Esiah DRYWATER, 56, died June 11, in Tulsa after a long bout with kidney disease. Services were held June 14 in the Reed-Culver Chapel in Tahlequah with the Revs. Lewis ROSS and Felix JOHNSON officiating. Interment was in the New Hope Cemetery in Cherokee County.
Esiah was born September 20, 1936, at Shady Grove, Okla. He was the son of Jess and Lucy GRASSHOPPER DRYWATER. He grew up in Cherokee County and attended school in Wyandotte and Hulbert.
He was married to Ida JOHNSON in 1961, and he had worked as a bus driver and custodian for the Shady Grove School. He was a member of the Johnson Prairie Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ida of the home; one son, Vincent of the home; four daughters, Sue, Patricia, Diana and Laura of Okla.; two brothers, Ross and Archie, both of Okla.; four sisters, Lizzie, Ann and Juanita of Okla., and Dixie of N.M.; five grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
[Cherokee Advocate, 1993)
Esiah DRYWATER, 56, died June 11, in Tulsa after a long bout with kidney disease. Services were held June 14 in the Reed-Culver Chapel in Tahlequah with the Revs. Lewis ROSS and Felix JOHNSON officiating. Interment was in the New Hope Cemetery in Cherokee County.
Esiah was born September 20, 1936, at Shady Grove, Okla. He was the son of Jess and Lucy GRASSHOPPER DRYWATER. He grew up in Cherokee County and attended school in Wyandotte and Hulbert.
He was married to Ida JOHNSON in 1961, and he had worked as a bus driver and custodian for the Shady Grove School. He was a member of the Johnson Prairie Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ida of the home; one son, Vincent of the home; four daughters, Sue, Patricia, Diana and Laura of Okla.; two brothers, Ross and Archie, both of Okla.; four sisters, Lizzie, Ann and Juanita of Okla., and Dixie of N.M.; five grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
[Cherokee Advocate, 1993)
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