Bryan County OK - Obit for Cephus Monroe Faulkner

Submitted by: Jeannie Howard <jkayhow@kdsi.net> 17 Nov 2001
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Cephus Monroe Faulkner is a half brother to Donna Faulkner Jackson Mcdonald.  
His brother George Washington Faulkner married Mary Viola Mcdonald, 
step-daughter of Donna Faulkner Jackson Mcdonald. 
 
Cephus Monroe Faulkner

Cephus Monroe Faulkner of Exeter died Dec. 22 in Memorial Hospital at Exeter.  
He was 89.   

Born in Bismarck, Arkansas, he was the son of William Noah Faulkner and 
Elnora McClard Faulkner.  He has been a resident of Exeter since 1943.  
Mr. Faulkner retired in 1967 from Sequoia Packing House in Woodlake. 
 
He is survived by his wife Ethel (Hardisty) Faulkner whom he married on 
April 18, 1924 in Bennington, Oklahoma.  He was the oldest member of 
Exeter Free Will Baptist Church.   

He is also survived by six sons, Curtis of Clayton, Oklahoma, Marvin of 
Farmersville, Kenneth of Clovis, Donald of Porterville, Jarvis of Oceano, 
and Carrol Lee of Farmersville and three daughters, Juanita Meek of 
Bossier City, Louisiana, Wanda Lois Godfrey and Beverly Walker of Visalia. 
 
He is also survived by 32 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 
several step-grand and great-grandchildren   

Funeral services were held Dec 28 at Neal Family Funeral Service Chapel.  
Interment was in Exeter District Cemetery.