Obit of Calvin Tilden "C.T." Standridge (s353) - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Christine Pullman  <jncpull@kcinter.net>  2 Dec 1999
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Surnames: STANDRIDGE, ABERNATHY, GOSS, HICE, BRYANT, MORRIS 

Obituary of Calvin Tilden Standridge

Calvin Tilden Standridge, oldest of seven children, was born march 
13, 1878 at Mena, in Polk County, Arkansas. There he grew to 
manhood, and on June 19, 1904 he married Miss Edna Morris, also of 
Mena. To this union four children were born: Bessie V. Standridge 
who passed away in 1928 at the age of twenty-three, Ralph, Ted and 
Clyde.

In 1907 Mr. Standridge moved his family from Mena, Arkansas to 
Anadarko, Oklahoma, where they lived until 1930, at which time the 
moved to Lookeba, Oklahoma to establish a home. Mr. Standridge and 
his wife went back to Black Springs, Arkansas for a few years, but 
they returned to Lookeba and were living here at the time of his 
death.

A lover of outdoor life, Mr. Standridge raised livestock and enjoyed 
caring for them with his own hands. He liked to feed animals, and 
whether the animal was a cow, a chicken, a dog or a cat he enjoyed 
standing by and watching it eat. He was a good father, a kind, 
provident husband, and a thoughtful neighbor.

Monday afternoon, April 14, a large Holstein bull charged Mr. 
Standridge, knocking him down and trampling him severely. At seven 
o'clock that evening he passed away in the Anadarko Hospital, at the 
age of seventy-four.

Mr. Standridge is survived by his wife, Edna; three sons, Ralph of 
Boston, Mass., Ted and Clyde of Lookeba; five grandchildren, Wendy, 
Shirley, Roger and Linda of the Ralph Standridge family, and Sammy 
of the Ted Standridge family. Other survivors include a brother, 
James Standridge of Parsons, Kansas, and two sisters, Mrs. Argie 
Hardman also of Parsons, Kansas, and Mrs. Iva Wilson of Oklahoma 
City. Two brothers and one sister preceded Mr. Standridge in death.

In addition to these relatives, Mr. Standridge leaves many people in 
this community who still miss him as a friend and a neighbor.
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