Beckham County, OK - Obits: Harold Lewis Caddell, 1929
10 Nov 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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CADDELL, HAROLD LEWIS
(28 Mar 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:30 at the Broadway Methodist
church in Elk City for Harold Lewis Caddell who died in Rochester, Minn.,
March 22, 1929, after an illness of five weeks.
Rev. H. W. Shirley, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated at the
funeral ceremony.  Mr. Caddell was well known in Elk City having moved
here four years ago from Oklahoma City.  He was associated with the
Planter's Gin.  For several years Mr. Caddell had been interested in the
cotton business throughout Western Oklahoma, and has lived in the towns of
Granite, Frederick, Hobart, and Oklahoma City, before coming to Elk City. 
He was well known throughout this section of the state, and the large
number of out of town friends and men who were associated with him in the
cotton business indicated the statewide friendship which he enjoyed in
business.
A beautiful song service paid last tributes to Mr. Caddell.  Mrs. C. C.
Baker sang, "Face to Face," and Robert L. Cooper and Mrs. Virgil Hill sang
a duet.  Two numbers were sung by the mixed choir which consisted of a
blend of voices from the different church choirs.  Pall bearers were:  J.
R. Dennis, J. D. Garnett, C. C. McGaugh, C. C. Baker, T. R. Johnson, H. D.
Mansur, P. E. Hopper and Walter Blackburn.  Honorary pall bearers were
cotton men from Oklahoma City who had been associated with Mr. Caddell in
business.  Interment was made in Fairlawn cemetery.  Grubitz and Son,
funeral directors, were in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Caddell was born in Aubrey, Texas, December 4, 1893.  He was 36 years,
3 months and 18 days old at the time of his death.  He was married to
Myrtle Waddell Basset, April 3, 1912.  One child, Harold LaVerne, who
attends high school in Elk City, was born to this union.  Relatives who
survive his death besides Mrs. Caddell and LaVerne are his parents who
live in Granite, his twin brother, Harwood Caddell who lives at Mangum,
and Mr. and Mrs. Riley of Enid.
(28 Mar 1929, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Riley and family of Enid, who are house guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Gillum accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Gillum and Mrs. Alice
Riley attended the funeral of Harry Caudell (sic), brother-in-law of Mrs.
Charley Riley at Elk City Tuesday.
(4 Apr 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
FORMER GRANITE MAN DIES AT MAYO HOSPITAL.
Horald (sic) Caddell, former well known Granite man, died last Friday at
the (sic) where he had been taken some weeks ago for treatment.
Deceased is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Caddell of this place, and was
well known to a majority of our people.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Myrtle Bassett, of Granite, and
one child.
The body was brought to Elk City for interment, where Mr. Caddell has made
his home for the past several years.  - Granite Enterprise.

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