Bryan County Archives - George R haley Obit

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GEORGE R. HALEY DIES AT HOME HERE SUNDAY; FUNERAL HELD TODAY
From the Durant Daily Democrat
Monday, December 4, 1933

     George R. Haley, for many years a resident of Durant and Bryan
County, passed away at the family residence, 611 North Third, Sunday
afternoon after a long illness.  Death was due to heart trouble.  Mr.
Haley was 71 years of age at the time of his death.

     Mr. Haley was born in Ray County, Tennessee, on Feb. 19, 1862.  At
the age of 6, he moved to Savoy, Texas with his parents.  On Aug. 3,
1892 he was married to Miss Mina Pritchett, and to this union were born
four sons and seven daughters, all living except Sue Sipes, who pre-
ceded him April 26, 1929.

     Mr. Haley has lived in Durant and Kenefic for the last 31 years.
Besides a host of friends to mourn his passing, he is survived by his
wife, and children, Jake of Enid; Jim, Carter and Earl of Durant; Mrs.
Fred Washington, Caddo; Mrs. E.H. Fox, Enid; Mrs. Arthur Stephens, Ros-
well, N.M.; Babe Haley of Oklahoma City; Thelma Haley and Mrs. Stanley
Stevens of Durant; two sisters, Mrs. Bess Devault, and Mrs. Marion Hunt-
er of Denison; one brother, John Haley, Savoy and 13 grandchildren.  All
of the children were here to attend the funeral except those of Mrs.
Stephens of Roswell.

     Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church of Durant
at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. R.T. Blackburn, assisted by Rev. W.N.
Scholl and Rev. J.A. Old, pastor of the First Methodist Church of
Terrell, Texas.

     Active pallbearers were V.R. Ferguson, Cuddy Burns, Dr. W.A.
Houser, W.B. Pettey, Fred J. Harle, and Harry Neely.  Honorary pall-
bearers were Hal Malone, Wallace Goodman, Tom Gandy, J.O. Maloney, C.Y.
Donoho, P.E. Laird, A.N. Blackburn, Artie Smith, Barnett Lillely, Obe
Shannon, Dr. R.E. Sawyer, Dan Swinney, W.E. England and H.S. Bates.

                              
MRS. G.R. HALEY PASSES AWAY HERE AFTER LONG ILLNESS

     Mrs. G.R. Haley, aged 70 years, passed away at the family home,
415 North Third Avenue, this morning at 8:25 o'clock after a lingering
illness.  Mrs. Haley had been in poor health for the past three years,
and on several occasions prior to her death, she was critically ill.

     Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the First Methodist Church with Rev. W.L. Broome, pastor, officia-
ting, assisted by Rev. R.T. Blackburne and Rev. W.N. Scholl, Durant,
and Rev. J.A. Old of Dallas.  Burial under direction of Holmes funeral
home, will be in Highland cemetery.

     Mrs. Haley was born at Savoy, Texas in 1870.  The family lived in
Kenefic many years before moving to Durant about 17 years ago, since
which time she had made this her home.

     Surviving Mrs. Haley are five daughters, Miss Thelma Haley, Durant;
Mrs. Fred Washington, Caddo; Mrs. Stanley Stevens, Bonham, Texas; Mrs.
E.H. Fox, Lake Charles, La., and Mrs. A.J. Stephens, Roswell, N.M.; four
sons, Earl and Jim Haley, Durant; Carter Haley, Beaumont, Texas and J.P.
Haley, Enid.

     Grandchildren are Peggy Stevens, Bonham, Vera, George, Caroline,
Mary, Kenneth, Gloria, Betty Sue and James Stephens, Roswell, N.M.;
Georgene and Margaret Sipes, Caddo, and Kay, Carol and Enoch Fox, Lake
Charles, La.

     Mrs. Haley is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. O.T. Lowery,
Oklahoma City, Mrs. George Lambeth, El Paso, Texas, and Mrs. J.A. Old,
Dallas, one brother, J.P. Pritchett, Dallas, and two sisters-in-law,
Mrs. Marvin Hunt, and Mrs. Lewis DaVault, Denison, Texas.

     Active pallbearers at the funeral services will be Willis T. Hall,
Roy Paul, Hal Malone, V.R. Ferguson, Charley Goodman and George Pike.

                              From the Durant Daily Democrat
                              March 22, 1940
NOTE:  Mrs. Haley's maiden name was Mina Pritchett.

FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. HALEY SUNDAY

     Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church Sunday at
3 p.m. for Mrs. G.R. Haley.

     Special music was played on the organ by Billy Lemons, followed by
songs by the members of the choir.  The scripture reading was by Rev.
Wm. Scholl, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  Rev. Broome,
pastor of the First Methodist Church, read the life's history of the
deceased, speaking words of sympathy from the Bible to the bereaved
ones.

     Many floral offerings expressed the esteem and love of the deceased
one.

     Burial was in Highland cemetery beside Mr. Haley who passed away
Nov. 3, 1933.  Holmes Funeral home had charge of the burial service.

     A number of out-of-town friends and relatives were here for the
funeral services.

                               From the Durant Daily Democrat
                               March 25, 1940