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Adair County, Oklahoma

© by: Martha Real

Elizabeth Melvania Littlejohn

© The Stilwell Democrat Journal

January 2010

Submitted by: Martha Real

Elizabeth Melvania Littlejohn
April 28, 1914 - January 8, 2010

Elizabeth Melvania Littlejohn was born April 28, 1914, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Elisah Rice Brown and Lottie Haley (Doan) Brown. At the age of 95, she passed from this life on January 8, 2010, at her home in Stilwell, Oklahoma while surrounded by her family.

Elizabeth was married to George Washington “Wash” Adair Littlejohn in a cornfield in Stilwell, Oklahoma on May 31, 1933.

Their union was blessed with five children. Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker who enjoyed gardening, sewing, canning and cooking for anybody she thought was hungry. She was a member of Noel Chapel Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of nearly 72 years, G.W. “Wash” Adair Littlejohn; two sons, Carl Stanley Littlejohn and Earl Ray Littlejohn; two grandsons, Clayton Cain and Clifton Dewayne “Snooks” Cain.

She leaves behind a loving family, which includes her children, J. Dewayne Littlejohn, Lottie “Dot” Cain and Dovie Mae Littlejohn, all of Stilwell; 13 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 17 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at Hart Memorial Chapel with Bro. Joe Morgan and Bro. Jim Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Stilwell City Cemetery under the direction of Hart Funeral Home of Stilwell.

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