Obit of Stidham, Jack (s335) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 31 Jan 2004 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Stidham Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/958 Jack Stidham Services for Jack Stidham, 69, Sedan, Kan., were held Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Sedan, Kan. with Rev. Charles Klassen officiating. Graveside services were Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Hickory Cemetery under the direction of David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan, Kan. Jack was born to George W. and Donnie Brandon Stidham on February 24, 1934 in Hickory. He died Saturday, Jan. 24 at Sedan City Hospital in Sedan, Kan. He married Sue Brooks November 3, 1957 in Gainesville, Texas. He grew up and attended school in Hickory. After graduating, he served two years in the U.S. Army. After his discharge in 1956, he spent five months caring for his mother, who was fighting cancer. As a boy, he showed cattle at stock shows and at the age of 14 he worked his first job on the Turner Ranch. After marriage, he and Sue made their home in Lone Oak, Texas where he worked for the McNutt Ranch. In 1958 they moved to the Flying L. Ranch in Davis. In 1959 they moved to Honey Creek Ranch at Grove where he fitted and showed 30 champions, 20 reserve champions and 171 first places in major cattle shows across the United States. In 1970 they moved to Stryker Hereford Ranch at Fredonia, Kan. While there, he showed the National Champion Carload in 1971 and in 1972 and was chosen as Herdsman of the Year and sold the highest priced bull to ever sell on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. In 1975 they moved to the Staats Ranch at Sedan where Jack worked until retiring in 1998. Following his retirement, they moved to their home in Sedan. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Sedan, Kan. Preceding him in death were his parents, three brothers and three sisters. Survivors are his wife; two sons, Tim and LeMecia Stidham, Stillwater and Tony and Lana Stidham, Independence, Kan.; one brother, George Stidham, Coweta; six grandchildren, Emily, Shelby, Kayla and Colt Stidham, all of Stillwater and Augusta and Amanda Stidham, both of Independence, Kan. The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church in Sedan or Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice S.E.K. Division; contribution may be left with the funeral home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm