Delaware Co., Oklahoma - Obit for LAURA JANE BLACK

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 LAURA JANE BLACK

GROVE - Laura Jane Black, age 89, Grove, died October 18 (1994),
at the Grove General Hospital after a sudden illness.
She was born August 15, 1905 in Indian Territory.  She was a
member of the Delaware Baptist Church for 50 years.  She was
honored with a "Charter Membership" award by her church family in
1985.
Laura married Lucian Black on September 21, 1921.  She and Lucian
made their home here in Delaware County.  She had been a cook in
both Grove and Jay and had worked at Simmoms Chicken Plant.  Laura
was blessed with 10 children, 25 grandchildren, 51 great-grand-
children, and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Lucian, sons Charles and
Claude, daughters Doris and Dora Mae.
She is survived by six daughters, Nell Rose Pearson of Pryor,
Virginia Elliott of Fairland, Lucille Killion, Joy Pair and Geraldine
Dixon of Grove and Yvonne Cunningham of Jay and their families.
Laura was a gracious, kind and precious lady.  She will be greatly
missed by her family and a host of relatives and friends.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 20, at the Delaware
Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Kingfisher and Rev. Ken Oakley 
officiating.  Interment was in Butler Cemetery.  Arrangements were
under the direction of the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove.



* Notes: Mrs. BLACK was born Laura Jane INLOW, one of eight children of 
Thomas Jefferson INLOW and Nancy V. KEEN (INLOW).  She had one brother,
William Sylvester INLOW, and six sisters, Margaret Fannie INLOW (STEEN),
Elmira INLOW (STEEN), Susan INLOW (THOMASON), Myrtle INLOW (KEENE), Carrie
INLOW (VILES), and Lela INLOW (CAUDILL).
Laura's father, Thomas J. INLOW, was a member of the Anti-Horse Thief
Association in Indian Territory/Oklahoma.
Laura's grandparents were Julia Susan PADEN and Sylvester INLOW who were
both born in the Cherokee Nation East.  When her grandfather was only one
year old, he and his parents (Phillip INLOW & Elizabeth MILLER) were among
the Cherokee who came to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears, departing
from Mouse Creek, TN in 1838.
Sylvester and Phillip INLOW were both members of Gen. Stand Watie's
Regiment of Confederate Cherokee Mounted Rifles during the Civil War.