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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, April 15, 1959 September 6, 1888 ~ April 10, 1959 Former Carnegie Druggist Dies In Clinton Hospital Funeral services for Marvin Darnell, Clinton, who formerly operated drug stores in Carnegie, Sentinel, and Chattanooga, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Clinton First Methodist church. Burial was at Apache. Darnell, in failing health the past few years, died Friday afternoon in Oklahoma General Hospital at the age of 70. He had entered the hospital earlier in the week after becoming critically ill. He bought the local store operated here for many years by Roy Benward in 1947 and about a year later sold the firm to Dewey Adams. He operated a drug store at Sentinel for a number of years and in 1925 purchased a store in Clinton, which he also sold in 1947. He was a member of the Methodist church in Apache, a member of the Masonic lodge, Modern Woodmen and the Clinton Kiwanis club. Survivors include his wife; one son, Mayo of Clinton; three daughters, Mrs. Jarrett Edmonds, Mrs. John E. Cochran and Mrs. Perry O. Davis, all of Clinton; one sister, Mrs. Martin G. Kizer, Apache; a brother, Leslie Darnell, Apache, and nine grandchildren |
© Crews Funeral Home Apache, Caddo CO, Oklahoma April 2008 December 23, 1916 ~ April 20, 2008 LAS VEGAS -- Funeral for former Apache resident Joycle Dee Darnell, 91, Las Vegas, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, Apache. Mrs. Darnell died Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Las Vegas. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under direction of Crews Funeral Home, Apache. She was born December 26, 1916, in Gracemont, to Walter and Ann Hickman Moorehead. She graduated from Cyril High School and received her degree in home economics from Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha. She married Jesse S. Darnell on November 23, 1942, at Oklahoma City. He died November 5, 1985. They moved to Detroit in 1946, where she was the head dietician for the Detroit Public School System. They moved back to Apache in 1979, and in 1998 she moved to California to help care for a great-granddaughter. She was a member of Apache First United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Gary R. Darnell, Brighton, Mich.; and Jon G. and Sounia Darnell, Las Vegas; five grandchildren and their spouses: Jeff Darnell, New Jersey; Stacy and Brad Judd, California; Gene and Ann Darnell, Michigan; and Ian Darnell and Erin Darnell, both of Utah; a special great-grandchild, Megan Judd, of California; and many nieces and nephews. |
© Crews Funeral Home Apache, Caddo CO, Oklahoma October 2013 September 19, 1923 ~ October 26, 2013 APACHE: Funeral for James Calvin "Jim" Darnell, 90, Apache, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Apache First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Stinnett officiating and Pastor Brad Bridges assisting. He passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Lawton. Burial with military honors will be held in Fairview Cemetery, Apache, under the direction of Crews Funeral Home. Jim born September 19, 1923, in Boone on the family farm to Leslie Irvin and Lura Mary Smith Darnell. He graduated from high school and entered the Navy. He served during World War II as a turret gunner and airborne radar. After his service he went to Cameron College, then to University of Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor of Education degree. He married B.K. Smith on January 24, 1953, in Oklahoma City. They made their home in Apache and he taught school at Stecker for a short while. He took up farming and also worked at Fort Sill on several civil service projects. Jim later went to work for the U.S. Post Office as a rural letter carrier until his retirement. He was a member of the Rural Lettercarriers Association. He continued raising cattle and farming on the side. Jim enjoyed being outdoors; he and his friends spent many years deer hunting locally and in Colorado and New Mexico. He also fished. He took up golfing and was a member of the Fort Cobb Golf Club. Jim's greatest joy was spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His legacy was a statement he made on his 90th birthday: "If I had my life to live over again, I wouldn't change one thing no sir, not one bit." He is survived by one son and his wife, Joe and Christine Darnell of Apache; one daughter and her husband, Ann and Joel Livingston, Apache; one stepson, Tom Shelton of Hondo, Texas; one stepdaughter, Kay Lynn Bridges of Crockett, Texas; four grandchildren and spouses: Brook and Kay Livingston, Karyn and Eric Taylor, Brynn and Amy Livingston and Calin Darnell; 12 step-grandchildren who knew him as "Daddy Jim: Tammy Rowland, Mike Urban, Greg Bridges, Brad Bridges, Marilyn Walker, Bill Bridges, Curt Bridges, Scotty Shelton, Eve Rubenstein, Chris Shelton, Steve Shelton, Craig Marroquin; five great-grandchildren: Katie Livingston, Keila Price, Madalynn Taylor, Blayklee Livingston and Hank Taylor; and many step-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, B.K. Darnell; four brothers: Irvin Darnell, Jesse Darnell, Bob Darnell, Gene Darnell; three sisters: Mary Cotton, Wilma Smock, Laura Mann; one nephew, Woody Cotton; and one niece: Kimberly Cotton. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.crewsfh.com. |
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