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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 8, 1967 Charles W. Aston 1873 ~ 1967 Funeral services for Charles W. Aston, Carnegie pioneer, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the First Methodist church with Rev. Carl Cartwright, pastor, officiating. Rev. A.F. Huesel, retired Methodist minister, assisted. Interment was in the Carnegie cemetery with the Pitcher Funeral Home in charge. Aston died early Wednesday February 1, at the Curd Nursing Home where he had lived the past four years. He was born April 2, 1873, in Benton County, Miss. He moved with his parents to Bells, Grayson County, Texas, while still young. He then moved to Cordell in 1903 where he was married to Miss Florence Gentry in 1906. Three children, two daughters and a son, were born to them. One daughter died in infancy. Aston was a rural mail carrier at Cordell in 1903 before moving to the Alfalfa community. He later moved to Carnegie. Mrs. Aston preceded him in death in 1919. He had been a member of the Masonic lodge for over fifty years and had been a member of the Methodist church since 16 years of age. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ben Kuhn of Carnegie; one son, Roy of Corpus Christi, Texas; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Attending the services from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aston of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Senah Aston and Mrs. Alberta Ross of Dallas, Mrs. Lillian Falink of Oklahoma City, Rev. and Mrs. Jim Williams of Enid, and Mrs. Bert J. Gerner of Lawton. Charles W. Aston April 2, 1873 ~ February 1, 1967 |
© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, January 22, 1919 Florence Evelyn [Gentry] Aston 1880 ~ 1919 Florence Evelyn Aston gave up the struggle against the ravages of influenza and pneumonia after suffering two weeks and passed away at the family home in Carnegie near midnight Friday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.W. Coats, pastor of the Christian church , at the cemetery Sunday at 2:30 p.m., where the body was laid to rest. A large concourse of friends from town and from the community of Cowden where the family has resided for years attended the funeral, the beautiful floral offerings marking the high esteem in which Mrs. Aston was held. Florence Evelyn Gentry was born September 15, 1880, at Seneca, Mo., died January 17, 1919, aged 38 years, 4 months and 2 days. She was united in marriage to C.W. Aston near Cloud Chief, Okla., April 14, 1906. To this union three children were born; Ruth, Roy, and Florence. Mr. Aston moved to Carnegie last fall from his farm near Cowden to give his children the advantages of the city schools, and they made their home with Mrs. Aston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Gentry. Mrs. Aston is survived by her husband, her parents, the three children and a brother, C.E. Gentry, of Prescott, Ariz., the last named being present at the funeral. Florence Evelyn [Gentry] Aston September 15, 1880 ~ January 17, 1919 |
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