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   May 3, 1995 Newspaper Beckham Co., OK
   
   ARTHUR YARBROUGH
   
   Funeral services for Arthur YARBROUGH will be conducted Thursday at
   3:30 p.m. from the Lone Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Albert WARNKEN
   officiating. Burial will follow in the Lone Oak Cemetery under the
   direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Sayre.
   
   Arthur Whittman YARBROUGH was born April 10, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia
   to Richard and Evelyn (FICKES) YARBROUGH and died Monday at the age of
   57. He entered the US Army at the age of 17 serving in France, Germany
   and Viet Nam. He returned to assignment in Germany and then the last 7
   years of his 20 year tour was in Ft. Bliss, Texas where he retired in
   1975. In 1977, Arthur became a welding instructor with Western Tech
   Institute in El Paso. In 1992 his health failed and they moved to
   Sayre where he has lived since. Arthur was married to Elsie
   SCHILLENGER on April 6, 1956 in Straubing, Germany. He was a member of
   the Lone Oak Baptist Church.
   
   Survivors include his wife, Else YARBROUGH of the Sayre home; four
   children, Michell YARBROUGH, Evelyn RACADIO and her husband David,
   Richard YARBROUGH and his wife Wanda and Martin YARBROUGH and his wife
   Julie all of Sayre; nine grandchildren; and two brothers, Richard T.
   YARBROUGH and Carris YARBROUGH of Suwanee, Georgia.
   
   Viewing will be at Martin Funeral Home in Sayre until Thursday. The
   casket will not be open following services.