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Virgil A. "Sam" Cauthon
Nov 17, 1927 - Dec 12, 2012
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Virgil A. Sam Cauthon,
longtime resident of Ponca
City, passed away Wednesday,
December 12, 2012 at the
Ponca City Medical Center.
He was 85 years of age.
Sam was born November 27,
1927 at Vinita, Oklahoma,
the third child born to
Robert Andrew Cauthon and
Minnie Gladys (Bell) Cauthon.
Sam attended schools in
Vinita and Pheasant Hill in
rural Craig County. He was a
1945 graduate of Bluejacket,
Oklahoma High School. Sam
honorably served his country
in the United States Coast
Guard from September 1945
until May of 1947.
He began employment with
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company on June 16, 1947. He
served in various craft and
supervisory positions in the
outside plant maintenance
and engineering departments.
He retired from the
telephone company on
September 16, 1986.
Sam joined the Ponca City
Second Baptist Church in
December of 1952. He was an
ordained deacon and served
in various leadership
positions at Second Baptist
and the First Baptist
Churches of Newkirk,
Pawhuska and Blackwell. He
was a supply minister for 25
years at various churches in
Kay County. He was active in
ministering to residents in
nursing homes in Ponca City
for 27 years. He was
currently a member of Second
Baptist Church, Telephone
Life Pioneers and American
Legion.
He met Zelma Irene Sneed in
Pawnee, Oklahoma and was
married on February 21, 1948
in Pawnee at the home of the
Pawnee First Baptist Church
Pastor, Rev. Ernest Hitt.
The couple made their first
home in Cleveland, Oklahoma,
moving to Ponca City in June
of 1948. To this union two
children were born, a son,
Robert Eugene and a
daughter, Linda Sue.
He is survived by his two
children, Robert Eugene
Cauthon, of Cleveland,
Oklahoma and Linda Sue
Huffaker and her husband,
Wayne, of Houston, Texas;
one brother, Ronald Leroy
Cauthon and wife, Violet, of
Las Cruces, New Mexico; four
grandchildren, Brandon Jai
Wilkerson, Robert Samuel
Cauthon, Charles Christopher
Cauthon and Brooklyn Cauthon;
five great grandchildren,
two of whom are named after
him; Caden Lee, Anna Grace,
Samuel Allen, Robert Samuel
Jr. and Seth; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; his wife,
Zelma, on October 20, 2008;
a daughter in-law Bertha Lou
Cauthon, in September 2011;
his four siblings, Robert
Clarence Cauthon, Betty Jane
Cauthon Bryant, Ellis Ray
Cauthon and Billy Glen
Cauthon.
A visitation for family and
friends will be held from 6
to 8 p.m. Friday, December
14, 2012 at Grace Memorial
Chapel. Funeral services
will be held at 10 a.m.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
at Grace Memorial Chapel
with Rev. Dan Anderson
presiding, assisted by Rev.
Ken Newport. Interment will
follow in the Ponca City
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Casket bearers will be Roger
Kelle, Josh Kelle, Russell
Struble, Randy Merceiz,
Ronald Shelton and Darrell
Shelton.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Hospice of North
Central Oklahoma, 1904 North
Union, Suite 103, Ponca
City, Oklahoma 74601 or to
Hope Ranch, 522 North 14th
Street #233, Ponca City,
Oklahoma 74601.
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