Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
butterfly
image
Click here to break out of frames
This information is available for free. If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.


© Glenn

Alva Tharp and Allie Keller ALBRIGHT

Hawley Cemetery


Allie Keller Albright
© Enid Morning News
07-1985
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre


Cherokee – Allie Keller Albright, 90, retired homemaker, died Friday in a Cherokee nursing home.

Services will be held at 9 AM Monday at the Fisher – Grapes Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Burial will be in the Hawley Cemetery under the direction of Fisher – Grapes Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Cherokee Manor Nursing Home or the Hawley Baptist Church building fund.

She was born December 9, 1894, in Grant County. She moved to Cherokee in 1949 from the Hawley community.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alva, on November 20, 1980.

Survivors include a son, Lee Albright, New Orleans, Louisiana; daughter, June Howard, Chicago, Illinois; a sister, Dessie Elswick, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.



Alva T. Albright
© Enid Morning News
11-1980
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre


Cherokee – Alva T. Albright, 85, died Thursday morning in an Enid nursing home following a period of ill health.

Funeral services will be at 2 PM Saturday in the Grapes Funeral Home Chapel at Cherokee with the Rev. Gary Lillie, minister of Bethel – Hawley Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the Hawley Cemetery.

Albright was born September 4, 1895, in Reno County, near Hutchinson, Kansas, to Grant and Mary Kay Albright. At the age of four, he moved with his parents to Oklahoma, settling in the Hawley community. He attended the Gore school. On October 24, 1917, in Enid, he married Allie Keller of Jefferson. They made their home in the Hawley community where he farmed. The couple moved to Cherokee in 1949.

Albright was a member of the First Baptist Church, and had served on the board of the Alfalfa Electric Cooperative Association for several years. He had also served on the board of city commissioners at Cherokee for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Allie, one daughter, Mrs. June Howard, Chicago, Illinois; one son, Lee Albright, New Orleans, Louisiana; one sister, Mrs. Lola Barrow, Enid; one brother, W. G. Albright, Enid; five grandchildren; and three great – grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Alfalfa County Hospital in Cherokee with the funeral home serving as custodian.

|Hawley Cemetery Page|  |Grant County Cemetery Page|  |Home|



This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.