Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  JAMES SHELBY McGRAW, Sr.

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JAMES SHELBY McGRAW, Sr.

OCNS - Archives - Mr. James Shelby McGraw, Sr., 62, of 211 ½ South 
Johnstone, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, died at 3:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 11, 
1966 in the Washington County Hospital following a brief illness.

Mr. McGraw was born June 6, 1903 in Avant, Oklahoma, the son of Clay 
McGraw and ??? Landis.   As a small child he moved with his parents to 
Barnsdall, Oklahoma where he was reared and received his education.   As a 
young man he employed himself with Chapman-Barnard Ranch, north of 
Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

October 9, 1928, Shelby married Miss Leona Couch in Pawhuska where they 
established their first home until 1941 when they moved to Bartlesville.   
He was associated with the A.M. Hughes ranch and later was employed by 
Reda Pump Company, National Zinc Company and the City of Bartlesville.   
He retired from the City of Bartlesville because of illness.

Survivors included one daughter, Mrs. Leroy (Dinah) Widowski of Jenks, 
Oklahoma; two sons, Shelby McGraw, Jr., of Dewey, Oklahoma and Donald P. 
McGraw of Bartlesville; one brother, Perry J. McGraw of Ponca City, 
Oklahoma; two half-brothers, Sylvester McGraw of Louisiana and Leo McGraw 
of Claremore, Oklahoma; one half-sister, Mrs. Blanche Youngblood of Borger, 
Texas, ten grandchildren and numerous of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held January 14, 1966, in the Keeley-Neekamp Funeral 
Home, Bartlesville, with Reverend Claude Blackford, pastor of the Peoples 
Church officiating.   Interment was in the White Rose Cemetery, 
Bartlesville.