The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, June 30, 1950:
Services for Coleman F. Witherspoon, 75, of 35 NE 3, will be at 10:30 am Saturday in Smith & Kernke Funeral Chapel with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Witherspoon died while at work in the Skirvin Tower Hotel Wednesday afternoon.
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 29, 1950:
Coleman Frank Witherspoon, 75, died at 3:30 pm Wednesday of a heart attack while at work in the Skirvin Tower Hotel. Witherspoon, 35 NE 3, had been a city resident for 40 years. He had been a trucking contractor for 15 years and had been in the grocery and meath business for 20 years. For the past 3 years he operated an elevator in the hotel.
Born in Midlothia, Texas September 13, 1874, he drove cattle on the plains for the old X1T ranch as a young man.
He came to Mead shortly after the turn of the century and married there. He attended the Christian Church and the Elks Lodge. When he first came here he worked as a foreman for a construction company and helped build the old Broadway Central Hotel and the old Post Office building on Main. He was a member of the AFL Carpenter Local. Survivors include a wife, Perle (Pearl), of the home; two sons, H. D., 510 NW 24, and J. C., of the home; and three grandchildren. Services are pending with Smith & Kernke Funeral Home.
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, June 30, 1950:
Services for Coleman F. Witherspoon, 75, of 35 NE 3, will be at 10:30 am Saturday in Smith & Kernke Funeral Chapel with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Witherspoon died while at work in the Skirvin Tower Hotel Wednesday afternoon.
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 29, 1950:
Coleman Frank Witherspoon, 75, died at 3:30 pm Wednesday of a heart attack while at work in the Skirvin Tower Hotel. Witherspoon, 35 NE 3, had been a city resident for 40 years. He had been a trucking contractor for 15 years and had been in the grocery and meath business for 20 years. For the past 3 years he operated an elevator in the hotel.
Born in Midlothia, Texas September 13, 1874, he drove cattle on the plains for the old X1T ranch as a young man.
He came to Mead shortly after the turn of the century and married there. He attended the Christian Church and the Elks Lodge. When he first came here he worked as a foreman for a construction company and helped build the old Broadway Central Hotel and the old Post Office building on Main. He was a member of the AFL Carpenter Local. Survivors include a wife, Perle (Pearl), of the home; two sons, H. D., 510 NW 24, and J. C., of the home; and three grandchildren. Services are pending with Smith & Kernke Funeral Home.
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