Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  MELVIN CARL STIDHAM

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MELVIN CARL STIDHAM

OCNS - May 3, 2002 - Melvin Carl Stidham, 71, of Livingston, Texas, went to 
be with the Lord on Thursday, May 2, 2002 at the Woodland Heights Medical 
Center, Lufkin, Texas.   Graveside services will be Monday, Maya 6, at 2:00 
p.m., in the Pawhuska City Cemetery, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.   Services are 
under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home, Pawhuska.

Mr. Stidham was born December 6, 1930, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, the son of 
Edna Pearl (Knuckolls) and Clarence Stidham.   He entered the U.S. Army in 
1945 at the age of eighteen.   He was discharged in 1951 as a Sergeant in 
the First Calvary Unit.   While serving, Mr. Stidham was awarded four 
Bronze Stars, the Good Conduct Medal, a Presidential Unit Citation and the 
Korean Presidential Citation.   Mr. Stidham worked as a brick mason from 
1952 until several months before his death.   He spent much of his life in 
Osage County, Oklahoma, buy had lived the past thirteen years in Livingston 
with his wife, Dixie.

Surviving are:   his wife, Dixie Stidham of Livingston; a brother, Jerry 
Stidham and wife, Betty of Amarillo, Texas; four sons, Jack Buzbee and wife, 
Cathy of Pawhuska, Robert Buzbee and wife, Yvonne of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 
Carl Buzbee of Kansas and Steven McDaris of Wisconsin; four daughters, 
Cindy Hendren of Livingston, Carla Tanner and Melissa Owens both of Abilene, 
Texas, and Gay Steddent of Texas; five granddaughters, Christy Buzbee 
Sroufe, Sassy Hendren, Tesa Slater, Bobby Jo Powell, Sara Owens and Carol 
Dee Ann Buzbee; four grandson, Brady Buzbee, Jackie Buzbee, James Buzbee 
and Jonathan Buzbee, and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and 
a host of other family and friends.

Mr. Stidham was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Shannon 
Stidham, two brothers, Claude and Jack and one sister, Clara Jo.