Obit of McNabb, Gordon - Mcclain County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Michael Dawes 14 Jan 2005 Return to Mcclain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mcclain/mcclain.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Obituary: The Purcell Register July, 5th, 1953 McNabb Services Held Tuesday Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Pentecostal Holiness church for Gordon McNabb, 48, well-known Wayne resident who died at his home Friday night of a heart attack. Interment was in Hillside cemetery with the Yoakum funeral home in charge. McNabb was employed as the wholesale agent for the Texaco Oil company at Wayne for several years. He is survived by his wife Altha, home address; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Schmidt, Fort Cobb; Mrs. Etta Henderson, Alhambra, California; three brothers , Doss of Verden; M.L. of Carnegie and J.V. of San Antonio, Texas. Honorary bearers were Carl Chassott, Buck Helvey, O.D. Callahan, Hollis Taylor, E.L. Dobins and Ralph Shaver. Wayne Weekly News Events: The Purcell Register July 5th, 1953 Sudden Death Takes Leading Citizen: The whole town of Wayne has been left in a state of shock by the sudden death of one of its most loved one. Gorden Dell McNabb died suddenly Friday night at his home here, with a heart attack. He had not been sick although friends told of his feeling strange and tired while making deliveries over the country Monday. He had gone to bed and his wife Altha was working in the kitchen when she heard him make a choking sound and before help could be summoned he was dead. Gordon has carried the nick name "Pig Gravy" since a tiny boy and that is what many of the adults as well as the children still call him. Having spent most of his life in Wayne his every day living speaks for itself the kinds of a man he was Gordon's passing has left a vacant spot in the community that can never be filled. Not only for his wife and relatives but for all the many friends who have grown to love him so deeply through the years Having lost his only child Myralee 13 years ago, his love for other people's children made him a favorite to every child in town. Whenever one saw a red Texaco truck tiny voices could be heard yelling loudly, "Hi Piggravey where are you Pig gravey where you going piggravey? Gimme a pencil advertisement for the company he worked for or buy me a Coke Pig Gravey because they always knew that he was their Pal and they loved him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to McClain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mcclain/mcclain.html