Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Jess Tiger
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   TIGER
   TIGER FARM CEMETERY - Jess “J.H.” TIGER was born July 30,
   1923, in Bristow. He died January 10, 1996, in Tulsa. Wake services
   were held January 11 in the Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home Chapel
   followed by funeral services January 12 at the Tiger Farm Cemetery,
   with Rev. Jack DAVIS officiating.
   He attended Gypsy School and served in the U.S. Army during World War
   II from March 12, 1943 to December 23, 1945. He owned a gas station
   until retiring in 1977 when he began farming. He was a member of the
   Bristow Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3656 and Bristow Indian
   Community Center.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Jess and Elva Laxton TIGER;
   his wife, Jesse Cook Tiger, whom he married March 7, 1947, in
   Bakersfield, CA; a son, Henry TIGER; two brothers; and two sisters. He
   was survived by his children, Shirley TIGER and Jack TIGER, both of
   Tulsa; a half-brother; six grandchildren; and nine
   great-grandchildren.