Johnston, OK -- Alfred C. Stilley  

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   MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1935 THE DAILY ARDMOREITE, ARDMORE, OK
   
   ALFRED C. STILLEY, MANNSVILLE PIONEER, PASSES AWAY
   
   SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED TRIBUTE TO BE PAID AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
   AT MANNSVILLE.
   
   MANNSVILLE, Jan. 21, Funeral services will be held at the First
   Methodist church here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for Alfred C.
   Stilley, pioneer Southern Oklahoma man and resident of Mannsville for
   almost half a century. He died suddenly at 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
   
   Rev. John Tennyson of Madill and Rev. George Beavers, pastor of the
   Mannsville Baptist church, will conduct the services, with Watts
   Funeral home of Madill in charge of arrangements.
   
   Pallbearers will be L.D. Petty, P.W. Williams, C.C. Hitchcock, B.F.
   Copeland, Jim Byrd and Roy Hollingsworth. Honorary pallbearers will be
   neighbors and friends of the family.
   
   Stilley was born and reared at Marion, Ill, and came to Indian
   Territory in early manhood. He married Miss Nancy Anne Pursley in
   Arkansas before coming to Mannsville. Surviving are the following
   children: Mrs. Carrie Sims, Miss Daisy Stilley, Argus Stilley and Mrs
   Alfred Johnson all of Mannsville; Mrs. T.N. Lynn and Mrs. Bundy
   Willard of Savannah, OK; and W.F. Stilley of Tecumseh; two brothers,
   W.D. Stilley, Atoka, OK and C.L. Stilley, Knoxville, Ark.
   
   He has been an active worker in the Baptist church since early in life
   and had also been active in educational affairs.