Obit of ALLEY, PAUL R. - McIntosh County, Oklahoma ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm Submitted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmcinto/index.htm Submitted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/mcintosh.html Compiled, Transcribed & Submitted: Shelley Lynch ========================================================================== Published in the MUSKOGEE PHOENIX on October 22, 2006 Section A, Page 4 Paul R. Alley 1927-2006 Paul R. Alley, 79 year old longtime resident of rural Checotah, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2006 following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on January 15, 1927 in Hanna, OK, the son of Robert Lee and Alice (Groves) Alley, and in 1949 they moved to the Checotah area. He served in the United States Army during WWII. On October 23, 1954, Paul married his sweetheart, Mildred Smallwood, at Shady Grove, and on Monday they would have had fifty-two years together. Paul and Mildred were farmers and ranchers, and they had attended the First Free Will Baptist Church. He enjoyed getting on his tractor and farming the fields. He was well known by the corn he grew, along with other vegetables that was grown in their garden. Paul also really enjoyed keeping his yard mowed real pretty. He was a wonderful, hard working gentleman that was loved by his family and friends who will greatly miss him. Preceding Paul in death were his parents and half brothers and sisters. Survivors include his wife Mildred of the home; daughter and son-in-law Jeanette and John McGrew of Checotah; two brothers Bill and wife Barbara Alley of Checotah and Glen and wife Wilma Alley of Edinburg, AR; granddaughter Chelsey Danell Coleman of Checotah; and a host of friends and other relatives. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m., Monday, October 23, 2006 in the Hampton Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Wendell Cox officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery with Anthony Jo Christian, Sam Spears, Andy Blizzard, Paul Jackson, Rick Dowdy and Freddie Rogers serving as casket bearers. Arrangements are under the direction of Hampton Mortuary, 211 W. Okmulgee, Checotah, OK 74426, 918/473-6821. ========================================================================== Return to McIntosh County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/mcintosh.html