Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Woodrow Sulphur
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   SULPHUR
   EUFAULA - Woodrow “Woody” SULPHUR was born June 17, 1912. He
   died February 9, 1996, at his home in Eufaula. Funeral services were
   held February 9 (?) at the Merritt Funeral Service Chapel with Rev.
   Amos BEAN and Rev. Raymond BEAVER officiating. Pallbearers were Clem
   LEWIS, Morris LEWIS, Gene MCGIRT, Kenneth TIGER, and Gary WALKER.
   Honorary pallbearers were Gene BURRIS, David FRANCIS, Robert FRANCIS,
   Mike MCGIRT, and John Mark TIGER. Interment was in the Sulphur family
   cemetery.
   He was a civil service worker and a member of West Eufaula Baptist
   Church. He was the son of James and Jennie Grayson SULPHUR, both
   deceased. Also preceded him in death were his wife, Elanor Brown
   SULPHUR; a son, Emanuel SULPHUR; a sister, Ellen SULPHUR; three
   brothers, Andrew SULPHUR, Willie SULPHUR, and James SULPHUR; and a
   half-brother, Alex SULPHUR.
   His survivors include his daughters, Louella NISWONGER of Checotah,
   Channena DAVIS of Hanna, Patricia BELFORD of Norman, Linda JOHNSON of
   Wewoka, Sylvia REININGER of Oklahoma City, and Sandra GODDARD of
   Newkirk; his sons Elwood SULPHUR, Leroy SULPHUR, and Woodrow SULPHUR,
   Jr., all of Eufaula; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.