Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Rev. Jesse James Sullivan
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   SULLIVAN
   BROKEN ARROW - Rev. Jesse James SULLIVAN was born November 20, 1920,
   in Okemah. He died July 8, 1997, in Tulsa. Wake services were held
   July 11 at Shurden Funeral Home followed by funeral services July 12
   at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Harry LONG officiating
   the funeral, assisted by Newman FRANK, Jr. Pallbearers were Dusty
   MILLER, Warren HAKEAH, Wendell AUTOBO, Luther JOHNSON, Johnny JOHNSON,
   and Winslow JOHNSON. Honorary pallbearers were OIMC pastors. No
   information was given on the place of interment.
   He was a member of Thlopthlocco Tribal Town and served as first
   warrior for four years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and
   also served in the National Guard of the U.S. Private Service Company
   180th Infantry. He was a lithograph pressman at Scott-Rice Print Shop
   before entering the ministry. He attended Central High School in
   Tulsa, Cook College of Theology, Phoenix Junior College in AZ,
   Washburn University in Topeka, KS, Christian Renewal Center in
   Oklahoma City, Lake Texoma Pastors School, and Perkins School of
   Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. He was the
   first person to complete requirements for the ministry in the Oklahoma
   Indian Missionary Conference (OIMC). He was an ordained elder of the
   United Methodist Church and attended the University of Utah, Salt Lake
   City, completing the course of study for the 21st Annual Session of
   the Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies. He
   organized Alcoholics Anonymous of Yuma, AZ, and served on the board as
   chaplain to its halfway house. He organized the Topeka Mission Church
   in 1961. It was later renamed the J.J. Sullivan Chapel. In 1962, he
   organized the Lawrence Mission Church, Lawrence, KS. He was listed in
   Who’s Who of the United Methodist Church in 1964. Positions he
   held during his ministry included pastor of 18 local churches, OIMC
   Northeast District Superintendent, two years, and West District
   Superintendent, four years. He was an OIMC interpreter, also. He
   served on the Tulsa Cooperative Ministries Board and the Skyline
   Ministries Board in Oklahoma City. He was a member of Springtown UMC
   and the Northeast District Retired Minister Fellowship. He retired
   from the ministry on June 9, 1997.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Obey and Louisa Cook
   SULLIVAN; two brothers, Richard SULLIVAN and Jack SULLIVAN; and one
   sister, Hettie BURGESS. He was survived by his wife, Leona Tiger
   SULLIVAN, of the home in Broken Arrow; his two sons, James Lee
   SULLIVAN of Tulsa, and Obie B. SULLIVAN of Broken Arrow; and his
   daughter, Peggy TUNE of Roff; one sister, Mary Lou SMITH of Matawan,
   NJ; six grandsons, two great-granddaughters, and nieces and nephews.