Charleston - O. D. Harper, 67 years old, of Charleston, died Sunday at Shuffit's Nursing Home #1 in Sikeston.
He was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Brockett, Ark. to Trumie and Dixie Johnston Harper. On Sept. 12, 1934, he married Lois E. Crenshaw, who survives.
He had been a resident of Mississippi County since 1858. A retired farmer, he was employed as Mississippi County highway engineer for eight years until retirement in 1975. He was a member of Bridges United Methodist Church.
Also surviving are daughters, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Allen Mays, Mrs. John Carrigan, Mrs. Tom Baker, Mrs. Larry Loomis and Mrs. Vic Anderson; sons, Galen and Charles Harper; brothers, Rex, Hulen, Weldon and Leland Harper; a sister, Mrs. Robert Conner; and 18 grandchildren.
A sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home here with burial in the IOOF Cemetery near here.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Brockett, Ark. to Trumie and Dixie Johnston Harper. On Sept. 12, 1934, he married Lois E. Crenshaw, who survives.
He had been a resident of Mississippi County since 1858. A retired farmer, he was employed as Mississippi County highway engineer for eight years until retirement in 1975. He was a member of Bridges United Methodist Church.
Also surviving are daughters, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Allen Mays, Mrs. John Carrigan, Mrs. Tom Baker, Mrs. Larry Loomis and Mrs. Vic Anderson; sons, Galen and Charles Harper; brothers, Rex, Hulen, Weldon and Leland Harper; a sister, Mrs. Robert Conner; and 18 grandchildren.
A sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home here with burial in the IOOF Cemetery near here.
Southeast Missourian
Charleston - O. D. Harper, 67 years old, of Charleston, died Sunday at Shuffit's Nursing Home #1 in Sikeston.
He was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Brockett, Ark. to Trumie and Dixie Johnston Harper. On Sept. 12, 1934, he married Lois E. Crenshaw, who survives.
He had been a resident of Mississippi County since 1858. A retired farmer, he was employed as Mississippi County highway engineer for eight years until retirement in 1975. He was a member of Bridges United Methodist Church.
Also surviving are daughters, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Allen Mays, Mrs. John Carrigan, Mrs. Tom Baker, Mrs. Larry Loomis and Mrs. Vic Anderson; sons, Galen and Charles Harper; brothers, Rex, Hulen, Weldon and Leland Harper; a sister, Mrs. Robert Conner; and 18 grandchildren.
A sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home here with burial in the IOOF Cemetery near here.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Dec. 25, 1914, in Brockett, Ark. to Trumie and Dixie Johnston Harper. On Sept. 12, 1934, he married Lois E. Crenshaw, who survives.
He had been a resident of Mississippi County since 1858. A retired farmer, he was employed as Mississippi County highway engineer for eight years until retirement in 1975. He was a member of Bridges United Methodist Church.
Also surviving are daughters, Mrs. Don Robertson, Mrs. Allen Mays, Mrs. John Carrigan, Mrs. Tom Baker, Mrs. Larry Loomis and Mrs. Vic Anderson; sons, Galen and Charles Harper; brothers, Rex, Hulen, Weldon and Leland Harper; a sister, Mrs. Robert Conner; and 18 grandchildren.
A sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home here with burial in the IOOF Cemetery near here.
Southeast Missourian
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