Obit of Grace Belle Boal (b400) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 16 Oct 2000 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Boal, Crump Funeral services for Grace Belle Boal will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. from the Hammon United Methodist Church with Rev. Jack Atkinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home. Grace Belle Boal was born November 18, 1900 in Mize, GA to R.J. and Georgiax Sewell Crump and died Sunday January 5, 1997 at the age of 96. She came to Roger Mills County as a single young lady in the middle twenties to stay one year and remained the rest of her life. She attended Bethany College in Linsberg, KS. She began her teaching career at Hommon where she taught Home Economics, History and Glee Club. She was a class sponsor and principal. She was married January 21, 1944 in Clinton to Merton Boal a widower with some children. After her marriage she left teaching and mobed to his farm on Spring Creek. She continued to teach pano lessons until she was almost 90 years old. She also became actively involved in community affairs, includingr Red Moon Culture Club, Eastern Star, C. and S. Club and a Bridge Club. Grace was truly one of the pioneers of Hammon. She has experienced two wars, The depression, Korean Conflict, Vietnam along with many other cirsis. Throughtout all this she adapted her ideas and remained optimistic about the future for herseld and her students. In the 70's they moved back to Hammo and bought the house of Jack Walton. After her husband's death she devoted herself to her paino teaching and the church. She belonged to the Hammon Methodist Church and was the church's pianist and organist along with teaching the Young Adult Sunday School Class for many years. Survivors include; one step son, Hoy M. Boal of Green Valley, AZ; one step daughter-in-law, Jeanne Boal of Los Angeles, CA; two grandsons, five grteat grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one step-son, one step daughter, seven brotghers and one sister. The family request donations be made to the Hammon Methodist Church Building Fund. --------------------------------------------------------------------