Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary: MOLLY CORDRAY STUBBS Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joann Brazee Osage County News Service (OCNS) http://ocns.freeyellow.com/ Email: ocns@hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOLLY CORDRAY STUBBS OCNS - March 30, 2000 - Molly Cordray Stubbs left this life March 28, 2000 to be with God where "….the lame shall walk …" Molly was the fourth daughter of Dave and Orpha (Rigsby) Cordray and the wife of Jack Stubbs. She was born on the Fite place southwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, near the Woodall community on April 24, 1919. Her family moved in 1921 to Pawhuska, Oklahoma where she lived most of her life until 1989 when she went to Tahlequah to make her home with her daughter. Molly and Jack Stubbs were married April 24, 1937 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Molly said she wanted to be remembered as a woman who made a difference. She dropped out of high school at Nelagoney, Oklahoma, to marry and have two children but later she went back to high school, graduated and attended Northeastern State University. She was a Democrat woman who helped Oklahoma Democrat women affiliate with the National Federation of Democrat Women in an effort to make Oklahoma and her country continue to be the best place to live. She was a co-founder and first President of the first Indian Democrat Women's organization in America and served many times as a delegate to Democrat and Democrat Women's conventions. Molly was one of the founders of Civil Defense in Oklahoma. She was instrumental in the establishment of current Cherokee Nation programs including educational, housing, medical and social services when her cousins won the first lawsuit against the United States to attain monies not properly or fairly paid for the Cherokee Strip. Molly was always there for her neighbors…and that included everyone who needed help, encouragement or just someone to listen became known to her. Molly was a lifelong Christian. She didn't just go to church on Sunday and sing, as she loved to do…she was there for her neighbor in need. She saw the need and did something about it. As a supreme compliment to Molly, she was a very good mother, always there to encourage or scold as needed to be. She will be sorely missed bnut as she said, "I'm going to Heaven to be with Jesus and he promised…"the lame shall walk." She has been bedfast since 1989. Molly was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Stubbs who died January 4, 1997, her parents; a sister, Orpha who died in 1912 as an infant, her oldest sister, Ethel Cordray Fites of Hominy, Oklahoma, who died in 1989, her sister, Cinda who died in 1999; her brother, Charles "Chub" who died in 1998 and a great-grandson, John Corbin Colburn who went to be an angel in 1986. Molly is survived by her daughter, Jackye Colburn of Tahlequah; a son, Bob Stubbs of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Jack Colburn and Johnna Snyder of Tahlequah; John Colburn of Westville, Oklahoma; Robyn Stubbs of Ft. Gibson and David Stubbs of Tahlequah; five great grandchildren, Justin and Jake Colburn, Jarrick and Jyssica Snyder all of Tahlequah and Jane Courtney Colburn of Westville. She is also survived by a sister, Cora Cordray Clements of Hominy and a brother, Sebe Cordray of Cleveland, Oklahoma; seven ne3phews and three nieces. Services and burial in the Pawhuska Cemetery were Thursday, March 30, with Sonny McCartney and Johnson Funeral Home officiating.