Obit of Oscar T. Cannon (c550) - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sonia Caldwell  <soniac3@aol.com>  22 May 2001   
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Surnames: CANNON, BENZEL 

"This obit was found by a friend in her mothers belongings. Sorry 
no newspaper or DATE given". ca 1965

Funeral Services Held Sunday For Oscar T. CANNON

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Oscar Ted CANNON, 
72, of Cement who died in Cyril Saturday morning.

Officiating at the services, held in the Methodist Church in Cyril, 
were Rev. Harry BOWMAN and Rev. A.E. HENDRICKS. Burial was in the 
I.0.0.F. Cementery at Cement with Cyril Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangments.

Military rites were conducted by military personel from Ft. Sill.

CANNON was born February 22, 1893 in Graham, Oklahoma. He was 
married to Ann BENZEL in Sherman, Texas, August 2, 1944. They later 
moved to Cement where Mrs. CANNON is employed as a school teacher.

CANNON served in France during World War I with the American 
Expeditionary forces. He received his discharge in 1919 and began 
work in the oil industry. He worked on wildcating ventures in 
Canada, Wyoming and in the Seminole oil boom.

He was a member of the American Legion of Cement and the Masonic 
Lodge of Milo, Okla.

Survivors include the widow of the home; two brothers, Robert of 
Graham, Okla., Walter of Thermopolis, Wyoming and two sisters of 
Long Beach California. 
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