Brewer, Jim b. November 14, 1937 d. November 16, 1987 Major League Baseball Player, Coach. For seventeen seasons (1960 to 1976), he was a left-handed pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels. Born James Thomas Brewer, he was raised in Oklahoma where he attended Broken Arrow High School. Signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs in 1956, he marked his Major League debut with them on July 17th, 1960 and pitched in 5 games that year. Brewer's most accomplished body of work came as a Dodger, when he contributed to two...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Chibitty, Charles b. November 20, 1921 d. July 20, 2005 United States Army Soldier. A World War II Code Talker, he was the last survivor of the Comanche code talkers who used their native language to transmit messages for the Allies in Europe during World War II. Like the larger group of Navajo Indians who performed a similar service in the Pacific theater, the Comanches were dubbed "code talkers." The group of Comanche Indians were selected for special duty in the U.S. Army to provide the Allies with a language that the Germans could not decipher...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody) Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Childers, Ernest 'Chief' b. February 1, 1918 d. March 17, 2005 World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Childers served as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army, 45th Infantry Division. Childers was awarded his Medal of Honor for action at Oliveto, Italy, on September 22, 1943, during World War II. Childers citation reads-For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action on 22 September 1943, at Oliveto, Italy. Although 2d Lt. Childers previously had just...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Plot: Veterans Field of Honor
Hagin Sr., Rev. Kenneth Erwin b. August 20, 1917 d. September 19, 2003 Religious Figure, Founder of Rhema Bible Training Center and Kenneth Hagin Ministries. Bro. Hagin has been called the father of the modern Word of Faith movement. His nearly seven decades of ministry have influenced Christianity around the globe. Tens of thousands of Rhema graduates are ministering in over 100 countries. Bro. Hagin's ministry has distributed 65 million copies of books written by Bro. Hagin or his son, the Rev. Kenneth Hagin Jr., in addition to millions of teaching tapes and...[Read More] (Bio by: Mike Reynolds) Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Plot: Lake View Estates, Space 1000, Lawrence A GPS coordinates: 36.0405807, -95.5010071 (hddd.dddd)
Widmar, Albert Joseph b. March 20, 1925 d. October 14, 2005 Major League Baseball Player. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, the 6'3, and 185lbs, Widmar made his major league debut on April 25, 1947, and played his final game on April 17, 1952. Originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942, he played for the Boston Red Sox in 1947, St. Louis Browns in 1948, 1950 to 1951, and the Chicago White Sox in 1952. In his later years he was a pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays. He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 80, after a...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
b. November 14, 1937 d. November 16, 1987
