Beckham County, OK - Obits: Bluford Turbyfill, 1917
Thursday, 28 January 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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TURBYFILL, BLUFORD
(28 Jun 1917, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Bluford Turbyfill was born in Cook County, Texas.  When three years old he
moved with his parents to Hickory, Oklahoma, and then to near Grimes,
Roger Mills County, on July 27th, 1903, where he died June 20th, aged 29
years, 10 months and 23 days.
He was married to Miss Millie Repass of Grimes, April 12, 1914, who is
left with a little two year old daughter, Neva Lareon, to mourn the loss
of a most devoted husband and father.  The aged parents survive, also four
sisters and five brothers; all but one, Miss (sic) Effie Lee, of Hickory,
live near Grimes and all were present at the death and funeral of this
beloved brother.  They are Mrs. Candace Smith, Mrs. Bessie Smith, Mrs.
Leah Olson, Mrs. Effie Lee, James, Luther (Bluford's twin), Hullum,
William, and John Turbyfill.
Funeral services were held at the Dempsey school house, Rev. French
Lancaster of Shattuck, Okla., a brother-in-law, speaking words of comfort
to the bereaved relatives and friends.  Interment was made in the Dempsey
cemetery.
In the death of Bluford Turbyfill, the Grimes community has lost one of
the best men.  He was a man of worthy ideals and good character - just
such a man as every community needs, and his passing out of the life of
their people will be keenly felt.
He was stricken with typhoid fever about two weeks before his death. 
Everything was done that the skill of his physician, or the sympathy and
sacrifice of family and friends could suggest or devise, but it seemed no
human hand could hold him here.  When the call came he was ready for he
was a christian man.  He joined the Methodist church at Grimes in 1909,
and had ever lived true to his faith.  He was a good citizen, a kind
neighbor, a modest and unassuming man.
(Buried Dempsey Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Okla.)

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