Pawnee County, Oklahoma, Obituary: J.C. BIVIN ********************************************** 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. BIVIN OCNS - September 16, 2002 - J.C. Bivin, 85, died Wednesday, September 11, 2002 in Stroud, Oklahoma following a long illness. He was born June 30, 1917 in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, to Jessie Keeth and Charles Sanford Bivin. Services were held Monday, September 16, at the First Christian Church in Stroud with interment in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma. Arrangements were entrusted to Chapman-Black Funeral Home of Cleveland. In lieu of flowers, friends are contributing to the Stroud Regional Medical Center Foundation. J.C. graduated in 1938 from Cleveland High School, where he played football and was an outstanding wrestler. April 19, 1938 he married his high school sweetheart, Lurene Rose. J.C. was employed in 1938 by Johnson Oil Company of Cleveland, which was later purchased by Kerr-McGee Corporation. He participated in every phase of the pipeline industry and rose to the position of District Superintendent. He was transferred to Drumright in 1958 and resigned from Kerr-McGee in 1963 to form his own business, which he operated for twenty years before retiring. Mr. Bivin was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Cleveland and an active member of the Drumright Rotary Club, serving as Secretary, vice-President and President in the years 1967 through 1970. He was a member of the City Commission of Drumright and was proudly involved in the construction of the Drumright memorial Hospital. J.C. was an expert horseman and won the World Palomino Cutting Show at the age of seventy-one. After retirement, he taught three horsemanship classes each summer to boy Scouts. He was a real hero to every boy who passed through Will Rogers Scout Reservation (located west of Cleveland). He served as deacon and as an elder of the First Christian Church of Drumright and, at the time of this death, was a member of the First Christian Church of Stroud. J.C. Bivin is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Lurene; four sons, David Bivin and his wife, Josa, of Jerusalem, Israel, Steve Bivin and his wife, Julie, of Stroud, Stan Bivin and his wife, Susie, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, Phil Bivin and his wife, Martha, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; seven grandchildren with the birth name of Bivin, Natan, Jason, Amy, Brian, Jeremy, Lori and Ryan; three great-grandchildren are also named Bivin, Kai, Jacey (his namesake) and Aviad. The family has now grown to include Tammy Bivin (Mrs. Jeremy), Jennifer Bivin (Mrs. Brian), Captain Daniel Brings (Amy) and Liat Bivin (Mrs. Natan). J.C. leaves a rich legacy, as it is said, "A man's legacy is in the deeds of his children."