Cherokee Indian Nation - OBIT:  Hickory Starr

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From the Cherokee Advocate
News from the Cherokee Nation
(1991)

   STARR
   Hickory STARR, 75, died February 17. Services were held February 20 at
   Moore Memory Chapel with Bruce ROSS officiating. He was born May 15,
   1915 in Blackgum to Ezekiel STARR and Susie SMITH STARR. Mr. STARR was
   a Veteran of World War 11, U.S. Navy Combat, a retired barber,
   principal chief of the traditional Cherokee Religious Society, the
   Nighhawk Keetoowah Society, grandson of Redbird Smith, founder of the
   Keetoowah Society and Spiritual Leader.
   Survivors include: his wife, Mary of the home; children, Hickory Jr.,
   of Maryland, Rachel and Cathy of Okla., Randy of Texas; sister,
   Rosella of Okla.; 12 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; a host of
   nieces and nephews and cousins.