Obit of Wilson, Raphael L - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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Obituary: Raphael L. Wilson

Dated: Wednesday July 3, 1940

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

RAPHAEL L. WILSON                     

Valliant, July 2 - Special: Final rites were held at the First 
Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon for Raphael L. Wilson, 38 
years old, who died Friday at a hospital in Talihina.        

Rev. James Paul, Methodist pastor, officiated.  Pallbearers included 
O. W. Cecil, John Scroggins, Ulis Terry, S.V. Hackworth, C. L. 
Clarkson and Jim Stroud.        

Rev. Paul was assisted by Dr. R. T. Blackburn, Durant.        

For the last two years Wilson had been an assistant in the office of 
the field clerk for Choctaw Indians at Hugo.       

He is the son of the late R. F. Wilson, who was among the most 
prominent members of the Choctaw tribe.  He also served as a member 
of the State Board of Agriculture soon after Oklahoma was made a 
state.        

Wilson is survived by his wife (Blanche "Williamson' Wilson), son, 
Raphael Jackson Wilson; his mother, Mrs. R. F. Wilson; two brothers, 
Green Wilson and Waldo Wilson both of Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. 
Toru Herndon and Mrs. Ellenor Floyd.         

Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the 
Masonic Lodge.          

Funeral arrangement were in charge of the Coffey - Baker Funeral 
Home, Hugo.               

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Obituary: Raphael L. Wilson

Newspaper: Valliant

Date: July 3, 1940          

RAPHAEL L. WILSON    

Final rites were held at the First Methodist Church here Sunday 
afternoon for Raphael L. Wilson, 38 yrs. old, who died Friday at a 
hospital in Talihina.    

Rev. James Paul, Methodist Pastor, officiated. Pallbearers included  
O. W. Cecil; John Scroggins; Ulis Terry; S.V. Hackworth; C. L. 
Clarkson; and Jim Stroud.    

Rev. Paul was assisted by Dr. R. T. Blackburn, Durant. For the last 2 
years Wilson had been an assistant field clerk in the office for 
Choctaw Indians at Hugo.    

He is the son of the late R. F. Wilson, who was among the most 
prominent members of the Choctaw tribe. He also served as a member of 
the state board of Agriculture soon after Oklahoma was made a state.    

Wilson is survived by his wife, son, Raphael Jackson Wilson; his 
mother, Mrs. R. F. Wilson; two brothers, Green Wilson and Waldo 
Wilson, both of Valliant; two sisters, Mrs. Toru Herndon and Mrs. 
Elder Floyd.

Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the 
Masonic Lodge.   

Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Coffey-Baker Funeral Home, 
Hugo.
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