Marshall Co., OK; Obituary: Linn W. Richardson

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SURNAMES: Richardson, Smith

Linn W. Richardson

MADILL - Services for Linn William Richardson, 101, 
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Watts Memorial Chapel 
with Richard Jones officiating. Interment will be at 
Oakland Cemetery.

Richardson died following a short ilness March 25 1998, 
at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore. He was born 
March 20, 1897, at Madill.

A lifetime resident of Marshall County, he farmed and 
worked for the Post Office from 1945 until he retired 
in 1962. He then operated a lawn care service. He was 
a member of the Church of Christ and had been a member 
of American Legion Post No. 99 for 53 years. He served 
as Grand Marshall in the Veteran's Day Parade in 1993, 
at Madill. He and Dollie Pandora Smith were married 
Aug. 9, 1919, at Madill.

Survivors include two sons, Leon, Kingston, and Linn 
Jr., Shreveport, La.; four daughters, Peggy Rushing, 
Marietta, Lucille catherine McKinney, Durant; 22 
grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his 
wife on Dec. 27, 1993; and a son, Ruel, in 1989.
Grandsons will serve as bearers..