Charles Earl Estes

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Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Charles Earl Estes was born in Clark county, Illinois, July 24, 1873. He departed this life in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, May 21, 1958.

He was married to Clara Belle Bates in 1894 in Illinois. She preceded him in death in 1924.

Later he married Eva Strickland of Durham who preceded him in death in 1953.

He is survived by two sons, Forrest and Gayle of Reydon, Oklahoma; and three daughters, Juanita Hunt of Sayre, Oklahoma; Roann Wilson of Crawford, Oklahoma; and Evelyn Mabry of Big Springs, Texas; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

One grandson and three sons preceded him in death.

Orville was killed in action in France during World War I, Sylvan and Winfred died in infancy.

He came to Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1900; later he homesteaded in Roger Mills county near old Rankin, where he lived until he retired from farming in 1932.

Later he moved to Cheyenne where he made his home until his death.

Interment in White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

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