Obit for Leslie C. Vinson - Wagoner County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Peggy Yarbrough P0610@aol.com ======================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ============================================================= Source: Obituary & Death Certificate ============================================================= Leslie Vinson, 78, of Wagoner, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002 at Coweta Manor Nursing Home. Services were 9:00a.m., Monday, Jan 28, 2002 at the Shipman Chapel in Wagoner, with the Rev. Carl Murphy officiating. Burial followed at the New Hope Cemetery in Hulbert. Funeral services are under the direction of Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory. He was born to William "Ben" and Mattie (Bennett) Vinson on August 15, 1923 in Bokoske, Ok. In his earlier years, he and his father traveled from South Canadian where they made cross ties, to Missouri where they picked berries, while picking cotton and anything else they could find to do along the way. Leslie went to work for the railroad in 1943. After he was laid off from the railroad, he started working at a Booster Plant in Guymon, Ok and later came to Hulbert where he met and married Addie Marie (Moore) Vinson. Leslie worked at various jobs throughout his life. He worked on a farm and dairy for Lonnie Blair in Wagoner for 15 years before moving to Siloam Springs, AR., where he worked for Delbert Allen on a ranch before retiring in 1988. He moved to Wagoner in October, 1990. He was admitted to Coweta Manor Nursing Home on Jan 9, 2002 after suffering several small strokes that affected his mind. Leslie was preceded in death by: his parents Mattie and William Vinson; grand- daughter Dana Faith Virginia Woods Evans; brothers Henry Freeman Vinson and Dock Blufford Vinson; sisters Florence Irene Vinson Floyd and Opal Mabel Vinson Bly. He is survived by: his wife Addie Marie Vinson of the home; daughters Peggy Lou Yarbrough and husband Jerry of Wagoner; Christine Woods and husband Howard of Colcord, LaDonna Bullard and husband Earl of Sapulpa. Mattie Dierking of Siloam Springs, AR.; six grandchildren Gary Eugene Yarbrough and wife Tammy of Wagoner, Jeffery Lynn Yarbrough and wife Lisa of Wagoner, Sandra Louise Virginia Woods McCoy and husband Chris of Westville, Richard Eugene Young and wife Becky of Wagoner, Charles Edwin Young and wife Judy of Sapulpa, John Wesley Renfroe of Siloam Springs, AR; nine great grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and friends.