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William Walter Hughes

W.W. Hughes Dies From Heart Attack
The Hugo Daily News June 18, 1946 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    A veteran Frisco railroad engineer, William Walter Hughes, 66, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after he had brought his train into Hope, Ark., late Monday.
    Mr. Hughes, engineer for the Frisco's run between Hugo and Hope, was taken ill 41 miles from Hope at the Ashdown, Ark., stop. He continued his work, however, and took his train on to Hope, arriving there at 7 p.m. Monday.
    Walter Wallace, conductor of the train, said that Mr. Hughes was taken to a Hope hospital where he died at 10:30 p.m. Monday.
    Funeral services will be conducted for the pioneer Hugo resident, a Frisco employee here since 1903, in the First Methodist church here at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Rev C.W. Lester, pastor, will officiate.
    Interment will be in the Mount Olivet cemetery with Campbell's Funeral home in charge of arrangements. The body arrived from Hope at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
    Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Maude Hinton Hughes; one son, Billie, Hugo; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Reed of Fort Smith, Ark.; Mrs. Lucy Haynes of Denver, Colorado, and Mrs. Arthur Hood, Hugo; three brothers, J.R. Hughes of Winchester, Ind., L.B. Hughes of St. Louis, Mo., and R.B. Hughes of Houston, Texas.
    Mr. Hughes was born at Dixon, Mo., on July 4, 1879. He came to Hugo from Springfield, Mo., as a Frisco employee in 1903. For the past seven years he has been engineer of the Hugo-Hope run.

J.M. Campbell

Services for J.M. Campbell Thursday
The Hugo Daily News July 10, 1946 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Funeral services for J.M. Campbell, pioneer highway employee and Hugo resident who died in a Paris hospital Tuesday, will be conducted in the First Methodist church at 10 a.m. Thursday by Rev. C.W. Lester, pastor.
    Interment will be in the Mount Olivet cemetery with Coffey Funeral home in harge [sic] of arrangements.
    Survivors include his wife, Maggie; one sister, Mrs. George Bradford, Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers, J.V. Campbell of Fort Worth, and F.W. Campbell of New York, N.Y.
    Mr. Campbell was born April 18, 1878, in Austin, Texas. He came to Hugo 32 years ago and has been connected with the state highway maintenance department the past 28 years.
    He became seriously ill on Monday night and was rushed to the Paris hospital where he succumbed about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
    Pallbearers will be Bob Woodson, M.P. Rogers, J.H. Fincher, Roy Evans and Tom Bentley of Paris.

A.L. Stanley

A.L. Stanley Dies After Long Illness
The Hugo Daily News July 14, 1946 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    A.L. Stanley died at his home in the Shelton apartments at 12:25 a.m. Saturday following an illness of many months.
    Mr. Stanley had been ill for many months but was not considered dangerously ill until his condition grew suddenly worse during Friday night.
    Funeral arrangements are incomplete, as Mrs. Stanley is believed to be enroute [sic] home from Cleveland, Ohio, where she was a delegate to the National Business and Professional Women's club which held its annual meeting in that city last week.
    Funeral arrangements and announcements will be made from the Coffey Funeral home, who will be in charge.
    Mr. Stanley, former businessman of Ft. Worth, Texas, came to Hugo at the time of his marriage and has been a resident of this city since that time. While in Ft. Worth he was credit manager and sales manager for the Monnig Dry Goods company.
    He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Ft. Worth and a member of the Hugo Lions club.
    During his residence here he made many friends who join with the many friends in Ft. Worth in expressing condolence in hiss [sic] passing.
    Further details will be announced.

Madison A. Vandever

Vandever Services In Ft. Towson Fri.
The Hugo Daily News July 18, 1946 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Funeral services for Madison A. Vandever, farmer of the Fort Towson community who died in a local hospital Wednesday, will be conducted in the Fort Towson cemetery at 2 p.m. Friday.
    Leon Savage, Church of Christ minister, will officiate at the rites with Coffey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
    Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Lillie Vandever; four daughters, Claudia and Opal Vandever, both of Miami, Okla.; Verna Mae Vandever of Fort Towson, and Mrs. Bertha Smith, Grand Canyon, Ariz. and five sons, Nathan, Ezra Leon, William and Clyde, all of Fort Towson, and John, Sobol; and one brother, Sam Vandever of Arkansas.
    mr. Vandever was born December 23, 1871. He resided 8 miles north of Fort Towson.

Thelma Dawkins Mankins

Mrs. T.O. Mankins Dies This Morning
Graduate of Hugo High School in '32
The Hugo Daily News June 15, 1939 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Mrs. T.O. Mankins, the former Thelma Dawkins, died at 11:30 a.m. today in Dr. E.A. Johnson's hospital following an illness of two months. The cause of death was Hemorrhagica Purpura.
    Mrs. Mankins was returned to the hospital yesterday after her condition grew steadily worse. She previously spent more than a month in the hospital but had recently been transferred to her home.
    She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Dawkins 406 East Trice, and was a native of Hugo. After graduation from Hugo high school in 1932, she attended the Paris Junior College for a short time, then returned to Hugo.
    She was married four years ago to T.O. Mankins and the couple made their home in Hugo. They have one daughter, Betty Edwina, two and one half years old.
    Surviving in addition to her husband and daughter are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Dawkins and three brothers, Warren, James and Dickie.
    The family has announced that burial will be made in Mount Olivet Cemetery following services in the Methodist Protestant church under the direction of the Rev. W.C. Mathes. No date has been fixed, however. The Snow Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Will Everidge

Will Everidge Dies In Paris Sanitarium
Member of Famous Indian Family
The Hugo Daily News July 6, 1939 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Will Everidge of Antlers, son of the late Captain Joe Everidge and a member of one of the most prominent Choctaw Indian families, died at 9 o'clock this morning in the Sanitarium of Paris. Death resulted from internal injuries suffered when he was thrown from a horse last Friday.
    Funeral services will be conducted in the First Presbyterian Church of Antlers at 11 a.m. Friday and the body will be laid to rest in the Old Everidge family cemetery near the B. Nation point east of Grant. Burial will take place some time in the afternoon, with Woodruff-Jones funeral directors in charge.
    Everidge was 65 years old, having been born in the Goodwater, Indian Territory community on December 19, 1873. Prior to statehood he was interpreter for the U.S. Indian agency and later became U.S. deputy marshall. Until five years ago when he retired to the Dick Locke Ranch to engage in stock raising, he was a special officer for the Santa Fe railroad with headquarters at Ardmore.
    Surviving are three sons, Edgar Everidge of Oklahoma City; Earl D. Everidge of Tulsa; and Joe Everidge of Okmulgee; a brother, Governor J. Everidge of Window Rock, Ariz., and these sisters; Mrs. D.C. Harris, Antlers; Mrs. Emma Wilson, Stillwater, Okla; Mrs. May Irvin of Houston; Mrs. Ophelia Kelleam of Idabel, Okla.; Miss Gertrude Everidge, Mrs. Robert Leard and Mrs. Robbie Tugwell, all of San Angelo; and his step mother, Mrs. Joe Everidge of Grant.

E.A. Burke

E.A. Burke Dies Of Heart Attack; Funeral Friday
Prominent Barrister Came Here Soon After Statehood
The Hugo Daily News September 27, 1939 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    E.A. Burke, member of the law firm of Burke and Trice, died at his home on East Duke street shortly before midnight Tuesday as the result of a heart attack. Death came as a surprise and shock to relatives and friends since the well known barrister apparently had been in good health. He was 65 years old.
    Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, but the place has not yet been decided. Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery under the direction of the Masonic lodge. Coffey-Baker funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
    Surviving in addition to his wife who was with him when death came, are two sisters, Mrs. Ross Hayden, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Ed Wood, of Newkirk, Oklahoma, and three brothers, Ray Burke, of Olympia, Washington; W.A. Burke, Shenandoah, Iowa, and Hal Burke, of Mercedes, Calif.
    At press time today two of the brothers, Ray and Hal, had not been heard from, but the other brother and two sisters had arrived or were enroute here for the funeral services.
    Burke was a native of Kansas, but early in life moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma, where he served as clerk of the United States court and court clerk of Kay county.
    Came Here in 1908
    He came to Hugo from Newkirk in 1908 to accept a position as deputy district court clerk under T.W. Hunter. He served as deputy during Hunter's two terms, and then ran for office, defeating R.L. Jones. Unopposed in his second campaign, Burke served two terms as district court clerk and then entered private law practice in partnership with B.D. Jordan.
    The firm of Jordan and Burke was dissolved in 1928, at which time Burke entered into a partnership with Albert Trice. Although Mr. Trice moved to Ada two years ago, the firm has continued to operate under the same name here, with Mr. Burke handling the Hugo business and Mr. Trice devoting most of his time to his Ada practice.
    Prominent Church Man
    Burke has been teacher of the Men's Bible class of the First Methodist church for many years and held that position up to the time of his death. He also was a steward and trustee in the church.
    He was a Knights Templar in the Masonic lodge and one time was president of the Hugo Lions club. He held the position of chairman of the administrative committee of District 17 Oklahoma State Bar Association, comprising Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties, until the legislature repealed the bar act.

Charles McDuffy

CHARLES McDUFFY DIED EARLY TUES.
Well Known Fort Towson Resident Dies of Head Injuries
The Hugo Daily News February 13, 1935 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Charles McDuffy, aged 38 years, died at his home near Fort Towson, early Tuesday morning as the result of injuries sustained in a fight near Fennell on the night of January 10th.
    McDuffy, was immediately brought to the Doctor's hospital here where it was found he was suffering from a head injury, which is alleged to have been inflicted by Earl Wyn, of Fort Towson as the two engaged in a fight at the home of Johnny Stacy of Fennell.
    Physicians here and from Paris did their upmost to save his life, and even went so far as to perform a skull operation, and for a time it was believed that his life had been saved. Several days ago he was taken to his home, and at that time it was believed that his condition was improved and that he would live, and the announcement of his death came as a shock to the citizens of this and the Fort Towson community.
    Funeral services took place today in the Doaksville cemetery.
    Wyn, who has been charged with assault with intent to kill, and who has been in the county jail for some time, may now face murder charges, according to word from the court house today.

I.L. Strange

I.L. STRANGE RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Pioneer Hugo Lawyer Was Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery
The Hugo Daily News February 13, 1935 - transcribed & contributed by Ron Henson

    Funeral services for I.L. Strange, pioneer Hugo lawyer were held this afternoon at the Senner funeral home chappel [sic], with Reverend Hicks officiating.
    Interment took place in the Mount Olivet cemetery following the services.
    Mr. Strange was found dead in his law office at Claremore early Monday. his body was brought to Hugo today accompanied by his daughter, Ruth.
    Mr. Strange moved to Hugo early this century and in 1922-23 was assistant county attorney under M.W. Gross, after leaving this position he practiced law here until 1929 when he left with his family for Colorado Springs.
    Surviving him are three children, Ruth of Denton, Texas; A.C.I.A. student, Lois of Phoenix, Arizona and Vernon of New York City.
    Pall bearers at the funeral were T.W. Hunter, M.W. Gross, Ralph Jenner, R.L. Evans, Robert Warren and O.A. Brewer.

Annie Maud Self

SELF FUNERAL TO BE TODAY
Mother of Local Men Had Lived in County All Life
Unknown newspaper, unknown date - contributed by Pat Gee, transcribed by Ron Henson

    Mrs. Annie Maud Self, who was born at Roebuck lake February 5, 1873, and lived in Choctaw county all her life, died at her home on East Kirk road Sunday of a heart ailment.
    Mrs. Self was in Hugo Friday and appeared in her usual health. She was found dead by her two sons, Thomas Self and Ollie Self, when they went to her home Sunday afternoon. She apparently died that morning.
    Mrs. Self was united in marriage to Thomas Self August 18, 1890, at Old Goodland. He preceded her in death, passing away November 20, 1941.
    Funeral services are to be held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church by Dr. J.F. Murrell, pastor. Coffey Funeral home will be in charge of interment in the Roebuck cemetery.
    Pallbearers will be Jess Messer, Marion Watson, Tom Holton, Silas Harkins, Farris Nix and Walter Leard.
    Six sons survive Mrs. Self. They are Thomas and Ollie Self, of Hugo, W.P. Self and James E. Self of Los Angeles Calif., H.E. Self, of Shafter, Calif., and Roy R. Self, of Pasco, Wash. One sister, Mrs. Josephine Latimer, of St. Petersburg, Fla., 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren also survive her.

transcriber's note: handwritten on the obit, "died Dec. 14 -47"