Obit of Haley Jr., C. Fred - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 5 Dec 2004 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Haley Jr., C. Fred C. Fred Haley, Jr., 67, died September 14, 2002, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Fred was born October 26, 1934, in Pineville, Kentucky, and at age 15 was Valedictorian of his senior class at Pineville High School. He received his musical education at Westminster Choir College where his teachers included: Julius Herford, Alexander McCurdy and John Finley Williamson. He obtained additional postgraduate study in organ at Syracuse University with Arthur Poister and at the University of Oklahoma with Mildred Andrews. In 1957, he was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Westminster Choir for its world tour of that year, conducting the choir in concerts in some twenty-five countries in Asia and Eastern Europe. In 1959 he became Organist and Associate Director of Music at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, one of the denomination's largest congregations, a position he held for over 25 years. Subsequently, he was organist at Central Presbyterian Church until his retirement in 1998. An active member of the American Guild of Organists and of the Fellowship of United Methodist Musicians (formerly NUFOMM), Mr. Haley frequently performed at the regional and national meetings of these organizations, appearing in thirty five of the 50 United States. Mr. Haley was preceded in death by his father, C. F. Haley on September 5, 1948 and his mother Grace Johnson Haley, April 17, 1997. Survivors include two brothers, Dan Haley of Bowling Green, KY and Jim Haley of Santa Cruz, CA and two nieces and two nephews. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 19, 2002, at Covenant Presbyterian Church with interment to follow at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery. SMITH & KERNKE 1401 NW 23rd ST. Published in the Oklahoman on 9/19/2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html