William Clarence Randolph Seely is listed as his name on his birth certificate. Since he never used William as part of his name, it was not put on his headstone by accident. He is named after his 3 uncles. The William is for his mother, Eliza's brother, William Smith. Clarence and Randolph are from his dad, James's brothers. He went by Randolph or CR Seely. His family called him 'Buddy' and his grandchildren called him 'Pop'. He married Allie Loraine Turner on July 25, 1926, they had one daughter, Betty Carolynn and divorced in 1936. He then married Audrey Jean Graham in 1940, they had no children together. On January 10, 1945, he remarried Allie Loraine Turner (Seely) (Hoag). In 1952, they moved from Wewoka, Oklahoma to Midwest City, Oklahoma, in order for him to work as a welder at Tinker Air Force Base. After leaving Tinker AFB, he worked for various companies. Traveling and working on the gas pipelines, he gained the well known and respected reputation of being the only person to weld on live gas lines, where his welds never failed. He taught his brothers and nephews to weld, and anyone who wanted to learn. He could repair and build anything with metal. He loved to spend time fishing, loved his family and chasing his grandchildren.
William Clarence Randolph Seely is listed as his name on his birth certificate. Since he never used William as part of his name, it was not put on his headstone by accident. He is named after his 3 uncles. The William is for his mother, Eliza's brother, William Smith. Clarence and Randolph are from his dad, James's brothers. He went by Randolph or CR Seely. His family called him 'Buddy' and his grandchildren called him 'Pop'. He married Allie Loraine Turner on July 25, 1926, they had one daughter, Betty Carolynn and divorced in 1936. He then married Audrey Jean Graham in 1940, they had no children together. On January 10, 1945, he remarried Allie Loraine Turner (Seely) (Hoag). In 1952, they moved from Wewoka, Oklahoma to Midwest City, Oklahoma, in order for him to work as a welder at Tinker Air Force Base. After leaving Tinker AFB, he worked for various companies. Traveling and working on the gas pipelines, he gained the well known and respected reputation of being the only person to weld on live gas lines, where his welds never failed. He taught his brothers and nephews to weld, and anyone who wanted to learn. He could repair and build anything with metal. He loved to spend time fishing, loved his family and chasing his grandchildren.
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CLARENCE RANDOLPH
SEELY
May 31, 1907
Oct 23, 1995
"Buddy"
Husband of Loraine; daddy of Betty Carolyn; son of James Walter & Liza Ann (Smith); grandson of Warren Austin & Ann Caroline (McKinley)
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