Beckham County, OK - Obits: Wiliam A. Burran, 1930
30 Oct 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BURRAN, WILLIAM A.
(2 Sep 1930, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
RITES READ FOR W. A. BURRAN.  Pioneer Settler of Western Country Succumbs
at Austin, Texas.
Funeral services for William A. Burran, 91, pioneer settler in this
section, were held Sunday afternoon in Spearman, Texas.  Mr. Burran is the
grandfather of Raymond Parman, of this city.  Besides homesteading on land
25 miles northwest of Elk City, before statehood, Mr. Burran owned a
general merchandise store and was postmaster at a settlement in that
vicinity, known then as Brantly.
Mr. Burran was a veteran of the Civil War.  He died in the old soldier's
home in Tustin (sic), Texas.  He was born in Georgia and came to Oklahoma
before statehood.
Six children survive Mr. Burran.  They are:  Mrs. Eva Wilbanks and Robert
Burran of Spearman, Tex., Mrs. Betty Barbour, of Dalhart, Texas; Mrs. Kate
Ferguson of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. John Griffis of Higgins, Tex.; and Sid
Barran of Booker, Texas.