Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Joe Cephis Driver
   
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   Funeral  services  for Joe Cephis Driver will be conducted on Saturday
   at  2 p.m. from the A.G. "Buck" Creach Auditorium in Hammon. Rev. Bart
   Montgomery  will  be  officiating.  Burial will follow in the Red Hill
   Cemetery,  Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of
   the Martin Funeral Home.
   Mr.  Driver  was  born  on  July  25,  1914 in Olustee, and died early
   Thursday January 14, 1988 at his home in Hammon. He was 73.
   Mr. Driver moved with his family from Olustee to Wellington where they
   lived  for  a  short  time and they also lived in Stephenville, Texas,
   before moving to western Oklahoma, settling in the Hammon community.
   Mr.  Driver  was married to Mary Ann Pinkston on September 17, 1939 in
   Hammon,  and  she  survives him. He was employed by Roger Mills County
   for some 40 years, serving as foreman for the past 5 years.
   Besides his wife, Mary Ann, he is survived by 2 sons, Mahlon Driver of
   Sayre  and Ronnie Driver of Elk City; 2 daughters, Paulette Walker and
   Rita  Dodd, both of Hammon; 4 brothers, Clarence and J.W., both of Elk
   City, and Buddy and Cotton, both of Clinton; 5 sisters, Lula Trent and
   Katie  Bright of Elk City, Odessa Drinnon of Hammon, Jessie Carter and
   Minnie  Spitzer,  both  of Rockland, Calif.; Faye Graaybill of Canute;
   and by 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.