Marshall Co., OK; Obituary: Lola Bell Weldon http://files.usgwarchives.net/ok/marshall/obituary/w4350001.txt --------------------------------- Copyright © 2000 by Charlotte Manuel andy@1starnet.com This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. --------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ---------------------------------------------------- Source: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Lola Bell Weldon Surname: WELDON, SCOTT March 12,1970 Mrs. Lola Weldon is Dead at 85;Funeral Tuesday Eighty five-year-old Lola B. Weldon died Sunday morning in a local nursing home. She had come to Marshall County as a young bride in 1905 and had been a resident of Madill for the past 40 years. Tuesday morning services were conducted by J.D. Walker at Watts Memorial chapel with burial in Woodberry-Forest cemetery. April 27,1884 was the birthdate of Mrs. Weldon in Burnside,KY. She moved to Shay, Indian Territory following her marriage to Ollie Weldon in TX. The Weldons moved to Madil in 1930 where Mr. Weldon preceded his wife in death Apr.4,1950. Mrs. Weldon was a long time member of Madill Church of Christ. Two Madill daughters survive. They are Odie Miller and Myrtle Thompson; also two sons, Wid Weldon and O.H.Weldon, both of Chico,Calif. A sister, Martha Strunk, Somerset,KY.,survives along with 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Bill Dunn arranged for music for the funeral services and Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Jacks was organist. Casket escorts were Dempsey Raley, Arthur Carroll, Joyce Chaney, Buford Huff, Virgil Harris and Henry Morgan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------