Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Mannie Wiley
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   WILEY
   SAPULPA - Mannie WILEY was born December 29, 1918, in Dustin. He died
   May 23, 1995. Funeral services were held May 26 at the Episcopal
   Church of the Good Shepherd. Special music for the service was
   provided by relatives. His niece, Grace SMITH of Edmond, played an
   original composition “Whisper on the Land”. She was
   accompanied by her daughter, Andrea SMITH. Interment was in Greenhills
   Memorial Gardens.
   He attended boarding school at Euchee Mission and was an all-state
   guard and co-captain of the 1939 Sapulpa Chieftain football team. He
   served in World War II in New Guinea and Australia as a machine gunner
   in the 101st Airborne Rangers. He was a long time employee of Oklahoma
   Gas and Electric and retired in 1984 from the U.S. Postal Service.
   He was the son of Adam and Melissa Kanard WILEY, both deceased. He is
   survived by his daughters, Karla FLEMING of Sapulpa, and Linda HAMMOND
   of Ada; brothers, Harmon WILEY of Miami, and Adam WILEY of Los
   Angeles; his grandchildren, Melissa FLEMING of Amarillo, TX, Kristin
   FLEMING of Stillwater, and Heather HAMMOND and Jason HAMMOND, both of
   Ada.