Obit of Hugh Melton Bohannan - Grady County, Oklahoma

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The Verden News
July 3, 1942


LAST RITES HELD FOR HUGH MELTON BOHANNAN


A large crowd was in attendance for funeral services held Monday afternoon 
at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church for Hugh Melton Bohannan, with 
Rev. C. W. Taylor, assisted by Rev. E. L. Spann, officiating.


Music for the services was furnished by Miss Iva Lee Fowler, Mrs. Edd 
MaGuire, Mrs. Harry Dodson, Mrs. R. M. Caldwell, W. F. Brewer, George 
Tidmore, R. M. Ransbarger and F. G. Ransbarger who sang "Beautiful 
Garden of Prayer," "Beautiful Valley of Eden" and "In the Garden" with 
Mrs. Ransbarger playing the piano accompaniment.


Flower girls were Miss Georgia Woodall, Miss Colita Nuernberger, Miss 
Adeline MaGuire, Miss Madge Pease, Miss Betty Lou Linn, Miss Lillian 
Nath, Miss Charlotte Nowland, Miss Dorothy O'Neal, Miss Betty Ann 
Hayden, Miss Imogene Powell, Miss Anita Handke and Miss Pauline 
Whitley.


Pallbearers were Clarence Newsom, Howard Watson, Thomas Allen, Charles
Kern, Johnny Whitley, Jack McLane, Gerard Osborne and C. W. Tawlor.


Honorary pallbearers were Andrew Handke, Avery Paul Compton, Louis 
Allen, Marvin Willis, Ray and Wayne Venable, Sam Loveless and Willie Perdue.


Hugh Melton was born Feb. 22, 1926 in Verden and died from a heart
attack while in swimming Saturday night, June 27, at Shannon Springs
at Chickasha. He was reared in this community and attended the Verden 
schools, where he was a very active member of the F. F. A. Chapter. 
He was a member of the Methodist church.


Surviving members of his family are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Bohannan.


Interment was made in the Verden Cemetery with the Hansen Funeral Home
in charge.


Out of town relatives here for the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hopkins of Texarkana, Texas, Mrs. A. M. Sanders of Ralston, Okla.,
Mrs. W. Davis of Cold Springs, Okla. and Mrs. Mary Bolden and mother,
Mrs. Bolden, of Heavener, Okla.