Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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Mancel Herman Marchant, 80, a resident of Okmulgee, 

died Sunday, July 30, 2006 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born 

Friday, December 11, 1925 to Willis Ray and Agnes (Churchill) 

Marchant in Baxter County, Arkansas. On September 28, 1946, 

he married Orila Chasteen in Okmulgee. Mr. Marchant served 

in the United States Army during WWII. He was an active member 

of the Southside Baptist Church for over 56 years and served as 

a Deacon of the church for over 40 years. He owned and operated 

Marchants General Store in Hitchita for 13 years and worked for 

Dresser-Rand as a machinist for 10 years and at American Saint 

Gobain as a glass worker for over 27 years.  

	

He preceded in death by one son: Mancel H. Marchant, Jr. in 

December of 1998. 

	

Survivors include: wife, Orila Marchant of the home; four 

daughters: Brenda Turner and husband, Bob of Nuyaka, Oklahoma; 

Pat Cindle and husband, Bill of Checotah, Oklahoma; Judy Biven 

and husband, Gary of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Beverly Martin 

and husband, Dan of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one sister: Thora Salsbury 

of Bakersfield, California; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-three 

great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. 

	

Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at the 

Southside Baptist Church in Okmulgee with Reverend Larry 

Schoonover and Reverend Thom Duncan officiating. Burial will 

follow the service at the Okmulgee Cemetery under the direction 

of the Shurden-Kelley Funeral Home of Okmulgee. 

	

Pallbearers will be Robert Turner, Bill Cindle, Gary Biven, 

Dan Martin, Robert W. Turner and Shane Biven.