ADOLPH WILLIAM LANSDALE, AGE 80, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

 

BORN:    AUGUST 21, 1914 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO VIRGIL C. AND PEARL (NELSON) LANSDALE.

 

PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1995 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

AGE:   80 YEARS 8  MONTHS  AND 5 DAYS.

 

MARRIED:     MR. LANSDALE NEVER MARRIED.

 

OCCUPATION:    RETIRED FARMER. 

 

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN ASSEMBLY OF GOD.

 

MR. LANSDALE WAS AN AVID GARDENER. OR, BY SOME ESTIMATES, A TRUCK FARMER, RAISING ENOUGH VEGETABLES TO SUPPLY MANY NEIGHBORS WITH FRESH HOME-GROWN GARDEN VEGETABLES.  HE WAS, AT ONE TIME, A CRAFTSMAN, MAKING MANY KINDS OF CRAFT ITEMS FOR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND RELATIVES. HE ALSO LOVED TO PLAY THE FIDDLE AND HARMONICA. 

 

     SURVIVED BY

 

BROTHERS:    DOYLE LANSDALE OF KANSAS CITY, MO

                           JOHNNY LANSDALE OF MARSHALL, TX.

                           JACK LANSDALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK

 

SISTER:    MATTIE BARHAM OF STRINGTOWN, OK

 

STEPMOTHER:    ROSE LANSDALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 

 

     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

 

PARENTS:   VIRGIL AND PEARL LANSDALE

BROTHERS:    JOHN W. Lansdale on march 2, 1991.

                           TROY LANSDALE of Atoka on October 28, 1988..

SISTER:    GERTRUDE LANSDALE. 

 

 

DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1995 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES:   MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

 

INTERMENT:   MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK

 

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOEY LANSDALE

ASSISTING:   REV. VIRGIL T. PATTON

 

CASKETBEARERS:   FLOYD McCARTY, JACK LANSDALE, DOYLE LANSDALE, JOHNNY LANSDALE, JERRY LANSDALE, SONNY EVANS.