Greer County, OK - Obituaries:  Allen, Nancy Ann Litton, 1948

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Granite Enterprise, Greer County 

August 1948 



ALLEN, LITTON, PERRY, GRIFFITH, FRENCH, PRATT, BILBREY, VAUGHAN, NEWMAN



Obituary Notice: 



Mrs. Walter V. Allen, Pioneer Granite Lady, Passes Away Friday

Funeral Services Held From Local Church Of Christ Monday

Mrs. Nancy Ann Litton Allen, wife of Walter V. Allen Of Granite, passed away Friday afternoon, 

August 13th at the family home following a short illness. Mrs. Allen had been in poor health 

for several years, however was up Friday morning and did her work about the home, and helped 

her husband with the work in the Allen's store. 

She was born in Hickman County, Tennessee, January 11, 1886, and was 62 years seven months and 

two days at the time of her death. Nancy Ann Litton was married to W.V. Allen in Hickman county, 

Tennessee on January 8, 1905 and the family moved to Greer county, Oklahoma in 1906. They have 

lived in and around Granite since that time. Mrs. Allen became a member of the Church of Christ 

at an early age and was a faithful member until the last few years, when falling health prevented 

her from taking an active part in church work. She was a loving wife and mother, and was loved 

and respected by all who knew her. 

She leaves to mourn her passing five daughters and one son. They are: Mrs. J.B. Perry, Granite; 

Mrs. Lawrence Griffith, Mangum; Mrs. Luther French, Granite; Mrs. Leonard Pratt, Mangum; Mrs. 

Haskell Bilbrey, Texhoma, and Lester Allen, Bakersfield, California.

Four brothers and two sisters also survive. They are: C.M. Litton, Granite; Henry Litton, 

Granite; Brown Litton, South Gate, California; Haskell Litton, Lancaster, California; Mrs. 

Robert Vaughan, South Gate, California and Mrs. Clyde Newman, Bell, California. Ten grand-

children are also among the survivors. All of the children and brothers and sisters were present 

for the last rites. Two sisters and three brothers and the mother and father precede Mrs. Allen 

in death. Funeral rites were held at the local Church of Christ Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, 

with Bro. Mark McElhaney, Church of Christ minister from Oklahoma City, in charge. Interment was 

in the City Cemetery under the direction of the Irwin Funeral Home of Granite. Pall bearers were: 

Elmer Pickering, Hugh Vaughan, Arthur Bowman, Albert Sanders, J. C. Ford, Sr., and Tillman Terry. 

Out of town relatives here for the last rites were: Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert Litton, Chickasha; 

Mr. and Mrs. James, Duncan; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McGavock, Hobart; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Pratt; 

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith and daughter, Mrs. Sam Allenbaugh, and Spence Allen, all of Oklahoma 

City, and Mr. and Mrs. Walton French......

Submitted by Donna (Allen) Niswonger Idonak@aol.com