogee Co., Oklahoma.^1,3 Adolphus Hershel Hayner died on February 28, 1973 at Muskogee, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma, at age 63.¹

     Juanita Jewel Smith was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Porter, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma.¹ She was born on December 27, 1917 at Oklahoma.¹ As of August 15, 1936,her married name was Hayner.² She married Adolphus Hershel Hayner, son of James William Hayner and Myrtle Maude Brandon, on August 15, 1936 at Muskogee Co., Oklahoma.^1,2 As of circa 1974,her married name was Swart.³ Juanita Jewel Smith married Albert Charles Swart circa 1974.³ Juanita Jewel Smith died on May 11, 1979 at Muskogee, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma, at age 61.¹

     Charles David Vaughan Charles David Vaughan, 96, died Saturday, October 17, 2015. He was born outside Ukiah, California, Charles was the third of four children. The family also live in Riverside, California, Fort Wingate and Shiprock, New Mexico where Charles, as a teenager, helped occasionally fight wildfires in northern New Mexico. The family returned to Muskogee in 1938 where Charles met and married the former Effie Hayner, and later joined the Oklahoma National Guard. On mobilization, he was assigned to the 45th Infantry Division, and served in Sicily and Italy where he earned the Purple Heart for a wound to his left arm. He was overseas for 26 months. On returning to his young family, he worked as a truck driver, and later as a bookkeeper, for several lumber companies in Oklahoma and Texas. In the sixties, Charles left bookkeeping to become a construction carpenter. Then he worked for Acme Engineering in Muskogee at his dream job of machine operator where he retired at 70. Preceded in death by Effie, Charles is survived by an older sister, Katherine Biggs of Muskogee, a younger sister, Ruth Adams and husband John of Maryneal, TX and three daughters: Sharon Roberts of Tulsa, Phyllis Ferguson of Bixby and Linda Boling of Fort Gibson. Also, surviving are seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great- great- grandchildren. Funeral services were 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 23, 2015 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery with Bill Crow officiating.³ He was buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, 1423 Cemetery Road, Fort Gibson, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma.^2,3 He was born on January 25, 1919 at Ukiah, Mendocino Co., California.² He married Effie Berniece Hayner, daughter of James William Hayner and Myrtle Maude Brandon, on April 6, 1940.^1,3 Charles David Vaughan died on October 17, 2015 at Muskogee, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma, at age 96.^2,3