Obit of Moles, Cecil R - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Lovena Norton   (Deceased)   29 Jan 2006
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::Dewey Cemetery

Mr. Cecil R Moles

Funeral services for Mr. Cecil R. Moles, age 64, a resident of Dewey, will 
be held 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp Funeral 
Home. Rev Waymond White, pastor of Life Ministries Church, will serve as 
the officiant. Graveside military rites will be accorded Mr. Moles on the 
family plot of the Dewey Cemetery by the Dewey V.F.W. and the James H Teel 
American Legion Post No. 105. Services are under the direction fo the 
Neekamp Funeral Home.

Casketbearers for the service are Cecil R. Moles, Jr., Kenneth Burnett, 
Steve Burnett, Max Burchett, Jr., Brian Scullawl, and Jim Ness. Honory 
casketbearers are Matthew Williams, Shawn Haley, Willis Haley, and 
Christopher Haley.

Mr Moles is survivied by his wife, Edith, of the home in Dewey; two sons, 
Cecil R. Moles, Jr. and Thomas Moles, both of Dewey; five daughters, 
Dianna Banks, Elizabeth Booth and Dona Garner and Bernice Moles, all of 
Bartlesville, and Leslie Moles of the home in Dewey; one brother, Virgil 
Moles of Skiatook, OK; two sisters, Nellie Purcell and Dorothy Horn, both 
of Hominy, OK; seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews, 
including Shelly Scullawl of the home in Dewey.

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Cecil R Moles

Cecil R. Moles, age 64, a resident of Dewey and longtime area resident, 
died Wednesday at 9:17 p.m. in the Jane Phillips Episcopal Memorial 
Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the 
Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp Funeral Home with the Rev Waymond White, 
pastor of Life Ministries Church officiating. Graveside military rites 
will be accorded in Dewey Cemetery by the Dewey V.F.W. and the James H 
Teel American Legion Post No. 105. Services and internment are under the 
direction fo the Neekamp Funeral Home.

A native of Oklahoma, Mr Moles was born July 17, 1927 at Hominy. He was 
the sone of Fate and Dollie [Rudisell] Moles. He received his schooling 
there. As a young man, he served with the U.S. Army during the Korean 
conflict. He received his honorable discharge in 1952. Mr Moles returned 
to Hominy where he worked for the Big Heart Oil COmpany, the Public 
Service Company and later was self-employed as an electricial. Mr Moles 
lived in Cleveland where he worked for the Elledge Music Company before 
moving to the Bartlesville area. He married Edith McCarty in May 1968. 
During Mr. Moles' career, he also worked for the Bartlesville Water 
Department and the Oklahoma Beverage Company. He was working for Coast 
Cement Company at the time of his retirement.

He was a member of the Assembly of God Church; had been a very active 
member of V.F.W. Post #989, for which he served as post commander in 1981; 
had received the R.C Pop Holliman Award in 1978-1979; the L.C. Pop 
Holliamn Award 1979-1980; recipient of the traveling Platt Buddy Poppies 
in 1981; and the Outstanding Poppy Award in 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Edith, of the home in Dewey; two sons, Cecil 
R. Moles, Jr. and Thomas Moles, of Dewey; five daughters, Dianna Banks of 
Bartlesville, Elizabeth Booth of Bartlesville, Dona Garner of 
Bartlesville, Bernice Moles of Bartlesville and Leslie Moles of the home 
in Dewey; one brother, Virgil Moles of Skiatook; two sisters, Nellie 
Purcell and Dorothy Horn, of Hominy, seven grandchildren; and several 
nieces and nephews, and foster daughter Shelly Scullawl of the home.
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