Jess Otho Bond

Marietta Monitor

July 22, 2005, page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Jess Otho Bond, 95, of Marietta, were held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 20, in the Eastside Baptist Church, Marietta, with the Rev. Ronnie Harris officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta. Arrangements were directed by Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.

Born September 6, 1909, south of Gainesville, Texas, on Potter's Farm, the son of William Thomas and Evalyn Virginia Hott Bond, he died Sunday July 17, 2005, in Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore.

A resident of Love County since the age of five, he moved here with his family from Cooke County, Texas. He and Noble Ruth Shurbet were married April 21, 1921, in Marietta, at the home of Rev. W.P. Rowland. Mr. Bond was a farmer/rancher and a member of the Eastside Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Noble Bond of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Barbara Bond of Marietta and Ron and Georgia Bond of Ardmore; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Olen Bond and Gene and Nadine Bond of Loves Valley, Lyn and Betty Bond of Oklahoma City, and Jimbo and Colene Bond of Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Ethel Scivally of Thackerville; two grandchildren, Tim and Miaya Bond of Sanger, Texas, and Kim and Ron Behrens of Madill; three great-grandchildren, J.J. Gray, Veronica Behrens and Kyla and Chad Selvy, all of Madill; two great-great-grandchildren, Ali Selvy and Cole Selvy of Madill; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Richard and Berniece Quisenberry of Marietta.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Celia Daughtry and Willie McGill; two brothers, Dean Bond and Short Bond; and his brother, John, who also passed away on July 17.

Pallbearers were Bob Geurin, Jim Patton, J.H. Hayes, Dana Wilson, Rick Brannan and Mark Bond. Honorary pallbearers were Billy Lawson, Chick Hull, Buddy Burton, Thurman Vinson, Claude Brannan, Fayrond Balch, Butch Sparks, Edward (Hoot) Norris, Dr. Tom O'Connor, Carol Wayne Flanagan, Bill Flanagan, and the Senior Men's Sunday School Class of Eastside Baptist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Eastside Baptist Church Building Fund in care of the funeral home.

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