Beckham County, OK - Obits: Joseph T. Gillentine, 1928
17 Feb 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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GILLENTINE, JOSEPH T.
(11 Oct 1928, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Mr. J. F. (Joe) Gillentine, pioneer settler of Elk City community, died
October 5, 1928, at Elk City after an illness of several weeks.  He was 69
years, 11 months and 9 days old.  Funeral services were held at the Church
of Christ Saturday, October 6 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. John C. Carman
officiating.  Interment was made at Pleasant Valley cemetery with
Gentry-Killough in charge.
Mr. Gillentine came to Oklahoma in 1898 and homesteaded four miles east of
Elk City.  He has lived near this place for thirty years.  He was a member
of the Church of Christ and had been a Christian for forty-seven years. 
He has lived an upright life and was loved by a large circle of friends.
Those who survive him are his wife, Mrs. J. T. Gillentine; five daughters,
Mrs. J. W. Hughens, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. C. B. Lester and Mrs. J. T. Franks
of Elk City; Mrs. Lula Dodson of Strong City; Mrs. R. J. McLemore of
Oklahoma City; one son, T. B. Gillentine, Elk City; one sister, Mrs.
Florence Barton, Rochester, Texas, and twenty-three grandchildren and six
great grandchildren.  One daughter, Mary Ellen Gillentine, preceded him in
death.

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