Obit of Joe Bill Rutherford (r361) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 24 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. ==================================================================== Surnames: Rutherford, Evans, Stansberry, Biggs, Scarbourgh Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4874 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Joe Bill Rutherford will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Erick Assembly of God Church with Charlie Floyd officiating. Interment will follow in the Erick Cemetery, Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home. Joe was born January 11, 1926 in Cheyenne to Burl Neva Evans and Joe Bert Rutherford and died Monday November 1, 1999 at the age of 73. He grew up in the Sayre-Sweetwater area. He owned and operated the Coffee's Grocery Store. He also owned and operated Bill's Electric Store. He married Gloria Joyce Stansberry on February 1, 1948 in Wheeler, Texas. They lived in Clinton from 1948 to 1964 when they moved to Erick to make their home. He was a member of the Rotary Club, VFW, American Legion and Erick Chamber of Commerce. He also served his country in Worl War II in the Army. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Gloria, one daughter, Nancy and one sister. Survivors includxe one daughter Sandra Biggs of White City, Oregon; two sons, Mike Rutherford of Blair and Kenny Rutherford of Wheeler, Texas; one sister, Kitty Scarbourgh of Sacramento, California; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1-Nov-1999