Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Overton, Thomas D. December 10, 1990
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The El Dorado Times, December 15, 1990
The El Dorado Times
December 15, 1990

Thomas D. Overton, 92, formerly of Towanda and El Dorado died Monday evening, 
Dec. 10, 1990 at the Neodesha Nursing Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at 
Carlson Funeral Home with burial following in the Towanda Cemetery.

Mr. Overton was born May 14, 1898 at Caruthersville, Mo. To Thomas D. and Anna 
Lula Reed Overton. He moved to El Dorado in 1920 and had also lived in Oil Hill 
and Towanda.

He worked in the oil fields as a driller, pumper and tool dresser for Cities 
Service Oil Company, retiring in 1963. he was a member of the Towanda Lodge No. 
30 AF&AM, a life member of the VFW in Neodesha, and was instrumental in 
organizing the local O.C.A.W.

He served as an infantryman in the First Infantry Division from 1917 to 1919. 
He was part of the first division to deploy overseas in WWI and was part of the 
first American division to see combat. On July 17, 1918, he was wounded. After 
recovering he participated in one of the greatest battles of the war, the Meuse 
Argonne and was cited for gallantry. He returned home Sept. 17, 1919 with the 
First Infantry Division, “The Big Red One.”

Mr. Overton received three of five battle clasps, three Bronze Stars, the 
Silver Star and the Purple Heart.

On Oct. 18, 1919 he and Thelma L. Slankard were married in Byltheville, Ark. 
She preceded him in death July 22, 1973.

Survivors include: sons, Hollis of Towanda, Thomas Jr. of Ponca City, Okla.; 
daughters, Joy Rogers of Neodesha, Patsy Galyen of El Dorado, Julia Mae Ashby 
of Blytheille, Ark.; eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, three great-
great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

A memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association. Carlson 
Funeral Home has the arrangements. Masonic services will be conducted at the 
funeral home by Towanda City Lodge No. 30


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