Obit of Harding Big Bow (b210) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Miller 11 Nov 2000 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ===================================================================== Surnames: Big Bow, Aunghotoye, Potiye, Timsah, Tayaran, Bushyhead, Poolaw, Horse Harding Big Bow June 24, 1997 Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday 27-Jun-1997 at the First Baptist Church of Carnegie for Harding Big Bow, 75, of Mountain View, Kiowa county, Ok. Big Bow died Tuesday 24-Jun-1997 in Chickasha, Grady county, Ok. A prayer service was held 26-Jun-1997 at the Carnegie-Gragg-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Carnegie, Ok. Burial was held in the Fort Sill Post Cemetery under the direction of Carnegie-Gragg-Smith Funeral Home. Big Bow was born 17-Aug-1921 in Carnegie to Abel and Agnes (Aunghotoye) Big Bow. He and the former Pearl Potiye were married 01-Nov-1943 in Anadarko, Ok. Big Bow was a great-grandson of Chief Zepecoate Big Bow. He was a member of the Cedar Creek Methodist Church and the Native American Church. He graduated from Carnegie High School and entered the Army in 1941 where he served in Germany and France. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Theatre ribbon with two bronze battle stars and the American Defense ribbon. Preceding him in death were his parents; four brothers, four sisters and one granddaughter. Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Eddie Big Bow and Theodore Big Bow, both of Carnegie; four daughters, Dolores G. Timsah of Dallas, Texas, Rhodena A. Tayaran of California, Harvella S. Bushyhead of El Reno, Ok., and Jackie Big Bow of Carnegie; 18 grandchildren; one great grandchild; two brothers, Nelson Big Bow of Lawton, Ok., and Joe Big Bow of Anadarko, Ok. and two sisters, Lucille Poolaw of Mountain view, Ok. and Ella Faye Horse of Carnegie. The Anadarko Daily News SERVICES PEND FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH OFFICIAL CARNEGIE--Services are pending at Carnegie-Gragg-Smith Funeral Home for Harding Big Bow, 75, of Carnegie. Big Bow was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital Tuesday during a doctor's appointment. He died shortly after admission. Big Bow was an official of the Native American Church and a direct descendant of Kiowa Chief Big Bow. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the 45th Division in the European Theatre and in the South Pacific. After an honorable discharge from the United States Army, Big Bow began a 29 year career with the federal government. He worked as a carpenter at Fort Sill Army base and then at Concho Indian School and Tinker Air Force Base. He joined the staff of Riverside Indian School in 1975 and retired in April 1984. BIG BOW WINS RIGHT TO BE BURIED AT POST CARNEGIE, OKLA. (AP)---Army officials have granted permission for Kiowa tribal elder Harding Big Bow to be buried in a Fort Sill Cemetery. Big Bow, who was 75, died of a heart attack Tuesday. He will be buried in the Old Post Cemetery near his great grandfather, Kiowa War Chief ZepkoEete Big Bow. Big Bow believed the Army gave him permission in 1964 to be buried there but Fort Sill officials did not have a record of the verbal agreement. Fort Sill's commanding general, Maj. Gen. Leo Baxter, forwarded the family's request to the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. Army officials granted permission Thursday afternoon. Big Bow, a World War II veteran, was honorably discharged from the Army in 1946 after be became disabled. Normally, only Army retirees can be buried at the cemetery. Funeral services were scheduled for Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Carnegie, with burial to follow. Big Bow was one of the keepers of the Kiowas' sacred medicine bundles, an honor the family declines to explain to non-members of the tribe. "He was just one that was chosen," son (daughter) Jackie Big said.