Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Benjamin Harrison Sevier
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   HENRYETTA - Benjamin Harrison SEVIER was born June 16, 1912, in
   Hitchita. He died January 19, 1993, in Tulsa. Funeral services were
   held January 21 at the Merritt Cottage Chapel with Rev. Chris HARJO
   officiating. Pallbearers were Louie Dean SEVIER, James SEIVER, David
   JOHNSON, Rocky HOOD, Mike HOOD, and Alvin POTTS. No information was
   given on the place of interment.
   He was a laborer. He had served in World Ward II and was a member of
   the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of Little Coweta Baptist
   Church.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Amanda Thompson
   SEIVER. He married Nora Ellen CLARK in Okmulgee in November 1937. She
   died on August 29, 1955. He also was preceded in death by two sisters,
   Annie SEVIER and Blanche SEVIER; and one brother, Willie SEVIER. His
   survivors include his three daughters, Shirley SEVIER of Guthrie,
   Carolyn POWELL of Okmulgee, and Phyllis JOHNSON of Broken Arrow; his
   two sons, Ben H. SEVIER, Jr., and Tom SEVIER, both of Tulsa; three
   brothers, Tom SEVIER of Maud, Louis “Buster” SEVIER of
   Hitchita, and Charles SEVIER of Okmulgee; one sister, Lena SEVIER of
   Hitchita; eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a host of
   loving nieces, nephews, and friends.