Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Russell Paul Cecil Jr.

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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 34, No. 3
January 16, 2002
 
Russell Paul Cecil Jr.
 
Russell Paul Cecil Jr., born Aug. 8, 1928 in Hominy to Orca Bean and 
Russell Paul Cecil Sr., passed away suddenly Jan. 8, 2002.
 
Paul lived most of his life in Tulsa, working as a certified pubic 
accountant.  He graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1946 and from 
Oklahoma State University in 1954.  Paul served in the U.S. Army in the 
82nd Airborne Division, he was a Second Lieutenant and a Korean War veteran.  
With his service in the military, Paul married and worked toward 
establishing his own CPA business.
 
He is survived by four children and their spouses - Russell Paul Cecil, III 
of Los Gatos, Ca; Mary Michelle Cecil Stein, Dallas, Tx; Stephanie Cecil 
Mayes and husband Ken of Austin, Tx; and Carol Rene Dickey and husband Greg 
of Forth Worth, Tx.  Survived by five grandchildren - Jennifer Ann Stein, 
Katherine Beth Stein, Diana Renee Mayes, Amy Michelle Dickey and Grant 
Russell Dickey.  Also survived by a brother, Sam Cecil of Tishomingo, Ok., 
and a half-sister Janet Jones of Conway, Ar.
 
Paul was a devoted Episcopalian and a long-time member of Trinity Episcopal 
Church.  He was a strong advocate of higher education and all four of his 
children are college graduates.  Paul will be missed by friends and clients.
 
The family would like to thank the medical staff and caregivers at the 
Oklahoma Veterans Center in Talihina, Ok. for making the past six months of 
his life comfortable.
 
Services were held Tues. Jan. 15, at 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 
Tulsa.  Memorials can be made to a non-profit organization that serves food 
to the homeless in Tulsa - The Iron Gate Trust, c/o Trinity Episcopal 
Church, 501 South Cincinnati Avenue, Tulsa, Ok. 74103.
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