Obit of J.N. "Polie" Varnell (v654) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 3 Sep 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: Varnell, Robinson, Musick, Cox, Marshall, Lievy Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5121 Funeral services for Polie Varnell will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Assembly of God Church of Sayre with Rev. Damon Akins and Rev. Floyd Courtney officiating. Burial will be in the Sayre- Doxey Cemetery, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Sayre. J.N. "Polie" Varnell was born Mary 5, 1931 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to John Franklin and Nellie Dodson Varnell and died Saturday October 16, 1999 at the age of 68. He made his home in Beckham and Roger Mills County where he farmed and ranched. He worked for Dr. Speed for 23 years while in the Sayre area in the early 50's. He married June Robinson on March 12, 1955 in Las Cruses, New Mexico. Survivors include his wife June Varnell of Sayre home, three sons, Polie Varnell, Jr. and his wife Tracy of Sayre, Oklahoma; Gaylen Varnell and his wife Lynette of Ford, Kansas and George Varnell and his wife Susan of Sayre; and Jack Varnell of Harmony, West Virginia; four sisters, Ruth Musick of Cheyenne, Florence Cox of Erick, Oklahoma, Lois Marshall of Sayre and Faye Lievy of Reno, Nevada; seven grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK