Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Rev. Newman Frank, Sr.
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   FRANK
   CONCHARTY - Rev. Newman FRANK, Sr., was born June 12, 1928, in
   Okmulgee County. He died October 27, 1995, at St. Francis Hospital in
   Tulsa. Funeral services were held October 31 at Concharty United
   Methodist Church, where he was a member and minister. Officiating the
   service were Rev. Harry LONG, and Newman FRANK, Jr. Pallbearers were
   Gary HUDGENS, Larry HUDGENS, Levi ON-THE-HILL, Austin FRANK, Louis
   MCGEELEY, Jeremiah WILSON, Sr., Jeffrey FRANK, and Timothy MCGEELEY.
   Interment was in Vernon Cemetery, Coweta.
   He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 through 1952 during the Korean
   War. He had been a pastor for the Oklahoma Indian Missionary
   Conference since 1982. He was licensed to preach in 1967 as a local
   preacher and in 1972 he became an ordained deacon of the United
   Methodist Church. In addition to his duties as a minister, he retired
   from the Hale Halsell Company in 1994 after 42 years of service. In
   June 1995 he retired from being a pastor.
   He was the son of Austin and Ida Pearl Tecumseh FRANK, both deceased.
   He was survived by his wife, Louvina Chalakee FRANK, whom he married
   January 17, 1953; his children, Newman FRANK and JoEllen BALLARD, both
   of Glenpool, Doris HARDGROVE of Coweta, and Ida Rochelle FRANK of the
   home; two sisters, Esther BRUNER and Remona HUDGENS, both of Okmulgee;
   six grandchildren; four nephews; three nieces; and other friends and
   relatives.