Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Rev. Ritchie Beaver
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   BEAVER
   Eufaula - Rev. Ritchie BEAVER was born February 2, 1953, at Tahlequah.
   He died May 22, 1993, on the Mossomin Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada,
   where he was serving as a missionary. A song service was held at
   Merritt Funeral Home in Eufaula on May 28 and funeral services were
   held May 29 at the First Baptist Church of Eufaula. Officiating were
   Rev. Raymond BEAVER, Rev. Richard PICKUP and Rev. Jimmy ANDERSON.
   Pallbeares were Robert JAMES, Byar BEAVER, Terry OSECAP, Peter OSECA
   and Glon DAVIS. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery under the
   direction of the Merritt Funeral Home, Eufaula, with the United States
   Marine Corps Honor Guard conducting military rites.
   He had graduated from Eufaula where he excelled in academics and
   athletics. He participated in track, English, speech and drama. He was
   a finalist in the state competition in original oratory. He served in
   the U.S. Marines from 1971 to 1974 and was a platoon honorman. He was
   baptized by the late Rev. William KELLEY on June 3, 1961, licensed to
   preach by the Central Baptist Church in Oklahoma City on October 1,
   1984, and was ordained into the ministry in 1989 by Okfuskee Baptist,
   his home church. He and his wife were volunteers of New Hope Baptist
   in Banner, OK, where he served as interim pastor, before going into
   mission work in Canada.
   He was married on May 16, 1979, to the former Molline DAVIS in a
   ceremony performed by Rev. George JESSE at Spring Baptist in Sasakwa.
   She survives. His other survivors include his son, John BEAVER and
   daughter Tusa Jane BEAVER, both of Cochin, Saskatchewan, Canada; his
   parents, Rev. Raymond and Hattie BEAVER of Eufaula; three brothers,
   Robert BEAVER of Texas, and James BEAVER and Byar BEAVER, both of
   Eufaula; and a host of other relatives and friends.