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© Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home Rush Springs, Oklahoma January 7, 1982 Rufus Clay Parish June 20, 1910 ~ January 7, 1982 Funeral services for Rufus Clay Parish were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Church of Christ in Rush Springs, Clif Werhan officiated. Parish, 71 was born June 20, 1910 in Rush Springs. He died Thursday at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Chickasha following a lengthy illness. Parish lived in Rush Springs until 1946 and later moved to Lindsay. In 1959, he moved to Carnegie and returned to Rush Springs in 1975. He was retired from the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. He married Helen Johnson March 25, 1933 in Rush Springs and was a member of the Church of Christ here. Survivors include his wife Helen of the home, three daughters, Dorothy McClure of Lindsay, Shirley Boevers of Verden, and Lois Sweet of Chickasha; three sisters, Eunice Foster, Callie Foster, and Lady Murray, all of Rush Springs; a brother, James of Houston, Texas; 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial was in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Gale McAdoo, Don Cunningham, Don Hall, Bob Shaw, Kenneth Barton, and Donnie Fountain. |
© Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home Rush Springs, Oklahoma May 1, 2011 Mattie Helen [Johnson] Parish~Sellman November 23, 1915 ~ May 1, 2011 Rush Springs: Mattie Helen Sellman, 95, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 in Duncan. Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Rush Springs Church of Christ, with Rev. Glenn Pence officiating. Burial will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs. Helen was born Tuesday, November 23, 1915 to Oscar Franklin Johnson and Ola Ollie [Shore] Johnson. Helen lived in the Rush Springs, Lindsay and Carnegie area most of life and attended school in Agawam. She married Rufus Clay Parish on March 25, 1933 in Rush Springs. He preceded her in death on January 7, 1982. She later married Marshall A. Sellman on May 5, 1986 in Rush Springs. He passed away on April 2, 1995. Helen was an excellent cook and enjoyed sewing, crocheting and gardening. She loved to read and read a chapter every night. Helen was a member of the Rush Springs Church of Christ. Survivors include, two daughters, Shirley Hatfield and husband Leroy of Rush Springs, Lois Sweet of Chickasha, 11 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren, sister, Lois Cox of Kansas City, numerous nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Dorothy Louise McClure, grandson, Johnathon Bray, three sisters, Dessie Murphy, Thelma Pence, Murl Fountain, two brothers, Carl Johnson and Archie Baker. Pallbearers will be: Matt Jarvis, Marty Bray, Kelly Orr, Tony Pennington. |
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