Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Earl B. Busby, Jr.

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The Hominy News - Progress
P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035
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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 38, No. 51
Wednesday December 18, 2002
 
Earl B. Busby, Jr.

Earl D. Busby, Jr., age 87, passed away Thurs. Dec. 12, 2002 in St. John's 
Medical, Joplin, MO.

Earl D. Busby, Jr., was born June 24, 1915 in Hominy.  The son of Earl D. and 
Ethel (Malloy) Busby, Sr.  He has lived in Baxter Springs since 1955, moving 
from West Mineral, KS.

Mr. Busby graduated from High School in Hominy.  He attended Oklahoma State 
University in Stillwater.  He worked for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad 
for 40 years (1935-1975).  He worked the last 22 years at the Gulf Plant, 
formerly Spencer Chemical, where he was an Agent for Missouri, Kansas & Texas, 
Kansas City Southern & Frisco Railroads.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Baxter Springs, the Men's 
Fellowship S.S. class, TCU-Railroad Union, Masonic Lodge in Kiowa, and the 
Baxter Springs Historical Society, where he served as Docent.

Doris Louise Taylor and Earl D. Busby, Jr., were united in Marriage on Dec. 2, 
1937 in Hominy.  She proceeded in death on Aug. 16, 1998.

Surviving are his children Robert E. Busby and wife Hanna Busby of Baxter 
Springs, KS and Marilyn L. Kinsley and husband Michael Kinsley of Lowell, KS; 
seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held at 10 a.m. Sat. Dec. 14, 2002 at Derfelt's Baxter 
Chapel in Baxter Springs, KS.  Rev. Joe Lynn Robbins officiated.  Burial was at 
2 p.m. at the Hominy City Cemetery in Hominy.  Pallbearers were Brad Busby, 
Jeff Kinsley, Matthew Kinsley, Mark Kinsley, Stan Pickering and Chuck Wren.

The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at the chapel.  A 
Memorial Fund has been established for the Palliative Care Unit at St. John's 
Hospital.
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