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     Melva Lee Madison was buried at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville, Tarrant Co., Texas.^4,5 She was born in 1931 at Oklahoma.^1,4 As of July 27, 1948,her married name was Barrow.⁶ She married Paul Walton Barrow on July 27, 1948 at Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas.^6,3,5 Melva Lee Madison died on July 25, 1963 at Salina, Saline Co., Kansas.⁵ She Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Lucas Chapel for Mrs. Melva Lee Barrow, 32, a former Fort Worth resident who was found dead Thursday in the garage of her home in Salina, Kan. Her body was found beneath the family car. The engine was running. A coroner ruled suicide. She had had a cancer operation in 1962 and was reported despondent over her health. Surviving are her husband Maj. Paul W. Barrow of Schilling Air Force Base; three daughters, Deborah Lee, Paula Jean, and Melody Ann Barrow of Salina; a sister, and two brothers. Burial will be in Bluebonnet Hills. on July 28, 1963.⁵

     His Social Security Number was 445-32-4036.² Samuel Leon Madison was buried at Fairlawn Cemetery, 1123 East 6th Avenue, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.³ He married Carolyn Unknown.³ Samuel Leon Madison was born on November 21, 1935 at Walnut Township, Noble Co., Oklahoma.^2,4,3 He died on November 28, 1973 at age 38.^2,4,3

     Violet May Flowers was buried at Fairlawn Cemetery, 1123 East 6th Avenue, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.¹ She was born on July 25, 1926.¹ As of July 9, 1944,her married name was Madison.¹ She married John Gentry "Johnie" Madison, son of Walter Floyd Madison and Klyce Olevia Malone, on July 9, 1944.^1,2 Violet May Flowers died on May 2, 1975 at age 48.¹

     His Social Security Number was 462-14-5323.⁶ Paul Walton Barrow was buried at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, 5725 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville, Tarrant Co., Texas.^4,5 He was born on September 10, 1922 at Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., Texas.^6,3,4 He married Melva Lee Madison, daughter of Walter Floyd Madison and Klyce Olevia Malone, on July 27, 1948 at Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas.^7,2,8 Paul Walton Barrow died on May 6, 1994 at Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas, at age 71.^1,6,4,5 He FORT WORTH - Paul W. "Jack" Barrow, a retired Air Force officer, died Friday at home. He was 71. Funeral will be at noon Wednesday at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home in Colleyville. Burial will be in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Maj. Barrow was born in Grand Prairie and lived in Fort Worth for most of his life. He served 26 years in the Air Force. He was also a helicopter instructor for Southwestern Airways of Texas for 10 years, and worked for the family business, Barrow Electric Co. for 10 years. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. His wife, Melva Lee Barrow, died in 1963. Survivors: Three daughters, Deborah Lee Barrow of Florence, Italy, Paula Jean "Jackie" Moon of Houston and Melody Ann Barrow DeMattia of Arlington; sister, Grace I. Martin of Euless; two brothers, Albert Eugene "Gene" Barrow and Jerald Bennett "Benny" Barrow, both of North Richland Hills; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson. on May 9, 1994.⁵

     Hugh Forest "Philip" McQuain was buried at Marena Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.⁵ He was born on April 1, 1866 at Gilmer Co., West Virginia.⁴ He married Viola Faye Madison, daughter of Samuel Leonard "Sam" Madison and Clara Florence Cabe, on September 23, 1916 at Payne Co., Oklahoma.² Hugh Forest "Philip" McQuain died in 1958.⁵

     Walter Floyd McQuain was buried at Tempe Double Butte Cemetery, 2505 West Broadway Road, Tempe, Maricopa Co., Arizona.³ He married Margaret Wray Kelly.^5,6 Walter Floyd McQuain was born on August 13, 1918 at Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.² He died on September 27, 1969 at Maricopa Co., Arizona, at age 51.³ He McQUAIN, Walter Floyd, 512 W. Fillmore. Father of David. Graveside services 2 p.m. today in Double Butte Cemetery with Kev. Sam Carruth officiating. on October 1, 1969.³

     Her Social Security Number was 456-24-7738.² Her married name was McQuain.¹ Margaret Wray Kelly married Walter Floyd McQuain, son of Hugh Forest "Philip" McQuain and Viola Faye Madison.^1,3 Margaret Wray Kelly was born on March 10, 1920 at Kansas.^1,2 She died on March 8, 1982 at Riverside Co., California, at age 61.¹

     Barbara Allen Swisher was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 6500 South Perkins Road, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.³ She Barbara Allen White, age 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Stillwater Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1930 on a farm in Noble County to Orville and Ida (Madison) Swisher, the seventh of sixteen children. Barbara was preceded in death by her loving husband Walter Robert (Bob) White. She and Bob enjoyed many hours of fun and laughter with friends at the local Masonic Lodge. Barbara was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Social Order of the Beauceant in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was also a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church Stillwater, where she served in many ways.
Barbara may be known best in the community by her many years working at Consumers IGA. Her joy and laughter could be heard throughout the store. She was also famous for her off-key “Happy Birthday Solos” on the Consumers loudspeaker to anyone entering the store on their birthday. To all of us, Barbara was simply Granny Bo, the joyful, loving center of our family. Granny Bo always had a smile, a hug, and a loving ear for all. Family was important to Granny Bo and she spent as much time with her family as she could. She especially loved spending time with her sisters. She will be remembered as a caring mother and loving grandmother, our “Granny Bo”. Members of her family include her two brothers, Ron Swisher and Ike Swisher; her sister Sally Brown; her three sons Mickey Wick, Danny Wick and wife Cheryl, and Randy Wick and wife Jill; her daughter Judy Hill and husband Scott; and her step-daughter Jodie Wetzel and husband Dan. Barbara also leaves behind ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren, and many other loving relatives and friends. Burial services will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. Barbara was truly a special person who was loved and will be greatly missed. She will be remembered as a bright shining light, full of laughter and love.³ Her married name was Wick.³ She married Unknown Wick.^3,7 Barbara Allen Swisher was born on July 24, 1930 at Noble Co., Oklahoma.³ As of September 21, 1967,her married name was White.⁸ She married Walter Robert "Bob" White on September 21, 1967 at Payne Co., Oklahoma.^3,6,8 Barbara Allen Swisher died on March 14, 2019 at Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma, at age 88.³

     Clara O'Dene Swisher was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 6500 South Perkins Road, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.^3,9 She On Friday morning, December 21, 2018, Clara O'Dene Langley, under the loving care of hospice and family, passed from this world and began her eternal rest at the age of 87. Clara's long, full, and productive life began on October 24, 1931 when she was born to Orville and Ida Swisher on the family farm in Noble County where she was the eighth of sixteen children. She loved the farm animals, especially horses. Growing up during the Great Depression Era was not always easy, but work on the farm taught her many life lessons that she passed on to her children. Clara's work career included a time of working for Graves Drug Store, and as bookkeeper for the family business, Auto Safety Center. Her real work, however, was raising her four wonderful children. On March 14, 1949 Clara married Walter "James" Langley and thus began a wonderful journey of love and family that would begin in Stillwater, but it would be Ponca City that would become their lifelong home for some fifty-four years. Their marriage produced four children: Linda, Nancy, Martha and Mark. Family was very important to Clara. As the children grew up, they remained close as all remained in Ponca City. This meant monthly gatherings at Mom and Dad's house and plenty of time at "Our Place " celebrating family. Clara loved to quilt and many quilts were made for family and friends at Clara's Quilt House. She also loved to go on trips with her family. Clara was indeed a special person who was loved and will be greatly missed. Above all else, Clara will be remembered as a wonderful wife, a caring mother, and a loving grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by James, her husband of 69 years; her five children: Linda, and husband Mike Culver; Nancy, and husband Gary Watters; Martha, and husband Matt Cremers; Mark, and wife Sandra Langley; and Suzy, and husband Jim Pascal. To show the strength of family ties, all the family lives in Ponca City. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren. Clara also is survived by two sisters, Sallie Brown and Barbara White, both of Stillwater and two brothers, Ron Swisher of Collinsville and Ike Swisher of Stillwater, numerous nephews and nieces, other family members and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 28, at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel, located at 610 S. Duncan Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family would like to thank Via Christie Village and Hospice for the wonderful care and love shown to Clara during the final days of her struggle.³ She was born on October 24, 1931 at Noble Co., Oklahoma.³ As of March 14, 1949,her married name was Langley.³ She married Walter James Langley on March 14, 1949 at Payne Co., Oklahoma.^6,3,4,5 Clara O'Dene Swisher died on December 21, 2018 at Oklahoma at age 87.³

     Walter Robert "Bob" White was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 6500 South Perkins Road, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.² His Social Security Number was 505-07-5828.⁵ He was born on May 12, 1916 at Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota.^2,4,5 He married Barbara Allen Swisher, daughter of Orville Jasper Swisher and Ida Ellis Madison, on September 21, 1967 at Payne Co., Oklahoma.^1,6,3 Walter Robert "Bob" White died on March 16, 1993 at Oklahoma at age 76.^2,5

     Johnny M. Seales was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 6500 South Perkins Road, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.² His Social Security Number was 460-40-9160.³ He Johnny Manyard Seales, 69, Stillwater, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church. Dr. William S. Inglish will preside. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. He was born in Turkey, Texas, Nov. 22, 1932, to Johnnie R. and Lillie Mae (Payne) Seales. He married Dorothy Crowson and they were later divorced. He married Lenora Swisher in Stillwater in August 1982. She preceded him in death on Oct. 1, 1995. He married Laquita Kizziar on Nov. 6, 1997. Seales grew up in West Texas and following high school, joined the Navy and served from 1951 to 1955. He then became a top salesman for every company he represented. In 1972, he moved to Stillwater and became a business partner with Don Roberts. Together they owned and operated several different successful businesses in the area. Seales never met a stranger and his favorite pastime was sharing life with his expansive circle of family and friends.He was a member of the First Christian Church and the Elks Lodge and a former member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents; his second wife; two brothers; one granddaughter, Jordan Seales; and one step-daughter. He is survived by his wife Laquita; three sons, Randy Seales and his wife Argel of Stillwater, Johnny Seales Jr. and his wife Susan of Ponca City and Joel Seales of Stillwater; six step-sons, Sid Kizziar and his wife Terry of Ft. Worth, Texas, Kenneth Kizziar of Stillwater Terry Langley and wife Charlotte of Edmond; Rick Langley and his wife Debbie of Texas, Johnnie Devine and his wife Deana of Stillwater and Kelly Devine and his wife Renda of Stillwater; two step-daughters, Michelle Hill and her husband Rodney of Anchorage, Alaska and Shawna Reed and her husband Mark of Stillwater; 20 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Lanette Hogg and her husband Kenneth of Lamesa, Texas; three half-sisters; and one half-brother.² He was born on November 22, 1932 at Turkey, Hall Co., Texas.^2,3 He married Lenora Jane Swisher, daughter of Orville Jasper Swisher and Ida Ellis Madison, on August 8, 1982 at Hugo, Choctaw Co., Oklahoma.^1,2,4,5 Johnny M. Seales died on August 29, 2002 at Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma, at age 69.^2,3

     Walter James Langley Walter James Langley passed from this world on Thursday, August 29, 2019 and began his eternal rest at the age of 89. A memorial service will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home and Cremation. James’s long full and productive life began on May 21, 1930 in Glencoe, Oklahoma where he was the oldest of four children born to Earnest and Viola Langley. As a young boy he learned the value of work and family, as he always cared for his sisters and was always busy. An early work ethic that he learned during the depression years served him well through life. On March 14, 1949 James married Clara O’Dene Swisher and thus began a wonderful journey of love and family that would begin in Stillwater, but it would be Ponca City that would become their lifelong home for some fifty-four years. James’ working career included working for Meadow Gold and Mid-West Dairies in Stillwater, Okmulgee, Tulsa and finally Ponca City. It was in Ponca City that James took the initiative to become an entrepreneur. He owned and operated Long’s Conoco on north first street for several years. However, most everyone knew James for his business on south Pine, Auto Safety Center, which he owned and operated with his son, Mark. Everyone knew two things about James and his business, no one would work harder and no one was fairer and more honest. Even after retiring from Auto Safety Center, James kept busy with his rental property. Everyone who knew James understood that staying busy was in his DNA. James will be remembered as a wonderful husband, a caring father, a loving grandfather and great grandfather. Their marriage produced four children, Linda, Nancy, Martha and Mark. Family was always very important to James. Family gatherings were always one of the highlights of his life. His favorite time was spent on his small and rural getaway “Our Place” This is where he found peace, raising gardens, mowing on his tractor and preparing for those family gatherings, and the more family that showed up the better. Two catch phrases that James always said that shows his genuine love for family and friends, “what’s your hurry” as you were getting ready to leave and “see you more later” as if to say, come back soon. James was always, a man of integrity and humility, two qualities that he possessed in abundance. James is proceeded in death by his parents, his loving wife of 69 years and one sister, Thelma Madison. He is survived by his five children, Linda and (Mike) Culver, Nancy (Gary) Watters, Martha (Matt) Cremers, Mark (Sandra) Langley, Suzy (Jim) Pascal. James is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elvina Cox of Jones, Oklahoma and Velta Benson of Catoosa, Oklahoma as well as numerous nephews and nieces.³ He was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 6500 South Perkins Road, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.^5,3 He was born on May 21, 1930 at Glencoe, Payne Co., Oklahoma.³ He married Clara O'Dene Swisher, daughter of Orville Jasper Swisher and Ida Ellis Madison, on March 14, 1949 at Payne Co., Oklahoma.^1,2,3,4 Walter James Langley died on August 29, 2019 at Oklahoma at age 89.³