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Obituary
Fort Cobb/Oak Grove Cemetery
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Lillian Cotten
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Wednesday, May 14, 1975
Harley Champion
Death Takes H. Champion
Funeral for Harley Champion, 80, who died Tuesday in a Carnegie hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Houk, minister, officiating.
Champion was born Dec. 6, 1894 at Springer. He came to the Walters-Grandfield area with his parents and was married to Mable Bentley Sept. 30, 1915 at Frederick. She died in Jan., 1974.
He was a retired farmer and was a member of the Fort Cobb Methodist church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. [Oliver] Robbie May Pinc, Lawton; one brother, Lester Champion, Colgate; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Obituary
Fort Cobb/Oak Grove Cemetery
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Lillian Cotten
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Wednesday, June 8, 1949
John Rabie Champion
John R. Champion Services Thursday 3 P.M. in Fort Cobb
Services for John R. Champion, pioneer of the Crescent community northeast of Carnegie, were at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Christian church at Fort Cobb, with Rev. Leroy Meyers, pastor of the Baptist church, preaching the sermon.
Burial was in the Fort Cobb cemetery under direction of the Harvey Funeral Home. Champion died Tuesday of last week after a serious illness of two months. He suffered a stroke seven years ago and had been in poor health since.
Born at Gatesville, Texas, Mar. 10, 1886, Champion came to Oklahoma when he was a young man.
He was married to Agnes Rodgers July 12, 1910, at Lawton. They came to the Crescent community near Fort Cobb in 1916 and have made their home there since.
Champion joined the Christian church at Crescent as a young man and at the time of his death he held his membership with the Fort Cobb church.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Agnes Champion of the home; two sons, Ray of Anadarko and Wayne of Fort Cobb; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Seyfert, Loveland; Mrs. Evie Johnsey, Geronimo, and Mrs. Lorene Whitworth, Fort Cobb, and five brothers, Morris, Grandfield; Ross, Geronimo; Sherman and Harley, Fort Cobb, and Lester, Coalgate. All were present for the funeral.
Obituary
Fort Cobb/Oak Grove Cemetery
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Lillian Cotten
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 10, 1960
Sherman D. Champion
Services Are Held At Fort Cobb For S.D. Champion
FORT COBB -- Sherman D. Champion, a farmer on Route 2, Fort Cobb, died at the home of his brother, Harley Champion in Fort Cobb at 8 a.m. Sunday. He had been ill about a year.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Fort Cobb Methodist church with Rev. Claire Payette officiating. Burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery.
Champion was born January 18, 1898, at Wynnewood. He came to Caddo county to the Fort Cobb community in 1925. He was a member of the Christian church.
Survivors include four brothers, Morris of Grandfield, Ross of Lawton, Harley, Fort Cobb and Lester, Coalgate; several nephews and nieces including Mrs. Orval Whitworth, Carnegie.
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