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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Orbra Lee
Burwell
April 16, 1918 – May 31, 1997
NAME: ORBRA LEE BURWELL, AGE 79, OF ANTLERS, OK AND FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 16, 1918 AT EUFALA, OK TO DAVID LEE AND LUCY BELLE (THOMPSON) BURWELL. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1997 AT ANTLERS HOSPITAL. AGE: 79 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED MCALESTER SCHOOLS TO EIGHTH GRADE. MARRIED: DOROTHY MAE SELBY ON DECEMBER 27, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. NORMA DEAN FRANKLIN. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRAILER MECHANIC AND SERVICE MANAGER FOR TRAILMOBILE IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR 26 YEARS, RETIRING APRIL 1, 1980. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. ORBRA SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II FROM DECEMBER, 1942 UNTIL HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON DECEMBER 14, 1945. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NORMA BURWELL OF THE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK. CHILDREN: ORBRA LEON BURWELL AND WIFE DIANE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LINDA SUE HEARRELL AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF BRISTOW, OK. JAMES RAYMOND BURWELL AND WIFE PATTY OF MOORE, OK. CHERYL ANN MCCLURE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF HOUSTON, TX. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: OPAL LEWIS AND HUSBAND WOODROW OF EUFALA, OK. BROTHER: BILL BURWELL AND WIFE BOBBIE OF ARDMORE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIFE: DOROTHY MAE (SELBY) BURWELL ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1993. PARENTS: DAVID AND LUCY BURWELL. CHILDREN: PAULETTE AND SAMMY JOE BURWELL. BROTHER: WALTER ODELL BURWELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ANCIL SIMMONS OF ANTLERS. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID BURWELL, OTIS SLIGER, TOMMY BURWELL, DWIGHT SATTERFIELD, WENDELL WOOD, SAM HEARRELL.
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