Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Rector R. Carlton (c643)

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Obit for Rector R. Carlton



Rector R. Carlton, son of William LeRoy and Gerva Moore Carlton, was
born near Leedey, Oklahoma, on October 27, 1911.  He passed from this life
on January 9, 1989, in Elk City Community Hospital, Elk City, Oklahoma, at
the age of seventy-seven years.

He began his education in the Banner Rural School near his home,
southwest of Leedey, finishing his elementary education in Leedey High
School.

On April 30, 1932, Rector Carlton and Orpha Barnard were united in
marriage at Elk City, Oklahoma.  One daughter, Juana Kay, was born to them.
The farm hoem southwest of Leedey was maintained until 1977, when they
retired and established their home in Leedey where they have lived these
past eleven years.

In 1959, at the age of forty-seven years, Mr. Carlton made his
commitment of Christian Faith and became a member of the Liberty Center
Baptist Church.

Mr. Carlton was a farmer, one who greatly enjoyed this employment.  The
open spaces which farm life afforded him also give him and opportunity to
enjoy hunting, gardening, and working with horsess and dogs, training them
in his own special way.  Those  years were  happy ones in his life.  He
loved good stock and laways made an effort to have that type of animals for
training.  He enjoyed gardening and was pleased always to share the fruits
of his labors with others.

These material things of life were pleasing to him, but his greatest
possesion was a heart filled with love and compassion for his family and
many friends.  He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend.

Mr. Carlton was preceded in death by his parents, William Leroy and
Gerva Carlton.  He is survived by his wife, Orpha, of the home in Leedey,
one daughter Juana Kay Penry and husband, Leroy, of Leedey, two
granddaughters, Shirley Penry of Ft. Worth, Texas and Jo Cole and husband,
Russ Cole, of Leedey; one grandson, Rex Penry, also of Leedey, and three
great grandchildren, Charlotta, Jenna, and Cody Cole of Leedey; two
brothers, Laverne and Walter Carlton, both of Oklahoma City, one sister,
Merilea Miller of piedmont.  There are also surviving one aunt, several
nieces and nephews, other loved ones and many friends.

Memorial services were held on Wednesday, January 11, 1989 at the First
Baptist Church, Leedey, Oklahoma with Gary Baird officiating.  Interment
followed in the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Shaw Funeral Home
of Leedey.

Casketbearers were Jimmy Bales, Kevin Cates, Eddie Haynes, Dale Johnson,
Edward Smith III, and Arthur Welty.

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