Category Archives: Faulkner Family Farm

Robert Francis Wooten was born in 1830 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

He married Matilda Jane Falkner on October 9, 1855 in Marshall County, Mississippi.

They were the parents of William Calvin Wooten, Mary Jane Wooten, Catherine A Wooten, Robert H Wooten, Edward Wooten, Julia Wooten, Griffin Wooten, and Wade Hampton Wooten.

He died in March 1885 in Wyatte, Mississippi.

Marriage record of Robert F Wooten and Matilda J Falkner/Faulkner. Marshall County, Mississippi. Marriage Book E, Page 310-C

Published in the Tate County News (Tate County, Mississippi) on April 10, 1885.

There have been several deaths in the neighborhood this winter. Among the number were Mr. Huce Faulkner, pneumonia; Mr. Robert Wooten, pneumonia; Mr. James Scott’s baby. We sympathize with the bereft connections.

John Wilton Wooten was born on July 14, 1925 in Como, Mississippi to Harvey Delphino Wooten and Blanch Maples.

He married Juanita [Last Name unknown] in 1942.

He died on July 16, 2016 in Harmontown, Mississippi.

Obituary published July 20, 2016 in The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee).

Shelbyville, TN – John Wilton Wooten, 91, formerly of Nesbit, Mississsippi, went to a better life on July 16, 2016. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a retiree of Spector Red Ball. He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Juanita; three sons, Roy Wilton of Batesville, MS, James Harvey (wife, Diana), and John Calvin (wife, Mae), both of Memphis, TN; one daughter, Faye Lipford (husband, Jackie) of Shelbyville, TN; one brother, Raleigh Wooten of Chattanooga and one sister, Opal Wood of Starkville, MS; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey and Blanche Wooten, one brother, Perry, sisters, Nora Lee Boling and Annie Mae Kopf, grandson, Tony Wooten and daughter-in-law, Sue Wooten. Funeral Service: Wednesday, July 20 at 1 p.m. at Brantley Phillips Funeral Home of Hernando with interment to follow in Fulmer Cemetery in Como, MS. Brantley Phillips Funeral Home.

Araminta Wilson was born on June 13, 1933 in Muldrow, Oklahoma to  Finnie Wilson and Alline Lena Faulkner.

She married Joseph Lewis Strong.

They were the parents of Tyrone Patrick Strong, Joseph Lewis Strong Jr, Roger D Strong, and Paul A Strong.

She died on January 31, 2012 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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Araminta Wilson Strong, 78, of Muldrow, OK, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Fort Smith, AR.

She was born June 13, 1933 in Muldrow, OK.

She was a retired Certified Nurses’ Assistant and a member of the Healing Place in Fort Smith, AR.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Lewis Strong, Sr.

Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Thursday, February 2, 2012, at the Pavilion at Fort Smith National Cemetery with Pastor Don Moore officiating.

Burial will be at Fort Smith National Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home in Fort Smith, AR.

She is survived by four sons Tyrone Patrick Strong of Pocola, OK, Joseph L. Strong, Jr. of Muldrow, OK, Roger D. Strong of Muldrow, OK and Paul A. Strong of Muldrow, OK, two sisters Martha Cherry of Muldrow, OK and Florence Breedlove of Muldrow, OK, two brothers Ronald Wilson of Dora, OK and Byrd Wilson of Sallisaw, OK, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Dona Lee Wiles was born on July 16, 1908 in Ash Flat, Arkansas to Henry N Wiles and Nancy A Oyler.

She married Amos Lex Bentley in 1924.

They were the parents of Ruby Bentley, Shirley Bentley, Lex Bentley, and Charles Bentley.

She married Woodrow Richard Faulkner on July 3, 1940 in Yuma, Arizona.

She died on March 27, 2004 in Holtville, California.

Obituary published on March 31, 2004 by the Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, California).

DONA LEE FAULKNER

July 16, 1908 – March 27, 2004

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Hems Bros. Mortuary chapel in El Centro for Dona Lee Faulkner, 95, of Holtville, who died Saturday in her home.

Church services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Holtville First Assembly of God. The Rev. Bill Brewer of Faith Assembly of God of Imperial and the Rev. Mike Laskey of Faith Assembly of God of Brawley will officiate.

Burial will be Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro.

Mrs. Faulkner was born July 16, 1908, in Ashflat, Ark.

She will be remembered for her love of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, family said.

“You could see the spark in her face when she was around her great-great-grandchildren. Dona was a great mother and always there for her family,” family said.

Mrs. Faulkner was a member of the Assemblies of God for more than 76 years. She sang in the choir and was a Sunday school teacher for many years.

For many years her baked goods earned her wins at the California Mid-Winter Fair, at which she won sweepstakes awards for many years. She was a great cook and loved baking, family said.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Amos Lex Bentley; second husband, Woodrow Faulkner; and son James Bentley.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Ruby and Frank Scott of San Diego and Shirley and Art Ziegler of Holtville; sons and daughters-in-law, Lex and Sandra Bentley of Oregon and Charles and Dorothy Bentley of San Diego; brother, Jack Aviles of Tulsa, Okla.; grandchildren, Steve and Alan Scott, Linda Wall, Tommy Hobgood, Tommy and Paul Bentley, Gail Ziegler, Janice Hiskkett and Shelly Trachta; 23 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

The family suggests memorials be sent to Holtville First Assembly of God, 801 Holt Ave., Holtville, CA 92250.

Lola Mae Murphey was born on September 22, 1913 in Pilot Oak, Kentucky to Shelbuin Loving Murphey and Charity Wray.

She married Vodie Marshall Garrigus on December 24, 1938 in Akron, Ohio.

She died on September 2, 2004 in Mayfield, Kentucky.

The following was copied from “Graves County, Kentucky – History & Families” written by the Graves County Genealogical Society, page 251.

GARRIGUS-MURPHEY

Vodie Marshall Garrigus and Lola Mae Murphey married on December 24, 1938 in Akron, Ohio. they had three daughters: Patricia Elaine (Garrigus) Hall, Laura Faye (Garrigus) Davis and Linda Sue (Garrigus) Tapp Holman.

Lola Mae Murphey (born September 22, 1913 in Graves County, Kentucky) is the daughter of Shelbuin and Charity (Wray) Murphey. She attended Mt Pleasant elementary School and Pilot Oak High School and was on the last girls’ team who won the championship at Murray State College in 1932. After her graduation from high school in 1933 she went to Akron, Ohio, and worked for Firestone Tire Company for three years.

Vodie Marshall Garrigus (born September 19, 1915 in Graves County, Kentucky) is the son of James “Jim” and Laura “Mae” Butler. He attended Wright and French Elementary Schools and graduated from Pilot Oak High School in 1934. After graduation he attended Coyne Electrical School in Chicago, Illinois and returned to Graves County, Kentucky for a short while (working for sixty-five center per day) before leaving to go to Detroit, Michigan, where he made fifty-seven cents per hour. After being laid off from his job he returned to Graves County, Kentucky, and began dating Lola Mae. They married and went back to Detroit, Michigan, where he worked for Midland Steel. He left Midland Steel about the time WWII broke out and he began working as a plant guard.

On March 15, 1945 Vodie was called to the army. Lola Mae and the two girls, Patricia and Laura Faye, moved back to Graves County, Kentucky. Due to the illness of his wife, he was discharged in December 1945. March 1946 he became a sharecropper for his brother-in-law, Raymond Murphey. After ten years of sharecropper work, Woodrow Tarver became ill and asked if he would work at the Wingo Feed Mill, so beginning September of 1954, he began this work which led to his buying (1956) the mill in a partnership with another brother-in-law Ernest Murphey. Vodie bought out Ernest in 1966 and continued as owner and operator until his health would not allow him to stay. July 5, 1978 through September 30, 1988 he worked on the Jackson Purchase Parkway. Today (1999) he and his wife live on the farm that they bought from Raymond Murphey in 1958. The couples’ church affiliation is Church of Christ. Vodie was an elder at Mt Pleasant.

~Graves County Genealogical Society, “Graves County, Kentucky – History & Families” (Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 2001) page 251.

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Lola Mae Garrigus, 90, of Wingo, died Thursday, September 2, 2004, at the Jackson Purchase Medical Center.
She was a member of the Wingo Church of Christ and a homemaker.
She is survived by three daughters, Patricia Hall, Palm Bay, Fla., Laura Davis, South Fulton, Tenn. and Linda Sue Holman, Wingo; one brother, Ernest Boyd Murphey, Wingo; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Vodie Garrigus; her parents, Shelbuin and Charity Wray Murphey; two sisters, Ellie Murphey and Lorene Murphey; five brothers, Raymond Murphey, Vodie Murphey, Chester Murphey, Hureal Murphey and SL Murphey.
Services will be held on Saturday at 2 pm at Brown Funeral Home in Wingo with Bobby Crittendon officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5 pm today (Friday) at Brown Funeral Home in Wingo.
Pallbearers will be Marshall Hall, Devin Hall, Gayle Hall, Ricky Rhodes, Shelbuin Tapp, and Tony Tapp. Honorary pallbearers will be Ernest Boyd Murphey and Connie Stroup.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Fund, c/o Laura Davis, 9584 Fields Road, South Fulton, TN 38257.

Cleta Morton was born on December 19, 1931 in Sanger, Texas to DR Morton and Minnie Strickland.

She married Forrest Eugene Bell on February 14, 1948 in Lubbock, Texas.

She died on September 28, 2008 in Lubbock, Texas.

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Graveside services for Cleta Morton Bell, of Lubbock will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, at the City of Lubbock Cemetery with Pastor David Menefee officiating. She passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Cleta was born on Dec. 9, 1931, in Sanger to parents, D.R. Morton and Minnie (Strickland) Morton. She married Forrest Eugene Bell on Feb. 14, 1948, at the First Nazarene Church in Lubbock. Cleta Bell was a homemaker and acted as bookkeeper for Forrest Bell Masonry. She was blessed with two daughters, Donna White and Debra Henry; and one son, David Bell, all of Lubbock. Her greatest joys were her children, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her children; a sister, Almeda Smith of Waco; and a brother, D.R. Morton of Troutdale, Ore. She was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest Bell; and Clinton White, a grandson. Cleta was a Christian and a loving mother.

Methodist Hix Mills was born on January 24, 1878 in Johnson County, Texas to William Falkner Mills and Corah Jane Hix.

He married Juliana Edna [Last Name unknown].

They had the following children: Francis B Mills and Mary Sue Mills.

He died on December 9, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Obituary published on December 10, 1946 in The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).

M Hicks Mills, Attorney, Dies–

M Hicks Mills, 68, city attorney, 922 NW 16, and former county attorney for Greer County, died at 11:45 am in Hubbard Hospital. Mills suddenly became ill Friday night in his home and was admitted to the hospital early Saturday.

A native of Hillsboro TX, Mills was reared in Mangum. After receiving a degree in law from the University of Texas, he practiced law at Mangum and was county attorney there six years. Subsequently, he moved to Tulsa and practiced with the firm of Koplin and Jamison. Practicing there four years, he moved to Seminole and then to Wewoka.

He became partly inactive in practice when he came to Oklahoma City about nine years ago and did not maintain a downtown office.

A Knight of Pythias, he was a member of the Oklahoma State Bar Association, and St Luke’s Methodist Church. Services are pending at Smith & Kernke funeral home.

Mills is survived by his wife, Edna; a daughter, Mary Sue Gottschall of Los Angeles CA; a son, Lt Col Francis B Mills of Washington DC; a granddaughter, Cynthia Ann Mills of Washington DC; three brothers, J T and W S of Lubbock TX, W T of Karnask TX; and four sisters, Mrs J F Edleman, Mrs J B Robinson, and Mrs W T Hacker, all of Lubbock; and Mrs W B Brock of Long Beach CA.

Floyd W Mills was born on February 28, 1929 in Redlands, California to Vernon Curtis Mills.

He married Zelda M Pitt.

He died on November 19, 2007 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Obituary published on November 20, 2007 in the Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas).

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Floyd W. Mills Sr., 78, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2007.
Graveside service: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Laurel Land Memorial Park, with Chaplain Tricia McCarty officiating. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Floyd was born in Redlands, Calif. He was a lifelong resident of Texas. He was a professional long distance truck driver for over 50 years. Floyd retired from trucking with 5 and a half million miles to his credit.
Survivors: Children, Allan Mills and Loretta Turner; sisters, Lucille Hubbard, Glenice Stewart and Susie McCory; brother, Charlie Mills; grandhildren, Tisha Steakley, Shane Turner, Kathy Antley and Jeffrey Mills; great-grandchildren, Shelby and Trevor Steakley, Abby, Chloe, Ethan and Lacey Turner, Dominic and Luca Mills-Patrick, Semaj Antley.

Daniel Bruce McClintock was born on January 26, 1945 in Kentucky to Robert Henry McClintock and Jeanette Guill.

He married Brenda Leblanc in 1968.

They were the parents of Paula McClintock, Sheila McClintock, and Dana McClintock.

He died on May 24, 2014 in Houma, Louisiana.

Obituary published on May 28, 2014 in the Houma Today (Houma, Louisiana).

Daniel Bruce McClintock, 69, a native of Paducah, Kentucky, and resident of Lockport, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014.
Funeral services and burial will be Saturday in Wingo, Kentucky.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Brenda Leblanc McClintock; daughters, Paula McClintock, Sheila McClintock, and Dana Morvant and husband, Kevin; and grandchildren, Lonnie Chiasson Jr., Brady Morvant, and Brooke Morvant.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert McClintock Sr. and Jeannette McClintock; brother, Robert McClintock Jr.; and sister, Joy Nelson.
Daniel was a U.S. Army veteran.
Samart-Mothe Funeral Home in Raceland and Brown’s Funeral Home in Wingo, Kentucky, are in charge of arrangements.

Tennie Mae Lewis was born on October 20, 1909 in Indian Territory to Fount Elzie Lewis and Lou Vennie Lee.

She married Clyde Joseph Faulkner on September 21, 1925 in Moffett, Oklahoma.

They were the parents of Audrey U Faulkner, Hershel Faulkner, and Margie Lou Faulkner.

She died on October 24, 1933 in Muldrow, Oklahoma.

The Sequoyah County Historical Society published “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” in 1976. The following article was written by Ruby (Lewis) LaBass and printed on page 302.

LEWIS, FOUNT ELZIE

Fount Elzie Lewis was born January 23, 1883 at Lafayette, Tennessee. He came to Oklahoma when a young man and married Lou Vennie Lee of the Lee’s Chapel community, southeast of Muldrow. She was one-eighth Indian, a member of American Indian Federation 38-39. She was the daughter of Robert E Lee, a well known Cherokee descendant.

Elzie and Lou Vennie lived on an eighty acre farm, which they owned and farmed, close to Lee’s Chapel community. He also had a strip pit near Lee’s Chapel that he worked.

Mr and Mrs Lewis were the parents of ten children. They were Tennie Mae, Robert, Ruby Easter, EJ, Hubert, Ted and Fred (who were twins), Dorothy, Tom, and one who died in infancy.

Tennie Mae married Clyde Faulkner, the son of Mr and Mrs George Faulkner. There were four children born to them: Audrey, Margie Lou, Hershel, and Versa Okla.

Robert married Cassie Rogers, daughter of Charlie and Ella Rogers. They had six children: Fern, Carolyn, Bobby, Billy Ed, Buddy Don, and Freddie Patton.

Ruby married Ernest LaBass, son of Frank and Dovie LaBass. Three children were born to them: Donald Dale, June Faye, and Norma Ruth

EJ married Lillie Mae Ryan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Ryan. Two girls were born to them, Betty Lou and Mary Lee.

Hubert married Ora Lee Gilkey, daughter of Oscar and Melissa Gilkey. Four children were born: Loy Fern, Hubert Jr, Kenneth, and Barbara Jean.

Ted married Ruby Singleton, daughter of Tom and Mae Singleton. They had twelve children: Jimmy Ted, Tommy Fred, Judy, Linda, Donnie and Ronnie (who were twins), Lloyd Ray, Eddie Joe, Robert Lee, Jewel Faye, Jackie Dee and Dianna.

Fred married Alice Butterfield. They had four children: Shirley, Jerry, Larry and Vickie Jan.

Tom married Nora Mae Farmer, daughter of Lee and Mary Farmer. One child was born to them, Nora Jean.

Lou Vennie Lewis passed away at the age of 54, in 1942. Elzie passed away in 1964, at the age of 81.

~Sequoyah County Historical Society, “The History of Sequoyah County, 1828-1975” (OK: Sequoyah County Historical Society, 1976) page 302.

Obituary published October 26, 1933 in The Democrat-American (Sallisaw, Oklahoma).

Mrs Tennie Mae Faulkner
Mrs Tennie Mae Faulkner, 24 years old, passed away at her home in Muldrow Tuesday morning after an illness of about two weeks. Funeral service was held at the Lee’s Chapel cemetery. Wednesday afternoon with interment under the direction of the Moore Funeral Home.
Surviving are the husband, Clyde Faulkner and three children, Audrey 4 and Hershell 1 year old and an infant two weeks old, the parents, Mr and Mrs Elgie Lewis all of Muldrow.
Mrs Faulkner was a member of the Pentecostal church for the past three years.