Obit of Medford, Lucille - McCurtain County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips DATE Return to McCurtain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Dennison Cemetery--Idabel OK Medford, Lucille Lucille Medford, 90, a homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, in Corsicana. Funeral: 4 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church of Joshua. Burial: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dennison Cemetery, Idabel, Okla. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Mountain Valley Funeral Home between Burleson and Joshua. Lucille Medford was born Jan. 11, 1916, in Amity, Ark., to Marvin Junior and Myrtle Mattie Martin Finney. She attended Haworth High School in Oklahoma, where she played basketball. She married Milton Marvin Medford April 23, 1937, in Idabel, Okla. She was a longtime member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor until she moved to Joshua with her daughter, Kay. She had been a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Joshua until recently moving to Corsicana with Kay. She was a member of North Side Baptist Church in Corsicana. She was an accomplished singer, performing in gospel quartets for many years. She taught Sunday school most of her adult life and was loved and respected by everyone who knew her. She was an excellent seamstress, quilter, craftswoman and gardener. Gardening was her true love. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Bernice "Kat" McBrayer; and brothers-in-law, Emerson McBrayer and Trenver McKee. Survivors: Son, D.M. "Pal" Medford of Pineland; daughters, Kay Medford Kammerdiener and husband, Greg of Corsicana, Susan Detweiler of Beaumont; sister, Doris McKee of Idabel, Okla.; grandchildren, Stacey Graham and husband, Steve, Shane Medford and wife, Valarie, Chris Fowler and wife, Michelle, Aaron Fowler, Casey Martin and husband, Clayton, Robin Trumble; stepgrandchildren, Todd Kammerdiener and wife, Natalie, Julia Ekpo and husband, LLoyd; great- grandchildren, Christina Fontenot, Vanessa Medford, Gage Baker, Cody Fowler, Madalyn Bell Fowler, Tristain Fowler; stepgreat- grandchildren, Christian Bennett, Christopher Bomboy, Esther Ekpo; stepgreat-great-grandchildren, Hannah Bennett, Rebecca Bennett; numerous nieces, nephews and other family members. Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/29/2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to McCurtain Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mccurtain/mccurtai.htm