Garvin County Obituaries -     Tifford T. McConnell                                

Submitted by Kathy Harmon  eharmon@airmail.net

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Pioneer of county dies

T.T. McConnell, 89, longtime Stratford resident, died at 9:40
p.m. Sunday at the Robberson-Shirley-Simmering hospital in 
Wynnewood.

McConnell was born April 4, 1874 in Georgia.  He moved to Stratford
in January, 1895 and lived there until his death.  He was a 32nd
degree Mason and was a member of the Stratford Masonic lodge.
McConnell was a member of the First Baptist Church in Stratford and
resided at 501 Elm Street.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist 
Church in Stratford, Reb. Jim White will officiate.  Burial will 
be in the McGee cemetery under the direction of the Stratford Funeral
Home.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Erman McConnell of the home; two
daughters, Mrs. Charlie Austin of Stratford and Mrs. Roy Blackburn of
Midwest City; three sons, Philo T. McConnlee of Ada, Leonard McConnell
and  Thomas P. McConnell, both of Stratford; a foster son, Johnny
Wooten of Pauls Valley, and a granddaughter, Dortha Noland of Ardmore,
both of whom had lived in the home; one brother, M.M. McConnell of 
Foster; 24 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren, and several great
great grandchildren.

Obituary from the local 1964 paper