Obit of Mooney, Raymond - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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::Wheelock Cemetery--Millerton OK

Obituary: Raymond Mooney

Dated: Wednesday July 9, 1947

Newspaper: McCurtain Gazette Idabel, Oklahoma p.1 col. 5                       

= MOUNT ZION MAN DIED TUESDAY OF SHOT WOUND =         

Raymond Mooney, 43, Mount Zion, died t 11 a.m. Tuesday at his home of 
a self-inflicted wound, County Attorney Ed Shipp reported this 
morning.        

Mooney, long in ill health, had been confined to his bed for some 
time.  

Shipp said that he shot himself in the forehead with a .22 rifle at 
his home Monday afternoon, living almost 24 hours after the shot.        

Born in Ladonia, Tex., February 5, 1904, he had resided in the 
community 15 years, moving from Texas. He was member of the Baptist 
church and a farmer.        

Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Wheelock 
cemetery under direction of Coffey funeral home.        

Bearers were Olen Taylor, James Taylor, H. C. Tutt, Ivan Nunley, 
Homer Baker, and J. E. Davis        

He is survived by his widow, and the following sons and daughters, 
all of the home address, Ray, Jr., Joice, Sue, Garland, Shirley and 
Clark; two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Williams, Broken Bow, and Mrs. A.E. 
Bastible, Garvin; six brothers, G. W. Mooney, Kerrville, Texas;Troy, 
Earl and Austin Mooney all of Garvin; Harrison Mooney, Idabel, and 
Tilford Mooney, Oklahoma City, and his mother, Mrs. J. S. Hill, 
Cisco.
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