Kay County OK Obit for: Susan Stanford 
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Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net
Date submitted: 3/12/2003 
Transcribed from the Ponca City News, 
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Susan Stanford

MERIDIAN, Miss. - Mrs. Susan Stanford, former Ponca City resident, died 
Tuesday, July 9, 1996, at the King Daughters and Sons Nursing Home in 
Meridian, Miss. She was 102.

The funeral will be held at Southside Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m. Friday 
in Meridian, with Dr. Wayne Riley officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn 
Cemetery in Meridian under the direction of Barham Funeral Home of Meridian. 

The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m. to service time
Friday. Casket bearers will be grandsons.

Mrs. Stanford had served as an Army Nurse in World War I and also in World 
War II. She and her husband were residents of Ponca City for more than 30 
years. 

Mrs. Stanford was a registered nurse and served as supervisor of the New 
Born Nursery at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for many years. 

Mrs. Stanford was also a Bible teacher and lecturer on a radio program for 
more than 28 years. 

After her retirement, she moved to Meridian, Miss., where she made her home 
with a daughter and son-in-law, and assisted them with their missionary 
activities. 

She was a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Meridian.

Survivors include two daughters, Katherine Foster of Meridian, Mary Sue 
Armstrong of Olympia, Wash; one son, Porter of Canton, Ga.; one son-in-law; 
nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great grandchildren; 
and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Porter Thomas Stanford 
and one son, Charles.

Memorial contributions may be made to Southside Baptist Church, c/o Barham 
Funeral Home, Meridian, Miss. 39301.

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