LOU WAS BORN MARCH 3, 1894 IN ATTALLA, ALABAMA. HE WAS THE SON OF CHARLES WESLEY GRANT (b. 1862) AND JESSIE ELIZABETH (COPELAND) GRANT.(b. 1870). THE FAMILY MOVED TO OLUSTEE IN JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA IN 1908, WHERE HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER AND ALSO SERVED ON SEVERAL PULPITS AS MINISTER. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN OLUSTEE AND ATTALLA ALABAMA. HE ALSO TOOK SPECIAL COURSES IN FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT. AS A YOUTH, HE HELD A POSITION AS HELPER IN THE BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT HOUSE OF THE FRISCO RAILROAD AT OLUSTEE, AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY WON PROMOTIONS TO TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AND TRAIN DISPATCHER. FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, HE ACQUIRED A LIFELONG LOVE OF TRAINS.
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1916, HE MOVED TO TULSA WHERE HE SECURED A POSITION WITH SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. HE CONTINUED WITH THIS FIRM UNTIL HE LEFT TO ENLIST AND SERVE HIS COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 51ST ENGINEERS AND SERVED AS AS A CORPORAL AND WAS WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE. AFTER THE WAR, HE REJOINED THE SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY, BUT LEFT IN 1920 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AS MANAGER FOR THE CREEK MOTOR COMPANY OF TULSA, DISTRIBUTORS FOR CATEPILLAR TRACTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.
LOU JOINED HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 1, 1921, IN THE CAPACITY OF SALESMAN TO ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS TO THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. QUICKLY PROVING HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITIES HIS RISE WAS RAPID AND HE WAS MADE VICE PRESIDENT AND APPRAISER IN 1924. THAT POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1929 WHEN
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1971.
HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK IN TOPEKA, KANSAS AND A TRUSTEE OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ADVISORY COUNCIL, A NATIONAL GROUP AND PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE AND WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST GROUP CONERENCE OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
HE WAS A VITAL FORCE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HEADED ALL OF TULSA'S MAJOR CIVIC CAMPAIGNS OF A WELFARE NATURE. THEY HAVE INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY CHEST, HOSPIAL, AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVES. LOU WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF ITS BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND SERVED ALSO AS ITS PRESIDENT AND WAS ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CLUB. AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN HILLS, HE ORIGINATED THE "SWINGAROO" AND WAS PRESIDENT IN 1956. LOU WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN HILLS.
LOU PASSED AWAY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA ON OCTOBER 25, 1974 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF A HEART ATTACK HE SUFFERED WHILE ON VACATION AT HIS LAKE HOME IN GRANDE TOWNE, KETCHUM, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO ARIETTA "ETTA" B. BRADY (07/02/1898-09/16/1967) OF TULSA ON JULY 16, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF EDWIN HAMILTON BRADY AND JULIA ANN (BROWN) BRADY. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOUIS W. GRANT "BUD", JR.(b. May 28, 1924) AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT (b. OCT. 5, 1920).
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, HE WAS MARRIED TO BETTY JANE (POLK) HARRIS, WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "JANIE BABE" ON NOVEMBER 2, 1968 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA IN THE TOWER OF BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. JANE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM ALLEN AND OTTICE MAE (HILLARD) POLK OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. JANE WAS A FORMER CLOTHING DESIGNER IN FLORIDA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA AND PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
LOU WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS OF SOONER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND WAS HONORED BY "LOU GRANT DAY" IN 1971 BY BANK ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS FOR HIS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT SOONER FEDERAL WHICH WAS FORMERLY HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AND WAS FIRST CHARTERED ON JANUARY 1, 1920 HE RETIRED IN 1971 AND EARNED THE TITLE OF "CHAIRMAIN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS". LOU ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BANK OF OKLAHOMA AND WAS LISTED IN THE WHO'S WHO OF OKLAHOMA.
LOU ENJOYED HUNTING, GOLF, FISHING AND COOKING STEAKS FOR HIS GUESTS. HE WAS AN EXPERT MARKSMAN FOR QUAIL AND DOVE. HIS PASSION WAS HUNTING AND WOULD LEAVE HOME AT 4 A.M. TO GO HUNTING.
SURVIVING ARE HIS LOVING WIFE, JANE AND HIS TWO SONS; LOUIS W. GRANT, JR. AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT & THEIR FAMILIES, GRANDDAUGHTER JEANNE SUZANNE GRANT HAYES-DILLINGHAM ( JEANNE IS NOW DECEASED-SEE F.A.G. MEMORIAL # 24508104) AND HER HUSBAND TIMOTHY JOSEPH HAYES, SR.( ALL OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, KATHY & CHRISY, CHILDREN OF CHARLIE GRANT AND CYNTHIA & LOUIS W. GRANT, III, CHILDREN OF BUD GRANT.
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE:
OSSA (02/02/1888-11/1963)
ANNIE N (B. 6/1880)
JESSIE M (B. 5/1892)
WILLIAM H "HAPPY" (B. JAN. 1896) AND WIFE DELLA (D. 3/19/1977 AT TULSA, OK).
HIS FRIEND OF 58 YEARS, MR. W.K. WARREN, WROTE: "LOUIE GRANT'S CAREER WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE AND WIDELY KNOWN AND HE WAS GIVEN MANY HONORS. HIS THINKING AHEAD IN YEARS TO COME AND HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR TULSA AND OKLAHOMA WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS."
1940 CENSUS, TULSA, OK:
Age 14, born abt 1926
Birthplace Oklahoma
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940
2116 26 Place
Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Household Members Age
Head L W Grant 45
Wife Etta Grant 41
Son Charles B Grant 19
Son Louis W Grant 14
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1916, HE MOVED TO TULSA WHERE HE SECURED A POSITION WITH SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. HE CONTINUED WITH THIS FIRM UNTIL HE LEFT TO ENLIST AND SERVE HIS COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 51ST ENGINEERS AND SERVED AS AS A CORPORAL AND WAS WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE. AFTER THE WAR, HE REJOINED THE SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY, BUT LEFT IN 1920 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AS MANAGER FOR THE CREEK MOTOR COMPANY OF TULSA, DISTRIBUTORS FOR CATEPILLAR TRACTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.
LOU JOINED HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 1, 1921, IN THE CAPACITY OF SALESMAN TO ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS TO THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. QUICKLY PROVING HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITIES HIS RISE WAS RAPID AND HE WAS MADE VICE PRESIDENT AND APPRAISER IN 1924. THAT POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1929 WHEN
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1971.
HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK IN TOPEKA, KANSAS AND A TRUSTEE OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ADVISORY COUNCIL, A NATIONAL GROUP AND PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE AND WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST GROUP CONERENCE OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
HE WAS A VITAL FORCE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HEADED ALL OF TULSA'S MAJOR CIVIC CAMPAIGNS OF A WELFARE NATURE. THEY HAVE INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY CHEST, HOSPIAL, AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVES. LOU WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF ITS BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND SERVED ALSO AS ITS PRESIDENT AND WAS ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CLUB. AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN HILLS, HE ORIGINATED THE "SWINGAROO" AND WAS PRESIDENT IN 1956. LOU WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN HILLS.
LOU PASSED AWAY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA ON OCTOBER 25, 1974 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF A HEART ATTACK HE SUFFERED WHILE ON VACATION AT HIS LAKE HOME IN GRANDE TOWNE, KETCHUM, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO ARIETTA "ETTA" B. BRADY (07/02/1898-09/16/1967) OF TULSA ON JULY 16, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF EDWIN HAMILTON BRADY AND JULIA ANN (BROWN) BRADY. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOUIS W. GRANT "BUD", JR.(b. May 28, 1924) AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT (b. OCT. 5, 1920).
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, HE WAS MARRIED TO BETTY JANE (POLK) HARRIS, WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "JANIE BABE" ON NOVEMBER 2, 1968 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA IN THE TOWER OF BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. JANE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM ALLEN AND OTTICE MAE (HILLARD) POLK OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. JANE WAS A FORMER CLOTHING DESIGNER IN FLORIDA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA AND PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
LOU WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS OF SOONER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND WAS HONORED BY "LOU GRANT DAY" IN 1971 BY BANK ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS FOR HIS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT SOONER FEDERAL WHICH WAS FORMERLY HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AND WAS FIRST CHARTERED ON JANUARY 1, 1920 HE RETIRED IN 1971 AND EARNED THE TITLE OF "CHAIRMAIN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS". LOU ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BANK OF OKLAHOMA AND WAS LISTED IN THE WHO'S WHO OF OKLAHOMA.
LOU ENJOYED HUNTING, GOLF, FISHING AND COOKING STEAKS FOR HIS GUESTS. HE WAS AN EXPERT MARKSMAN FOR QUAIL AND DOVE. HIS PASSION WAS HUNTING AND WOULD LEAVE HOME AT 4 A.M. TO GO HUNTING.
SURVIVING ARE HIS LOVING WIFE, JANE AND HIS TWO SONS; LOUIS W. GRANT, JR. AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT & THEIR FAMILIES, GRANDDAUGHTER JEANNE SUZANNE GRANT HAYES-DILLINGHAM ( JEANNE IS NOW DECEASED-SEE F.A.G. MEMORIAL # 24508104) AND HER HUSBAND TIMOTHY JOSEPH HAYES, SR.( ALL OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, KATHY & CHRISY, CHILDREN OF CHARLIE GRANT AND CYNTHIA & LOUIS W. GRANT, III, CHILDREN OF BUD GRANT.
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE:
OSSA (02/02/1888-11/1963)
ANNIE N (B. 6/1880)
JESSIE M (B. 5/1892)
WILLIAM H "HAPPY" (B. JAN. 1896) AND WIFE DELLA (D. 3/19/1977 AT TULSA, OK).
HIS FRIEND OF 58 YEARS, MR. W.K. WARREN, WROTE: "LOUIE GRANT'S CAREER WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE AND WIDELY KNOWN AND HE WAS GIVEN MANY HONORS. HIS THINKING AHEAD IN YEARS TO COME AND HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR TULSA AND OKLAHOMA WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS."
1940 CENSUS, TULSA, OK:
Age 14, born abt 1926
Birthplace Oklahoma
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940
2116 26 Place
Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Household Members Age
Head L W Grant 45
Wife Etta Grant 41
Son Charles B Grant 19
Son Louis W Grant 14
LOU WAS BORN MARCH 3, 1894 IN ATTALLA, ALABAMA. HE WAS THE SON OF CHARLES WESLEY GRANT (b. 1862) AND JESSIE ELIZABETH (COPELAND) GRANT.(b. 1870). THE FAMILY MOVED TO OLUSTEE IN JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA IN 1908, WHERE HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER AND ALSO SERVED ON SEVERAL PULPITS AS MINISTER. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN OLUSTEE AND ATTALLA ALABAMA. HE ALSO TOOK SPECIAL COURSES IN FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT. AS A YOUTH, HE HELD A POSITION AS HELPER IN THE BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT HOUSE OF THE FRISCO RAILROAD AT OLUSTEE, AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY WON PROMOTIONS TO TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AND TRAIN DISPATCHER. FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, HE ACQUIRED A LIFELONG LOVE OF TRAINS.
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1916, HE MOVED TO TULSA WHERE HE SECURED A POSITION WITH SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. HE CONTINUED WITH THIS FIRM UNTIL HE LEFT TO ENLIST AND SERVE HIS COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 51ST ENGINEERS AND SERVED AS AS A CORPORAL AND WAS WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE. AFTER THE WAR, HE REJOINED THE SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY, BUT LEFT IN 1920 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AS MANAGER FOR THE CREEK MOTOR COMPANY OF TULSA, DISTRIBUTORS FOR CATEPILLAR TRACTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.
LOU JOINED HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 1, 1921, IN THE CAPACITY OF SALESMAN TO ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS TO THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. QUICKLY PROVING HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITIES HIS RISE WAS RAPID AND HE WAS MADE VICE PRESIDENT AND APPRAISER IN 1924. THAT POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1929 WHEN
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1971.
HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK IN TOPEKA, KANSAS AND A TRUSTEE OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ADVISORY COUNCIL, A NATIONAL GROUP AND PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE AND WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST GROUP CONERENCE OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
HE WAS A VITAL FORCE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HEADED ALL OF TULSA'S MAJOR CIVIC CAMPAIGNS OF A WELFARE NATURE. THEY HAVE INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY CHEST, HOSPIAL, AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVES. LOU WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF ITS BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND SERVED ALSO AS ITS PRESIDENT AND WAS ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CLUB. AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN HILLS, HE ORIGINATED THE "SWINGAROO" AND WAS PRESIDENT IN 1956. LOU WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN HILLS.
LOU PASSED AWAY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA ON OCTOBER 25, 1974 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF A HEART ATTACK HE SUFFERED WHILE ON VACATION AT HIS LAKE HOME IN GRANDE TOWNE, KETCHUM, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO ARIETTA "ETTA" B. BRADY (07/02/1898-09/16/1967) OF TULSA ON JULY 16, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF EDWIN HAMILTON BRADY AND JULIA ANN (BROWN) BRADY. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOUIS W. GRANT "BUD", JR.(b. May 28, 1924) AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT (b. OCT. 5, 1920).
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, HE WAS MARRIED TO BETTY JANE (POLK) HARRIS, WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "JANIE BABE" ON NOVEMBER 2, 1968 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA IN THE TOWER OF BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. JANE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM ALLEN AND OTTICE MAE (HILLARD) POLK OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. JANE WAS A FORMER CLOTHING DESIGNER IN FLORIDA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA AND PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
LOU WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS OF SOONER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND WAS HONORED BY "LOU GRANT DAY" IN 1971 BY BANK ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS FOR HIS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT SOONER FEDERAL WHICH WAS FORMERLY HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AND WAS FIRST CHARTERED ON JANUARY 1, 1920 HE RETIRED IN 1971 AND EARNED THE TITLE OF "CHAIRMAIN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS". LOU ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BANK OF OKLAHOMA AND WAS LISTED IN THE WHO'S WHO OF OKLAHOMA.
LOU ENJOYED HUNTING, GOLF, FISHING AND COOKING STEAKS FOR HIS GUESTS. HE WAS AN EXPERT MARKSMAN FOR QUAIL AND DOVE. HIS PASSION WAS HUNTING AND WOULD LEAVE HOME AT 4 A.M. TO GO HUNTING.
SURVIVING ARE HIS LOVING WIFE, JANE AND HIS TWO SONS; LOUIS W. GRANT, JR. AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT & THEIR FAMILIES, GRANDDAUGHTER JEANNE SUZANNE GRANT HAYES-DILLINGHAM ( JEANNE IS NOW DECEASED-SEE F.A.G. MEMORIAL # 24508104) AND HER HUSBAND TIMOTHY JOSEPH HAYES, SR.( ALL OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, KATHY & CHRISY, CHILDREN OF CHARLIE GRANT AND CYNTHIA & LOUIS W. GRANT, III, CHILDREN OF BUD GRANT.
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE:
OSSA (02/02/1888-11/1963)
ANNIE N (B. 6/1880)
JESSIE M (B. 5/1892)
WILLIAM H "HAPPY" (B. JAN. 1896) AND WIFE DELLA (D. 3/19/1977 AT TULSA, OK).
HIS FRIEND OF 58 YEARS, MR. W.K. WARREN, WROTE: "LOUIE GRANT'S CAREER WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE AND WIDELY KNOWN AND HE WAS GIVEN MANY HONORS. HIS THINKING AHEAD IN YEARS TO COME AND HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR TULSA AND OKLAHOMA WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS."
1940 CENSUS, TULSA, OK:
Age 14, born abt 1926
Birthplace Oklahoma
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940
2116 26 Place
Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Household Members Age
Head L W Grant 45
Wife Etta Grant 41
Son Charles B Grant 19
Son Louis W Grant 14
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1916, HE MOVED TO TULSA WHERE HE SECURED A POSITION WITH SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. HE CONTINUED WITH THIS FIRM UNTIL HE LEFT TO ENLIST AND SERVE HIS COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 51ST ENGINEERS AND SERVED AS AS A CORPORAL AND WAS WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE. AFTER THE WAR, HE REJOINED THE SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY, BUT LEFT IN 1920 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AS MANAGER FOR THE CREEK MOTOR COMPANY OF TULSA, DISTRIBUTORS FOR CATEPILLAR TRACTORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.
LOU JOINED HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 1, 1921, IN THE CAPACITY OF SALESMAN TO ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS TO THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. QUICKLY PROVING HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITIES HIS RISE WAS RAPID AND HE WAS MADE VICE PRESIDENT AND APPRAISER IN 1924. THAT POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1929 WHEN
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1971.
HE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK IN TOPEKA, KANSAS AND A TRUSTEE OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ADVISORY COUNCIL, A NATIONAL GROUP AND PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE AND WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST GROUP CONERENCE OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
HE WAS A VITAL FORCE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HEADED ALL OF TULSA'S MAJOR CIVIC CAMPAIGNS OF A WELFARE NATURE. THEY HAVE INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY CHEST, HOSPIAL, AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVES. LOU WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WAS CHAIRMAN OF ITS BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTHERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND SERVED ALSO AS ITS PRESIDENT AND WAS ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA CLUB. AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN HILLS, HE ORIGINATED THE "SWINGAROO" AND WAS PRESIDENT IN 1956. LOU WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN HILLS.
LOU PASSED AWAY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA ON OCTOBER 25, 1974 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF A HEART ATTACK HE SUFFERED WHILE ON VACATION AT HIS LAKE HOME IN GRANDE TOWNE, KETCHUM, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO ARIETTA "ETTA" B. BRADY (07/02/1898-09/16/1967) OF TULSA ON JULY 16, 1919. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF EDWIN HAMILTON BRADY AND JULIA ANN (BROWN) BRADY. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOUIS W. GRANT "BUD", JR.(b. May 28, 1924) AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT (b. OCT. 5, 1920).
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, HE WAS MARRIED TO BETTY JANE (POLK) HARRIS, WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "JANIE BABE" ON NOVEMBER 2, 1968 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA IN THE TOWER OF BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. JANE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM ALLEN AND OTTICE MAE (HILLARD) POLK OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. JANE WAS A FORMER CLOTHING DESIGNER IN FLORIDA, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA AND PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.
LOU WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS OF SOONER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND WAS HONORED BY "LOU GRANT DAY" IN 1971 BY BANK ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS FOR HIS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AT SOONER FEDERAL WHICH WAS FORMERLY HOME FEDERAL SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AND WAS FIRST CHARTERED ON JANUARY 1, 1920 HE RETIRED IN 1971 AND EARNED THE TITLE OF "CHAIRMAIN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS". LOU ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BANK OF OKLAHOMA AND WAS LISTED IN THE WHO'S WHO OF OKLAHOMA.
LOU ENJOYED HUNTING, GOLF, FISHING AND COOKING STEAKS FOR HIS GUESTS. HE WAS AN EXPERT MARKSMAN FOR QUAIL AND DOVE. HIS PASSION WAS HUNTING AND WOULD LEAVE HOME AT 4 A.M. TO GO HUNTING.
SURVIVING ARE HIS LOVING WIFE, JANE AND HIS TWO SONS; LOUIS W. GRANT, JR. AND CHARLES BRADY GRANT & THEIR FAMILIES, GRANDDAUGHTER JEANNE SUZANNE GRANT HAYES-DILLINGHAM ( JEANNE IS NOW DECEASED-SEE F.A.G. MEMORIAL # 24508104) AND HER HUSBAND TIMOTHY JOSEPH HAYES, SR.( ALL OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, KATHY & CHRISY, CHILDREN OF CHARLIE GRANT AND CYNTHIA & LOUIS W. GRANT, III, CHILDREN OF BUD GRANT.
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE:
OSSA (02/02/1888-11/1963)
ANNIE N (B. 6/1880)
JESSIE M (B. 5/1892)
WILLIAM H "HAPPY" (B. JAN. 1896) AND WIFE DELLA (D. 3/19/1977 AT TULSA, OK).
HIS FRIEND OF 58 YEARS, MR. W.K. WARREN, WROTE: "LOUIE GRANT'S CAREER WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE AND WIDELY KNOWN AND HE WAS GIVEN MANY HONORS. HIS THINKING AHEAD IN YEARS TO COME AND HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR TULSA AND OKLAHOMA WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS."
1940 CENSUS, TULSA, OK:
Age 14, born abt 1926
Birthplace Oklahoma
Gender Male
Race White
Home in 1940
2116 26 Place
Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Household Members Age
Head L W Grant 45
Wife Etta Grant 41
Son Charles B Grant 19
Son Louis W Grant 14
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