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Hurshul P. Clothier © Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home 05-10-2023 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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Hurshul P. Clothier was born to Ralph Thomas and Julia Edna (Clarkson) Clothier. He died in Lakeview Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mabel Good Clothier, his son and daughter-in-law, Michael P. and Judy (Brower) Clothier of McKinney, Texas, three granddaughters, Jennifer Marie Clothier, Sara (Clothier) Burt and Stephanie Marie Clothier, all living in the Dallas, Texas area. Other living relatives are his brother, "Bob" Clothier of Cody, Wyoming; a sister, Barbara Ann Barnes of Perkins, Oklahoma.
Hurshul was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Bernard Clothier, Jim Clothier, and Bud Clothier; three sisters, Wilma Ecker, Joyce Windler and Faith Clothier.
They lived in Woodward from 1953 to 1973, where he started the Oklahoma Travelers and had a radio program. He had a weekly TV show on Channel 5 here in Enid. When Hershul and Mabel moved to Eufaula, Oklahoma, they purchased land to build their home and the 1000-seat Belle Star Theater, where Hurshul hosted live musical events, the most well-known being the annual "Bob Wills Weekend" held in September for many years. Hurshul is most remembered for his career as a musician and bandleader of "The Oklahoma Travelers", a country western swing band of the 50s and 60s. Many well-known performers have shared the stage with Hurshul and his band, including Lefty Frizell, Glen Campbell, Freddie Hart, to name a few. But the one he treasured the most was when he provided backup for the late Bob Wills in 1967, and Wills asked him to play his fiddle.
Hurshul was inducted into the Oklahoma Country Western Music Hall of Fame in Del City, Oklahoma in 1996. Just recently, he was notified that he is to be inducted into The Cowtown Society of Western Music in Ft. Worth, Texas, and also into Oklahoma Western Swing Society in Yukon, Oklahoma. His latest album, "The Jam Session," was recorded in Golden, Colorado, in the classic Bob Wills western-swing style and was highlighted in the 1984 edition of "Country Music" magazine. Wayne Wade, reporter for the "Indian Journal" wrote of Hurshul Clothier in his article in the May, 26, 2005 edition, "This writer enjoyed Clothier's Bob Wills weekends every September and misses the swinging sound of twin fiddles that filled the air out on Texanna Road. A congenial host, Clothier joined The Playboys remnant on stage, played his fiddle and danced a jig. That's the image I have of him...sawing on that fiddle... For Clothier, it don't get no better than that."
Services was held Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 1 p.m. at Ladusau-Evans Chapel with Wendell Cox, Checotah Hospice, officiating. Burial followed at the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
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