Sending the McCurtain Gazette obit & (2) Card of Thanks. Typed exactly as were printed.

Rites Held For Shooting Victim

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Millerton for Hiram E. McFarland, 49, who was fatally shot Christmas morning. Rev. Orville manning officiated and burial was in Wheelock cemetery.
Born September 27, 1909 in Millerton, where he spent his entire life. He was owner and operator of a grocery store at Millerton.
Survivors include his widow; two sons, Hiram E. McFarland, Jr., and John Thomas McFarland, both of Millerton; one step-son, M-Sgt. Jerry Taylor, Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. R. D. Brown, Independence, Mo., Mrs. Bruce Ramsey and Mrs. Robert Young, both of Millerton; one brother, John W. McFarland, Tulsa; one step-grandchild, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland, Millerton.

McCurtain Gazette
Thursday, Jan. 1, 1959

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CARD OF THANKS

The kindness and sympathy of neighbors and friends in our recent sorrow will always remain with us a precious memory. Our sincere thanks and gratitude for all those comforting acts. ---- Mrs. Hiram McFarland and Family

CARD OF THANKS

We are sincerely grateful to friends and neighbors for their many kind acts of sympathy during our sad bereavement. Our appreciation cannot be adequately expressed. Special thanks to the ones who brought food, to the minister, to the choir and for the beautiful floral offering. -- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland and daughters

McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, January 10, 1959

Thanks to Brandon O'Rear for the obituary.

Brother: John Willis McFarland

Sister: Evelyn M. McFarland Ramsey

Sister: Madeline D. McFarland

Sister: Marcella M. Young

Thanks to Terry L. Garvin for the links to the McFarland siblings. If anyone has any info on the McFarland line, please let me know. Thank you.