Obit of Charles Le Roy Self, Beckham Co. OK
   
                          CHARLES LE ROY SELF 1951
                                      
        Posted by Joan Garvey <Joande4@juno.com> 
                                      
                                      
   Obituary (1) Elk City Papers, Beckham Co., October 5, 1951
   
   The body of Pvt. Charles L. SELF, killed in the Korean war on April 9,
   1951, will arrive in Elk City at 1 p.m. Sunday
   
   The 23-year-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harm (Hiram) SELF, lived
   in Elk City until the age 14. He then moved to Wichita, Kansas. Both
   his parents preceded him in death.
   
   The Martin-Hullum funeral home is in charge of arranagements.
   
   Survivors include two brothers, Edgar and Guy of Wichita, Kan., two
   sisters, Mrs. Charles DeFORE, Huston, Tex. and Miss Montez SELF, of
   Los Angeles, Calif.
   
   Also surviving are two cousins living in Elk City, Mrs. Harry JONES
   and Mrs. Oscar GIBSON.
   
   Services to be held in Elk City are pending.
   
   Obituary (2) October 9, 1951
   
   MILITARY RITES SET FOR C. SELF KILLED IN KOREA
   
   Military rites conducted by the American Legion Post 181 will be held
   for Private Charles L. SELF at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Nazarene
   church. Reverend R. F. McBrien, minister will officiate. Burial will
   be in the Fairlawn cemetery.
   
   SELF was killed in action on April 13, 1951 on the central front in
   Korea. His body was returned here Sunday by the U. S. Army.
   
   The soldier was born in Elk City in 1928. He lived here until 1944
   when he moved to Wichita, Kan. He enlisted in the 11th Airborne
   Division on October 6th, 1950. Before leaving the state he was
   transferred to the 24th Infantry Division, 19th Regiment Company E. He
   was a _ BAR man.
   
   Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Ida Mae DeFORE, Houston, Tex. and
   Mrs. Montez DEVERS, Eureka, Cal.; one half-sister, Mrs. Nellie JOHNS,
   Dumus, Tex.; two brothers, Ed and Guy, both of Wichita, Kan.
   
   Martin-Hullum, funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.

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