Obit of McBride, Louis - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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::Forest Hill Cemetery--Garvin OK

Louis McBride  September 14, 1918 - December 19, 2005

Louis McBride, 87, of Idabel, passed away Monday, December 19, 2005 
at Idabel. 

He was born September 14, 1918 in rural Idabel.  

He was the youngest of 8 children born to Eugene and Lora Bell 
(Lingo) McBride.  

He married Miriam Hiner on April 28, 1939 in Stillwater, OK

Louis graduated from Smithville High School in 1938 and Oklahoma A & 
M College in Stillwater in 1942.  He was employed by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs from 1942 to 1952 except for an 18 month stint in the 
Army during World War II.  For the last 46 years, Louis had been 
actively engaged as a real estate broker, owning and operating 
McBride Reality as well as several additional businesses including 
ranching and operating the Iron Stob Store at one time.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Maggie Lamb; 
brothers, Horace, Willis, Clide, Charly, and Bruce McBride; a 
granddaughter, and a grandson.  

Louis is survived by his wife, Miriam McBride of the home; sons and 
daughters-in-law, Elwood and Marcella McBride of Idabel, Eddie and 
Ruby McBride of Henryetta, and Dwight and Darla McBride of Oklahoma 
City; a daughter, Synovia Lemmings of Cordell, Oklahoma; a sister, 
Annie Bell Batey of Pasadena, Texas; several grandchildren, great-
grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. 

Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2005 at the 
Trinity Baptist Church in Idabel with Bro. Kent House officiating. 
Interment will follow in the Forest Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on 
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at the funeral home.
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