OBITUARY
James Allen (Buddy) McCLURE, age 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCLURE, and a Senior in the Canadian High School, died on Saturday, April 22, 1933, at the Canadian Hospital, following a brief illness.
Allen was within a few weeks of graduation when stricken with pneumonia. Except for one year in school at Elk City, Oklahoma, his educational training was in the Canadian schools. The love of his schoolmates was shown by his classmates and school companions during his sickness and after death. At his funeral the executive and teaching force of the schools were present in a body as was the Senior Class.
Allen was a member of the Young Peoples’ Society of Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church of which Mrs. J. I. Brimberry is the supervisor. She knew Allen well and always spoke of him in terms of praise for his polite and courteous conduct on all occasions.
Besides his parents, Allen is survived by two sisters, Verna Mae McCLURE, age 12, and Mrs. Clell OWSLEY. Other relatives are: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. JOHNSON and Dorothy of Canadian; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. ELLIS and family of Higgins; T. E. POFF and family, Elk City, Oklahoma and Mr. and Mrs. Walter CAIN and Mrs. Betty POFF, Glazier.
Funeral services were conducted from the Christian Church with Rev. J. I. Brimberry, pastor, officiating.
The following members of Allen’s class acted as pallbearers: Edgar BRIMBERRY, President of the class; Dean COOK, Gordon COLEMAN, Claude STRADER, George MASON and Horace RIVERS. Burial was in the Canadian Cemetery. The attendance at the funeral was unusually large and the floral offerings were well chosen.
(Published in The Canadian Record (TX), April 27, 1933.)
(Submitted by Angie Mitchell Martin)
OBITUARY
James Allen (Buddy) McCLURE, age 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCLURE, and a Senior in the Canadian High School, died on Saturday, April 22, 1933, at the Canadian Hospital, following a brief illness.
Allen was within a few weeks of graduation when stricken with pneumonia. Except for one year in school at Elk City, Oklahoma, his educational training was in the Canadian schools. The love of his schoolmates was shown by his classmates and school companions during his sickness and after death. At his funeral the executive and teaching force of the schools were present in a body as was the Senior Class.
Allen was a member of the Young Peoples’ Society of Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church of which Mrs. J. I. Brimberry is the supervisor. She knew Allen well and always spoke of him in terms of praise for his polite and courteous conduct on all occasions.
Besides his parents, Allen is survived by two sisters, Verna Mae McCLURE, age 12, and Mrs. Clell OWSLEY. Other relatives are: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. JOHNSON and Dorothy of Canadian; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. ELLIS and family of Higgins; T. E. POFF and family, Elk City, Oklahoma and Mr. and Mrs. Walter CAIN and Mrs. Betty POFF, Glazier.
Funeral services were conducted from the Christian Church with Rev. J. I. Brimberry, pastor, officiating.
The following members of Allen’s class acted as pallbearers: Edgar BRIMBERRY, President of the class; Dean COOK, Gordon COLEMAN, Claude STRADER, George MASON and Horace RIVERS. Burial was in the Canadian Cemetery. The attendance at the funeral was unusually large and the floral offerings were well chosen.
(Published in The Canadian Record (TX), April 27, 1933.)
(Submitted by Angie Mitchell Martin)
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