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Submitted: 10/20/21 • Approved: 10/20/21 • Last Updated: 10/23/21 • R464308-G0-S3
November 12, 1868-March 18, 1948
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Arganbright is Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Oran [sic] D. Arganbright was conducted from the First Baptist Church of Wheeler Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock with Rev. M.B. Smith, pastor, in charge.
Mr. Arganbright passed away at his home in the south part of Wheeler last Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Oran [sic] D. Arganbright was born in Indiana on November 12, 1868 and passed away in Wheeler March 18, 1948 at the age of 79 years 4 months and 6 days.
Mr. Arganbright had been a member of the Baptist Church the past 15 years.
Survivors include: the widow, Mrs. O.D. Arganbright; four sons, Ira of Oildale, Calif., Asa of Clovis, N.M., Ora of Gotebo, Okla., and Narville of Wheeler; and two daughters, Mrs. Ida Rowe and Mrs. Iva Stafford both of Washington, D.C.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Laverne Hiatt of Cheyenne, Okla.; one step-son, Russel David of Clements, Kansas; one brother, Billy Arganbright of Cherokee, Okla.; seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pall bearers were: Buster Callan, Punk Martin, Boyce Farris, Levi Reid, Vernie Hardcastle and Gordon Whitener.
Flower bearers were: Mrs. Buster Callan, Mrs. Punk Martin, Mrs. Boyce Farris, Mrs. Vernie Hardcastle, Mrs. Gordon Whitener and Mrs. Frank Wofford.
Interment was in the Wheeler cemetery with Kirk-Mason Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume XV-Number 15, Wheeler, Texas, Thursday March 25, 1948, Page 1,10)
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Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: Oran D Arganbright
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1892
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Spouse: Elizabeth Calhoon
Page: 365
FHL Film Number: 001415856
U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
Name: Oran D Arganbright
Post Office Location: Niles, Canadian, Oklahoma
Appointment Date: 20 Oct 1913
Volume #: 101
Volume Year Range: 1908-1930
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Oran D. Arganbright
Death Date: 18 Mar 1948
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 14888
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Oran D Arganbright
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1868
Birth Place: Indiana
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 18 Mar 1948
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
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