Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Lewis Casper Sumpter

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Note: This newspaper article if from a scrapbook collection by Belle 
Forrest Sumpter Gullett.

Obit for LEWIS CASPER SUMPTER, 84 , area resident for 47 years, died 
at 7:20 am Saturday in jane phillips medical center where he was a 
patient for four days. Funeral services will be 2pm tureday in the 
Sanctuary of the Tuxedo Assembly of God Church. Rev Joe Calabrese will 
official. Interment will be in the memorial park by the arnold moore 
funeral service.

Sumpter was a native of okla and was born during indian territory days 
at sallisaw on march 12, 1895. The family moved during his youth to 
tuttle where he was reared and received his education. He managed a 
cotton gin at sallisaw for two years and managed the sallisaw light 
and power plant for two years. He and the former Miss Sena Woodard 
were married on Nov. 12, 1916 at franklin, okla. And they lived on a 
far near franklin okla until they moved to okla city and later to 
pawhuska okla in 1920. He farmed in the oglesby community until 1970. 
Survivors in addition to his wife, Mrs. Sena W. Sumpter of the home, 
include six sons,. Earl R. Sumpter, Fort worth, tex: Irvin L. Sumpter, 
bartlesville, okla.: Dearl E. "rusty" sumpter, albany, oregon: 
Clarence O. Sumpter, London England, Elmer L. "red" sumpter, Ramona, 
Okla. And Carl E. Sumpter, 2500 se.washington blvd: four daughters: 
Mrs. Bob G. (pearl) sumpter Ford, 3801 Limestone, Mrs Leo (Mearle 
Virginia) sumpter Davis, Reno, Nev.: Mrs Floud L.(wanda ) sumpterJack, 
bartlesville and mrs Vernie E. (Margaret) sumpter Russell of Tulsa 
okla: 27 grandchildren and 20 great grands, two sisters, mrs Belle 
Forrest Sumpter Gullett of Hominy, Okla. And mrs Ernestine Sumpter 
Leadford, Pawhuska, okla.