Obit of Wilton Earle (e640) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 6 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== Wilton Earle was born October 12, 1905 to Robert Gale and Lou Era Seale Earle at Pine Grove, Arkansas. He passed away aw home June 5, 2000 at the age of 94. When Wilson was five his family moved to Western Oklahoma to the Crawford and Durham area. He had seven brothers, Seale, Darwin, Cloyce, Clyde, Francis Jasper "Bill", Rufus and Rupert. On November 2, 1939 Wilton married Icie Leola Cockrell at Reydon, Oklahoma. They had four sons, Leon, Dennis, Raymond and Harold. Wilson did farming and custom harvesting for a number of years. He has lived at Craig, Colorado for the last twenty-five years. The last several years he has enjoyed working with his bees. He had honey in several stores as well as shipped it all over the United States. He said he spent a lot of time talking to God while out working with the bees. He loved to tell stories of things he had done or seen in his lifetime. He came all the way from hauling grain or hogs to market by team and wagon to the space age. He is survived by his wife, Leola, his four sons and their wives, Dennis and Glenda of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leon and Rose, Raymond and Genie, Harold and Loretta of Craig, Colorado. Nine grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, three brothers, Rufus of Craig, Colorado and Clyde and Rupert of Durham, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and three grandsons. Services were held June 9, 2000 at the Craig Cemetery with Gary Henderson officiating. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK