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Maudie Mae Sorrell ~~~1919-2001
January 30, 2001
© The Ponca City News |
| Submitted by: Shirley Harlan |
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NEWKIRK-- Maudie Mae Sorrell, longtime Newkirk resident, died Sunday evening, Jan. 28, 2001, in the Arkansas City Memorial Hospital. She was 81.
A graveside service has ben scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Newkirk Cemetery with the Rev. Dale Ledford, minister of the Newkirk Calvary Temple, officiating. Miller-Stahl Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Family members will serve as casket bearers.
Maudie Mae Sorrell was born May 5, 1919, in Nowata County, the daughter of Leonard Marion and Lula Mae (Green) Parrett. She grew up in the rural Nowata area and received her education in a rural school. After she left school, she helped her parents on their farm.
On Feb. 25, 1935, she married Thomas Edward Sorrell in Nowata. They made their home in and around Alluwe, Okla. In 1955 they moved to Sedan, Kan., moving a year later to Newkirk where she has since resided.
She was a member of the Calvary Temple and Pentecostal Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed her family and her houseplants.
She is survived by five sons, Andy Sorrell of Dewey, James Sorrell of Wetumka, and Thomas Sorrell, Jesse Sorrell and Dewey Sorrell, all of Newkirk; one daughter, Bertha Tull of Newkirk; one brother, Doyal "Pete" Parrett of Nowata; one sister, Opal Sutherlin of Nowata; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband on March 14, 1990; one daughter, Shirley; her parents; one brother, William; and one sister, Rebecca.