Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Clarence Clinton Driver
   
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   Funeral  services  for  Clarence  Driver  will be conducted at 10 a.m.
   Friday,   in   the  First  Baptist  Church  with  Rev.  Keith  Russell
   officiating.  Burial  will  follow  in  the Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon,
   Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral
   Home.
   Clarence  Clinton Driver was born May 7, 1907 in Hico, Texas, and died
   early  Wednesday morning March 4, 1992 at the age of 84. He moved with
   his  family  from  Texas to the Kiowa community. He farmed and ranched
   just  south  of Leedey from the early 1940's until retiring and moving
   to  Elk  City in 1973. He was married to Lillie Ethel Trent on October
   17,  1927  at Hammon and she preceded him in death on July 3, 1980. On
   October  2, 1982 he was married to Thelma Lawson in Elk City. He was a
   longtime  member  of  the First Baptist Church serving as a Deacon and
   was  ordained  in 1961 while a member of the Hammon Baptist Church. He
   enjoyed  working  with  the soil. He worked for the Upper Washita Soil
   Conservation service for over seven years.
   Survivors  include his wife Thelma of the Elk City home; one daughter,
   Elizabeth  V.  "Betty"  and her husband Marvin Crowdis; eight brothers
   and  sisters;  Minnie  Spitzer  of  Rocklin,  Calif., Jessie Carter of
   Rocklin,  Calif.,  Leroy  Driver of Clinton, Odessa Drinnon of Hammon,
   Frank Graybill of Canute, Lula Trent, Katie Bright, and J.W. Driver of
   Clinton;  three  grandchildren  and  8  great  grandchildren.  He  was
   preceded in death by his wife and one brother, Joe Driver.