Abney Family Cemetery
Stratford, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Stratford, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Directions
At the Stratford 4 way stop light take the 177 south for about 1 mile.
Turn west at the first intersection after passing Blackburn Field and
go down the road about 3 1/4 miles. The cemetery is on the north
side of the road.
If you have family or friends buried in this cemetery and
would like to add their names and information, please send
an e mail to Sandi Carter area coordinator.
would like to add their names and information, please send
an e mail to Sandi Carter area coordinator.
| LOCATION | LAST NAME | FIRST MI | BORN | DIED | COMMENTS |
| Row 1, Space 4 | ABNEY | Baby | 13/Jul/1920 | 14/Jul/1920 | Blue Baby Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Single Marker Obit & Photo |
| Row 1, Space 10 | ABNEY | Clarence Leon | 09/Jul/1921 Stratford OK | 18/Jan/1945 France |  "Pfc US Army Hellcats ~ World War II ~ KIA ~ Purple Heart" "In Memory Of" Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Husb of Thelma [Motz] Abney Cenotaph ~ buried American Cemetery Epinal France Obit & Photo |
| Row 1, Space 35 | ABNEY | Delma Minnie [Mercer] | 29/Mar/1916 Pilot Point TX | 03/Jan/1995 OK City OK | Dau of L. W. & Lillie [Chaman] Mercer SS/W & Wife of Vernon Hall Abney Wed 14/Feb/1936 Stratford OK Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 1, Space 40 | ABNEY | Glen Thomas | 08/Sep/1942 | 27/Dec/2001 OK City OK | Son of Thomas Isaac "Tom" & Katie Mattie [Mercer] Abney Husb of Judy Ann [McGregor] Abney Wed 31/Aug/1963 Div Rancher, Cattleman & Artist Retired from Kerr-McGee Oil Refinery Heart Failure Stufflebean~Coffey Funeral Home ~ Pauls Valley OK Two Single Markers Obit |
| Row 1, Space 1 | ABNEY | Henry | 12/Aug/1909 | 13/Nov/1911 | Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Diptheria First Burial Single Marker Obit & Photo |
| Row 4, Space 29 | ABNEY | Hermon Floyd | 28/Dec/1917 Stratford OK | 09/Mar/1987 Pauls Valley OK |  "HA2 US Navy ~ World War II" "Married Sept 18, 1938" Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney SS/W & Husb of Opal Bessie [Skaggs] Abney Los Angeles CA Police Officer & former Chief of Police Stratford OK Heart attack Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Double & Two Single Marker Obit |
| Row 2, Space 28 | ABNEY | Jesse Lee | 06/Aug/1900 Logan CO AR | 31/Jul/1985 Norman OK | "Stratford Marshall" Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney SS/W & Husb of Jewel Velta [Tilley] Abney Farmer Bladder Cancer Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 20 | ABNEY | Jewel Velta [Tilley] | 30/Jul/1903 OK | 01/Nov/1976 Pauls Valley OK | SS/W & Wife of Jesse Lee Abney Wed 21/Sep/1918 Homemaker Cancer Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 1, Space 15 | ABNEY | John Wesley "J. W." "Sonny" "Wes" | 13/Oct/1869 Saline CO IL | 30/Nov/1964 Stratford OK |  Husb of Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Stratford Pioneer AtherosclerosisAbney Cemetery founder & Preacher Single Marker Obit |
| Row 1, Space 13 | ABNEY | John Wesley "Sonny" | 01/Oct/1933 Maxwell OK | 24/Mar/1959 | "Oklahoma A2C US Air Force ~ Korea" "National Guard Son of Thomas Isaac "Tom" & Katie Mattie [Mercer] Abney Traffic accident Winan's Funeral Home ~ Maysville OK Single Marker Obit |
| Row 1, Row 46 | ABNEY | Katie Mattie [Mercer] | 22/Aug/1907 Pilot Hill TX | 02/Oct/2004 Tecumseh OK |  Dau of Luther W. & Lilian M. [Chapman] Mercer SS/W & Wife of Thomas Isaac "Tom" Abney Wed 21/Sep/1927 Roff OK Piano Teacher Stufflebean~Coffey Funeral Home ~ Pauls Valley OK Obit |
| Row 1, Space 40 | ABNEY | Leo Glenn | 06/May/1927 Stratford OK | 12/Jun/2017 Norman OK | "Together Forever" Husb of [1] SS/W Ollie Sue [Bullock] Abney Wed 1961 [2] Alva Wanetta [Reynolds] Abney Spigner Photo |
| Row 2, Space 45 | ABNEY | Louie Jesse | 11/May/1931 Stratford OK | 19/Aug/2004 Stratford OK burial/23/Aug | "Sgt US Army ~ Korea" Son of Jesse Lee & Jewel Velta [Tilley] Abney Husb of Helen Molly [Seay] Abney Oilfield Worker Maintained Abney Cemetery Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Two Single Markers Obit |
| Row 1, Space 11 | ABNEY | Maud May [Maxwell] | 27/Sep/1878 AR | 18/Apr/1951 | Dau of V. B. "David" & Minerva Elizabeth [Posey] Maxwell Wife of John Wesley Abney Arteriolsclerosis Single Marker Obit |
| Row 1, Space 40 | ABNEY | Ollie Sue "Sue" [Bullock] | 02/Sep/1939 Parker CO TX | 21/May/2015 Garvin CO OK | "Together Forever" SS/W & Wife of Leo Glenn Abney Cremains Obit & Photo |
| Row 4, Space | ABNEY | Opal Bessie [Skaggs] | 19/Jun/1914 | 21/Jan/2004 burial/24/Jan | "Married Sept 18, 1938" Wife of [1] Hubert Calvin Aldridge [2] SS/W Hermon Floyd Abney Wed Stratford OK Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK obit |
| Row 1, Space 19 | ABNEY | Thomas Isaac "Tom" | 27/Jul/1905 Franklin CO AR | 23/Dec/1974 | "Garvin CO Sheriff" Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney SS/W & Husb of Katie Mattie [Mercer] Abney Garvin CO Commissioner Stroke Stufflebean~Coffey Funeral Home ~ Pauls Valley OK Obit |
| Row 4, Space 49 | ABNEY | Timothy Glenn | 10/Aug/1961 Los Angeles CA | 07/Dec/2005 Ada OK burial/12/Dec | "Dad we love you" Son of Leo Glenn & Sue Abney Husb of Danette [Lindsay] Abney Wed 27/May/1981 Heart Attack Single Marker Obit |
| Row 1, Space 26 | ABNEY | Vernon Hall | 29/Aug/1915 Stratford OK | 23/Oct/1981 OK City OK | Son of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney SS/W & Husb of Delma Minnie [Mercer] Abney Wed 29/Aug/1915 Stratford OK Retired from the Oklahoma City Stockyards Heart Attack Obit |
| Row 4, Space 41 | ALDRIDGE | Erik Michael | 14/Oct/1984 Oakland CA | 04/Jun/2002 Noble OK burial/07/Jun | Son of Patrick Lee & Sharlene [Ditz] Aldridge, traffic accident, Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Unmarked Grave Obit |
| Row | BROOKS | Dustin Ray | 08/Jul/1982 Pauls Valley OK | 07/Feb/2018 Elmore City OK burial/12/Feb | Son of Betch & Ginger Brooks Feaster Auto-Diesel Mechanic Unmarked Grave Obit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1, Space 62 | CAREY | Larry Gene | 10/Dec/1942 Centralia IL | 04/Apr/2016 Lewisville OK | "US Army" H/O Mattie Irene [Abney] Carey, Son of Francis Eugene & Billie Lou [Parrott] Carey, former mayor of Lewisville Unmarked Grave Obit |
| Row 6, Space 25 | DONEHEW | Adellaco Beatrice "Della" [Blackburn] | 04/Feb/1896 OK | 07/May/1981 Stratford OK | "Mother" Dau of Milton Sherley & Penelope [Holland] Blackburn SS/W Marion Donehew, Husb & & Marion Lorene Donehew, Son Obit |
| Row 6, Space 16 | DONEHEW | Marion Dr | 04/Jan/1878 Whitesboro TX | 06/Apr/1966 Stratford OK |  "Father" SS/W Adellaco Beatrice Doneherwe, Wife & Marion Lorene Donehew, Son 1st student of U of OK in 1892 Stratford Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Pioneer School Teacher Obit |
| Row 6, Space 47 | DONEHEW | Marion Lorene RN | 17/Apr/1937 Stratford OK | 11/Jul/2005 Stratford OK bural/14/Jul |  "Daughter" Dau of & SS/W Dr Marion & Adellaco Beatrice [Blackburn] Donehew Nurse Broken Hip Never Married Obit |
| Row 1, Space 55 | EYLER | James Ray "Jim" | 27/Jan/1945 Tulsa OK | 22/Oct/2010 Lindsay OK | "US Army National Guard" Son of Ray B. & Mabel [Havens] Eyler Husb of Unknown Eyler Truck Driver Stufflebean~Coffey Funer Home Marker ~ Pauls Valley OK Obit |
| Row 3, Space 27 | FENNELL | James Matthew | 17/May/1985 | 17/May/1985 | "Infant Son of Wayne and Susan" Single Marker |
| Row 3, Space 22 | FENNELL | Patrick Wayne | 22/Oct/1975 | 09/Jul/1979 | "Beloved Son" Son of Wayne & Susan Fennell Sancer Single Marker Obit |
| Row 7, Space 58 | FRANTZ | Sharon Kay [Davis] | 22/Jan/1951 Big Springs TX | 06/Jan/2012 burial/14/Jan | Dau of Edward & Ethel Davis Wife of Steven Ronald Frantz Hibbs Funeral Home ~ Choctaw OK Unmarked Grave Obit |
| Row __ | HAMILTON | Floyd | 1914 | 1914? | Son of Arthur B. & Ruby [Lon] Hamilton Unmarked Grave |
| Row 7, Space 60 | HAWKINS | Johnnie Lewis II | 31/Aug/1972 | 21/Aug/2015 Ada OK | Son of Johnnie Lewis & Frances Deann [Hampton] Hawkins, Criswell Funeral Home ~ Ada OK Unmarked Grave Obit |
| Row __ | HUGHES | Unknown | Unmarked Grave | ||
| Row 3, Space 2 | KEMP | Ed | Abt 1896 | 1918 | Husb of Unknown Kemp Spanish Flu pandemicr Single Marker Obit & Photo |
| Row 4, Space 39 | KINGSLEY | Tessie "Lois" [Buff] | 23/Nov/1924 Wilson OK | 04/Jan/2001 OK City OK | Dau of Tom Buff & Zetta Esther [Abney] Buff Sizemore Wife of Unknown Kingsley Buried with pet dog Cancer Criswell Funeral Home ~ Ada OKr Single Marker Obit |
| Row 4, Space 23 | LINDSAY | Daniel Floyd "Danny" | 24/Aug/1959 Huntington Park CA | 23/Jul/1980 Coweta OK | "Pvt US Army" "In Loving Memory" Son of Unknown & Ellen Lindsay Husb of Tammie [Jensen] Lindsay Wed 31/Mar/1978 Tacoma WA Gun shot wound Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Two Single Markers Obit |
| Row 2, Space 17 | MAXWELL | Fannie Bell | 17/May/1883 | 18/May/1966 Stratford OK burial/20/May | "Mother" Dau of V. B. & Minerva Elizabeth [Posey] Maxwell Wife of Charles Clyde Williams, Abusive Family denied the use of Williams on her marker Single Marker |
| Row 2, Space 3 | MAXWELL | Minerva Elizabeth [Posey] | 28/Aug/1850 Bloomington MO | 19/Jan/1919 Stratford OK | SS/W & Wife of V. B. "David" Maxwell Wed 1872 Lung Problems Obit |
| Row 2, Space 8 | MAXWELL | V. B. "David" | 28/Dec/1851 MO | 27/Jul/1925 Stratford OK | Husb of [1] Unknown [2] Unknown [3] SS/W Minerva Elizabeth Maxwell Farmer Kidney Failure Obit |
| Row 6, Space 56 | OSWALD | Ada Argie [Sizemore] | 02/Aug/1940 OK City OK | 05/Feb/2011 Enid OK burial/08 | Dau of James & Zetta [Abnery] Sizemore Wife of Teddy Loren Oswald Wed 19/Jun/1959 OK City OK Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit & Photo |
| Row 6, Space 50 | OSWALD | Teddy Loren | 14/Sep/1934 OK City OK | 07/May/2006 burial/10/May | "US Army ~ Korea ~ Vietnam" Husb of Ada Argia [Sizemore] Oswald Dispatcher ~ Stratford Police Dept Heart Attack Obit & Photo |
| Row 2, Space 36 | RAMBO | Dorothy Jean [Skaggs] | 04/Mar/1944 Stratford OK | 31/Aug/1997 Pauls Valley OK | Dau of John D. & Pauline [Abney] Skaggs SS/W & Wife of Kenneth Gene Rambo Wed 17/May/1968 Stratford OK Retired School Teacher Traffic Accident Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 36c | RAMBO | Kenneth Gene | 10/Oct/1943 Ada OK | 07/Mar/2011 Paoli OK | US ARMY" Son of Jess & Vera [Smith] Rambo SS/W & Husb of Dorothy Jean [Skaggs] Rambo Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row __ | SAAVEDRA | Higino L. | 11/Jan/12945 Nuevo León Mexico | 02/Jan/2021 burial/06/Jan | Husb of Ophelia Saavedra Barnes Friederich Funeral Home ~ Midwest City OK Unmarked Grave |
| Row 4, Space 52 | SIZEMORE | Edwin Aaron | 22/Jul/1938 | 03/Jul/2006 | "US Army" "Married Sept 10, 1961" SS/W & Husb of Gene Sharron [Abney] Sizemore Diabetes Cremains Obit |
| Row 4, Space 37 | SIZEMORE | Gene Sharron [Abney] | 21/Sep/1931 | 14/May/1998 | "Married Sept 10, 1961" Dau of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Wife of [1] Unknown Hale [2] SS/W Edwin Aaron Sizemoree Cremains Obit |
| Row 3, Space 18 | SIZEMORE | James Nathan | 08/Sep/1905 Grayville IL | 16/May/1974 OK City OK | "Married Dec 23, 1931" "Beloved Father" SS/W & Husb of Zetta Esther [Abney] Sizemore Wed 23/Dec/1931 Coleman OK Raised by Aunt Ruth Sherin Farmer Heart Attack Cremains Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 3, Space 30 | SIZEMORE | Zetta Esther [Abney] | 17/Jun/1907 Garvin CO OK | 30/May/1990 Stratford OK burial/01/Jun | "Married Dec 23, 1931" "Beloved Mother" Dau of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney Wife of [1] Tom Buff Div [2] SS/W James Nathan Sizemore Wed Coleman OK Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 42 | SKAGGS | John D. | 06/May/1919 | 19/Jul/2002 Pauls Valley OK burial/23/Jul | "Pfc Us Army ~ World War II" "Married July 3, 1939" SS/W & Husb of Pauline [Abney] Skaggs Farmer, & Electrician Congestive Heart Failure Pickard Funeral Home ~ Stratford OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 36 | SKAGGS | Pauline Ruby [Abney] | 24/Aug/1922 Garvin CO OK | 10/Oct/2013 Garvin CO OK | "Married July 3, 1939" Dau of Jesse Lee & Jewel Velta [Tilley] Abney SS/W & Wife of John D. Skaggs Obit |
| Row 2, Space 38b | SPURLOCK | Jesse Ray | 28/Jan/1935 Stratford OK | 27/Jan/2019 Midwest City OK | US Marine Corps "[Married] Dec 21, 1957" Son of Louis & Ruth [Abney] Spurlock SS/W & Husb of Leila Mae Spurlock Los Angeles Police Officer |
| Row 2, Space 31 | SPURLOCK | John Louis | 14/Mar/1909 Eros AR | 24/Oct/1990 Lindsay OK | "Wed Jan 14, 1932" "Gone to be with Jesus" SS/W & H/O Ruth [Abney] Spurlock Farmer & Grocery Dtore Owner Congestive Heart Failure & Collapsed Lung Winams Funeral Home ~ Maysville OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 38a | SPURLOCK | Leila Mae [Dixon] | 20/Jul/1940 Wynnewood OK | 20/Jul/1940 Midwest City OK | "[Married] Dec 21, 1957" Dau of Jackie Diberal "Dib" & Artie Aleta [White] Dixon SS/W & Wife of Jesse Ray Spurlock Barnes Friederich Funeral Home ~ Midwest City OK Double & Single Markers |
| Row 2, Space 34 | SPURLOCK | Louis Leon Rev | 30/Mar/1933 Coleman OK | 28/Jan/1994 McAlester OK | "US Navy ~ Korea ~ Vietnam" "[Married] Feb 9, 1953" Son of John Louis & Ruth [Abney] Spurlock SS/W & Husb of Wanda Alice [Benge] Spurlock Wed 09/Feb/1953 Stratford OK Guard OK State Pen McAlester - Baptist Preacher Asbestos In Lungs Bishop Funeral Home ~ McAlester OK Obit |
| Row 2, Space 54 | SPURLOCK | Ruth [Abney] | 28/Sep/1913 SW Stratford OK | 22/Oct/2007 Midwest City OK burial/26/Oct | "Wed Jan 14, 1932" "Gone to be with Jesus" Dau of John Wesley & Maud May [Maxwell] Abney SS/W & Wife of John Louis Spurlock Wed Atoka OK Stroke Obit |
| Row 2, Space 38 | SPURLOCK | Wanda Alice [Benge] | 05/Jun/1934 Stratford OK | 27/Sep/2000 McAlester OK burial/30/Sep | "[Married] Feb 9, 1953" Dau of Henry L. & Ollie May [Hutley] Benge SS/W & Wife of Louis Leon Spurlock Wed Stratford OK Heart Attack Bishop Funeral Home ~ McAlester OK SeeObit |
| Row 1, Space 6 | STINNETT | Floyd | 13/Nov/1920 | 13/Nov/1920 | SS/W & Twin of Lloyd Stinnett Stillborn Obit & Photo |
| Row 1, Space 5 | STINNETT | Lloyd | 13/Nov/1920 | 13/Nov/1920 | SS/W & Twin of Floyd Stinnett Stillborn Obit & Photo |
| Row 1, Space 43a | TULEY | James E. | 15/Dec/1932 | SS/W & Husb of Lillian Minnie [Abney] Tuley | |
| Row 1, Space 43 | TULEY | Lillian Minnie "Dimples" [Abney] | 24/Sep/1938 Maxwell OK | 24/Jan/2003 Moore OK burial/28/Jan | Dau of Vernon Hall & Delma Minnie [Mercer] Abney SS/W & Wife of James E. Tuley Wed 22/Dec/1958 Nicoma Park OK Heart Attac John M. Ireland Funeral Home ~ Moore OK Obit |
| Row 3, Space 12 | TULLEY | Efa | Abt 1884 | 10/Nov/1954 | Heart Attack Not an Abney relative Single Marker Obit & Photo |
| Row 3, Space 51 | WALTON | Hayden Earl | 29/Jan/1959 Fort Smith AR | 11/Jun/2006 burial/14/Jun | "Gone Fishin'" Son of Richard & Janice Walton Husb of [1] Kelly [Choate] Walton Wed 02/Sep/1988 Fort Smith AR ~ Div 1991 [2] Becky [Dobbs] Walton Single Marker Obit |
| Row 5, Space 53 | WHEDBEE | Thomas Parker | 14/Sep/2007 Stratford OK | 14/Sep/2007 Stratford OK | "Precious Angel" "Baby Brother" Son of Amie Annette Whedbee Single Marker Obit |
| Row 2, Space 14 | WILLIAMS | Charles Clyde | 06/Apr/1874 Flipin AR | 15/Feb/1962 | Son of Frederick & Rebecca Jane [Lynch] Williams Husb of Fannie Bell [Maxwell] Williams Single Marker Obit |
| Row 2, Space 17 | WILLIAMS | Fannie Bell [Maxwell] | 17/May/1883 Stratford OK | 18/May/1966 Stratford OK | Wife of Charles Clyde Williams See Maxwell Single Marker Obit |
| Row 2, Space 24 | WILLIAMS | Howard | 05/Oct/1908 | 21/Jan/1981 | "Pvt Us Army ~ World War II" Son of Charles Clyde & Fannie Bell [Maxwell] Williams Obit |
| Row 2, Space 32 | WILLIAMS | Jack | 05/Nov/1920 Stratford OK | 11/Jul/1992 Ada OK | 7th Son of Charles Clyde & Fannie [Maxwell] Williams Farmer Single Marker Obit |
| Row 2, Space 7 | WILLIAMS | Jinks | 15/Nov/1922 | 1928 | Son of Charles Clyde & Fannie [Maxwell] Williams SS/W & Brother of Woodrow Williams Drunk Driver Hit Him Obit |
| Row 2, Space 9 | WILLIAMS | Woodrow | 02/Jul/1914 | 04/Jul/1928 | Son of Charles Clyde & Fannie [Maxwell] Williams SS/W & Brother of Jinks Williams Traffic Accident Obit |
| Row 3, Space 21 | YOUNG | Alfred Ross | 08/Oct/1899 | 01/Aug/1977 | Husb of Addie Cleo Young Buried Mountain View Cemetery Mountain View OK Single Marker Obit |
| Row 3, Space 48 | YOUNG | Minerva Elizabeth [Sizemore] | 22/Jan/1934 Coleman OK | 11/Nov/2005 burial/15/Nov |  "Married Sept 17, 1965" Dau of James Nathan & Zetta Esther [Abney] Sizemore SS/W & Wife of Raymond Alford Young Nurses Aide Diabetes Obit |
| Row 3, Space 33 | YOUNG | Raymond Alford | 15/Oct/1923 Mt View OK | 16/Mar/1993 Stratford OK | "Married Sept 17, 1965" Son of Alford Ross & Addie Cleo Young SS/W & Husb of Minerva Elizabeth [Sizemore] Young Oilfield Worker & Truck Driver Lung Cancer Obit |