Obit of Minor, Johnie William - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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::Hillcrest Memorial Park--Medford OR

Obit for Johnie William Minor - Obit

From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 21 Dec 2001 at www.mailtribune.com

Johnie William Minor

The funeral service for Johnie William Minor will be at 1 p.m. 
Saturday at West Main Church of Christ. Pastor Stan Johnson will 
officiate. The graveside service will follow at Hillcrest Memorial 
Park, Medford. Pastor Stan Johnson and Cascade Masonic Lodge No. 208 
A.F. & A.M., Shady Cove, will officiate.

Mr. Minor, 83, of Medford, died Wednesday (Dec. 19, 2001) at his 
daughter's home in Central Point. Memorial contributions may be made 
to the National Democratic Party, c/o the Democratic National 
Committee, 430 S. Capitol St. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003.

He was born Sept. 9, 1918, in Eagletown, Okla., a son of Denis and 
Della Minor. He moved to the Rogue Valley 62 years ago from Oklahoma.

Mr. Minor was a timber cutter at Medco in Medford, retiring in 1980.

He was a charter city councilman in Shady Cove and helped start the 
Upper Rogue Little League. He was a member of the West Main Church of 
Christ, the Griffin Creek Grange and was a member and past Master of 
Cascade Masonic Lodge No. 208.

Mr. Minor enjoyed gardening, fishing, politics and hunting.

Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Hamilton, Central Point, and 
Lou Barris, Medford; two stepsons, Ron Harvey, Medford, and Steve 
Harvey, in Hawaii; two brothers, Cecil, Shady Cove, and Elton, 
Corning, Calif.; two sisters, Katie Uptain and Louise Valdez, both 
Shady Cove; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was 
preceded in death by his wives, Linda Minor in 1976, and Ivanel Minor 
in 1998; two brothers and two sisters.

Friends may pay their respects from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at Rogue 
Valley Funeral Alternatives, 550 Business Park Drive, Medford.
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