Obit of Harrold, Eva Lou Harper Bandy (h643) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 20 Feb 2004 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Harrold, Bandy, Harper, Keller, Harbert, Harrison, McGee, Slane, Barnett Originally posted at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5662 Eva Lou Harrold was born January 25, 1940 in Baxter Springs, Kansas to Mary Alice and Raymond Harper. She passed away February 10, 2004 at her home in Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 64 years and 15 days. Eva graduated from Columbus High School in Columbus, Kansas before attending nursing school. She married Howard Bryant Bandy, Sr. who passed away in 1980. She later married Rev. Don Harrold at Weir, Kansas on January 26, 1981. Eva worked as a nurse's aid in Kansas and Oklahoma and was also on of the first female firefighter/EMT's on the Edna, Kansas Fire Department. She and Don moved to Cedar Vale, Kansas where she was employed with Wal-Mart. They later lived in Olustee and Arapaho, Oklahoma, before moving to Cheyenne in June 200- to make their home. She was an active Lay Speaker of the United Methodist Church and was a member of the Cheyenne United Methodist Church. In addition to her first husband, she was preceded in death by her father, 1 son, Howard Bryant Bandy, Jr., 1 granddaughter, Megan Bandy. The family greeted friends at the funeral home on Thursday, February 12, 2004 frrom 6:30 until 9:00 PM. Services were held February 13, 23004 at 10:00 and at Cheyenne United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Bruce Brotherton. Burial was at Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. Survivors include her husband Don, of the home; 2 daughters, Lora Beth Keller and husband, Phil of Pittsburg, Kansas and Anita Lou Bandy of Shawnee Mission, Kansas; 2 sons Bryan Everett Bandy and wife, Lori of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Lloyd Bryan Bandy and wife, Katherine of Weir, Kansas; her mother Mary Alice Harper of Baxter Springs, Kansas; 2 stepdaughters Kathryn Harbert and husband Charlie of Arkansas City, Kansas and Vicki Harrold of Commerce, Kansas; 8 grandchildren Tyler Harrison, Brandon Everett Bandy, Rachel Reed Bandy, Eric McGee, Lance Bandy, Andrea Bandy, Majestye Harrold and Kyle Slane; 1 sister Mary Louise Banett and husband, Steve of Bolivar, Missouri; 2 brothers Freddie Leroy Harper and wife, Danetta of Baxter Springs, Kansas and Walter Wayne Harper and wife, Terri of Belfair, Washington and a host of other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 19-Feb-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html