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Jimmy <I>Wilson</I> Allard

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Jimmy Wilson Allard

Birth
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
20 Feb 1989 (aged 82)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Jimmy Wilson Allard, 82, wife of Orville Allard, died early Monday, Feb 20, 1989, at Deaconess Hospital. Born Nov 18, 1906 near Shawnee. She moved to Drumright with her parents during the oil boom days. Her father, James F Wilson, was in the 1889 Oklahoma Run. Jimmy and Orville were married in Tulsa, returning to Drumright to make their home.

There she worked on her father-in-law's newspaper as a reporter and later as editor. She was active in several women's organizations, and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Around 1949 Jimmy and Orville moved to Oklahoma City where she worked 24 years for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and was a continuous member of the Women of the Moose.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Jeanne F Johnson, of OKC; and a son, Dr J Bradley Allard, of Columbia, MO; a granddaughter, Janice L Tabor, of OKC; two grandsons, Dr Jon M Johnson, Stillwater; and Steven S Allard, OKC; 4 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Jimmy was recently preceded in death by her sister, Ruth Wilson Keylor.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, Feb 22 at 2 pm at Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper Funeral Home, interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

(Published in The Oklahoman, Tuesday, Feb 21, 1989)
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Parents: James Francis Wilson & Sarah Charlotte Fisher
Jimmy Wilson Allard, 82, wife of Orville Allard, died early Monday, Feb 20, 1989, at Deaconess Hospital. Born Nov 18, 1906 near Shawnee. She moved to Drumright with her parents during the oil boom days. Her father, James F Wilson, was in the 1889 Oklahoma Run. Jimmy and Orville were married in Tulsa, returning to Drumright to make their home.

There she worked on her father-in-law's newspaper as a reporter and later as editor. She was active in several women's organizations, and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Around 1949 Jimmy and Orville moved to Oklahoma City where she worked 24 years for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and was a continuous member of the Women of the Moose.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Jeanne F Johnson, of OKC; and a son, Dr J Bradley Allard, of Columbia, MO; a granddaughter, Janice L Tabor, of OKC; two grandsons, Dr Jon M Johnson, Stillwater; and Steven S Allard, OKC; 4 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Jimmy was recently preceded in death by her sister, Ruth Wilson Keylor.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, Feb 22 at 2 pm at Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper Funeral Home, interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

(Published in The Oklahoman, Tuesday, Feb 21, 1989)
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Parents: James Francis Wilson & Sarah Charlotte Fisher


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