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Trueman Wilder Carper
Apr 18, 1926 - Apr 13, 2011
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Courtesy of Greer Funeral Home
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Greer Funeral Home
235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
(580) 782-3323
Trueman Carper, age 84, of Mangum, passed away Wednesday evening,
April 13, 2011, at Baptist Medical Center, in Oklahoma City.
Mr. Carper was born on April 18, 1926, in Sobel, Oklahoma to Young
McKinney and Lena Rivers (French) Carper. At a young age, the family
moved south of Gould, Oklahoma and Trueman graduated from Lewis Hill
School. Shortly after graduation, he joined the United States Army
where he proudly served his country. After returning home, he
married Alice May “Dean” White on February 2, 1946, at the Bethel
Baptist Church, south of Gould and they spent the next forty-seven
wonderful years together before her death on August 31, 1993. Moving
in to Mangum in 1950, Trueman worked at several locations until he
began working for Buddy Roulain at the service station on
Pennsylvania. Later they moved on North Louis Tittle where he began
running the station in August of 1968. In July 1972, he purchased
the DX station from Paul Elkins, changed the name to Carper Station
and continued that operation until retiring to his garden and
“windshield farming” with Dubbard Wynn in 1996. Trueman had a love
for baseball, watching Bonanza on television, gardening, taking care
of his chickens and spending time with his family.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one son, Gary Paul
Carper in 1947 and a brother, Kermit Carper.
He is survived by his
children, Donna McClendon and husband Lee of Altus and Davis Carper
and wife Cathy of Mangum; four grandchildren, Matthew McClendon of
Morgan Hill, California, Melissa Lederer and husband David of
Newport News, Virginia, Dava Carper of College Station, Texas and
Shelby Monroe and husband Matt of Mangum; two great grandchildren,
Meghan Lederer and Emily Lederer; three sisters, Leatrice Carper of
Oklahoma City, Imogene Pearson and Pauline LeCroy of Lubbock, Texas
along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Trueman Carper will be at 2 p.m., Sunday,
April, 17, 2011, at Greer Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Shawn
Laughlin officiating.
Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery
under the direction of Greer Funeral Home of Mangum.
The family will greet friends at Greer Funeral Home from 6 until 7
p.m., Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.GreerFuneral.com
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