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EARL C. COLBERT
Funeral services for Earl Charles Colbert, 62, of Antlers will be
held today
at 2:30 p.m. in the Jesus Name Church at Antlers. Rev. Howard L.
Baker, a
nephew, and Rev. Henderson Abbott will officiate.
Colbert was born September 16, 1908 at Sardis and died May 17,
1971 at the
Indian Hospital at Talihina. He was severly burned in an accident
at the
city dump where he was employed as caretaker. He had lived in this
community
some 50 years.
He is survived by his wife, Effie of the home; two sons: Franklin
Colbert
and Marshall Colbert; two step-sons: Charles Yarbrough of Broken
Bow and
Alfred Yarbrough of Longview, Texas; two brothers: Ezra Colbert of
Oklahoma
City and Everidge Benton of Tulsa; one sister: Margaret Robertson
of
Holdenville; two grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jimmy Loman, Isom Loman, Ira Moran, Joe Allen,
Leo Nelson,
Wilson Riley and Moses Harjo.
Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery at Antlers under the direction
of Coffey
Funeral Home.
(The Antlers American, May 20, 1971)
Transcribed by: Teresa Young |
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