B.K. Barham, 83, died Monday, March 5, 1990.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in First Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Barham, born in Elk City, OK moved to Wheeler in 1949 from Sweetwater, OK. He married Grace Kelley in 1926 at Wheeler. He was a teacher 46 years, having taught in Sand Stone, OK, New Liberty, OK, Retrop, OK and Sweetwater, OK before moving to Wheeler, where he was high school principal from 1949 until his retirement from teaching in 1972. He later was employed by Wheeler Lumber Co. 10 years. He was a member of Erick, OK Masonic Lodge and a deacon and member of First Baptist Church at Wheeler. He was president of the Wheeler Cemetery Association for several years.
Mr. Barham was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a son J.B. Barham, in 1989; a sister, Linnie Henry, and a brother, Raymond Barham.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Hersel Anderson of Sweetwater, Okla.; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Barham of Sweetwater, Okla.; two sisters, Elvira Henderson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Melvin Bolger of Oklahoma City, Okla.; six grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in First Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Barham, born in Elk City, OK moved to Wheeler in 1949 from Sweetwater, OK. He married Grace Kelley in 1926 at Wheeler. He was a teacher 46 years, having taught in Sand Stone, OK, New Liberty, OK, Retrop, OK and Sweetwater, OK before moving to Wheeler, where he was high school principal from 1949 until his retirement from teaching in 1972. He later was employed by Wheeler Lumber Co. 10 years. He was a member of Erick, OK Masonic Lodge and a deacon and member of First Baptist Church at Wheeler. He was president of the Wheeler Cemetery Association for several years.
Mr. Barham was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a son J.B. Barham, in 1989; a sister, Linnie Henry, and a brother, Raymond Barham.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Hersel Anderson of Sweetwater, Okla.; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Barham of Sweetwater, Okla.; two sisters, Elvira Henderson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Melvin Bolger of Oklahoma City, Okla.; six grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
THE WHEELER TIMES - March 8, 1990
B.K. Barham, 83, died Monday, March 5, 1990.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in First Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Barham, born in Elk City, OK moved to Wheeler in 1949 from Sweetwater, OK. He married Grace Kelley in 1926 at Wheeler. He was a teacher 46 years, having taught in Sand Stone, OK, New Liberty, OK, Retrop, OK and Sweetwater, OK before moving to Wheeler, where he was high school principal from 1949 until his retirement from teaching in 1972. He later was employed by Wheeler Lumber Co. 10 years. He was a member of Erick, OK Masonic Lodge and a deacon and member of First Baptist Church at Wheeler. He was president of the Wheeler Cemetery Association for several years.
Mr. Barham was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a son J.B. Barham, in 1989; a sister, Linnie Henry, and a brother, Raymond Barham.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Hersel Anderson of Sweetwater, Okla.; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Barham of Sweetwater, Okla.; two sisters, Elvira Henderson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Melvin Bolger of Oklahoma City, Okla.; six grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
THE WHEELER TIMES - March 8, 1990
Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in First Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Helsley, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Barham, born in Elk City, OK moved to Wheeler in 1949 from Sweetwater, OK. He married Grace Kelley in 1926 at Wheeler. He was a teacher 46 years, having taught in Sand Stone, OK, New Liberty, OK, Retrop, OK and Sweetwater, OK before moving to Wheeler, where he was high school principal from 1949 until his retirement from teaching in 1972. He later was employed by Wheeler Lumber Co. 10 years. He was a member of Erick, OK Masonic Lodge and a deacon and member of First Baptist Church at Wheeler. He was president of the Wheeler Cemetery Association for several years.
Mr. Barham was preceded in death by his wife in 1988; a son J.B. Barham, in 1989; a sister, Linnie Henry, and a brother, Raymond Barham.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Hersel Anderson of Sweetwater, Okla.; a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Barham of Sweetwater, Okla.; two sisters, Elvira Henderson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Melvin Bolger of Oklahoma City, Okla.; six grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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