4. Arva "Ethel" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 10 Mar 1902 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 23 Oct 1994 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 26 Oct 1994 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
MY SISTER ETHEL
By Betty Jo (Gibson) Scott
Ethel Gibson, the oldest child of Joseph Gibson and Sarah Cutter, was born five years before Oklahoma gained statehood. Her mother, Sarah, died when she was three years old. In 1906 her father, Joe, married Dora Piper, and she became mother to Ethel and her baby sister, Blanche. As 8 other children came along Ethel had a great deal of responsibility helping with the family. She remembers she and Blanche had to do breakfast dishes early in the morning before they left for school. They walked the mile to school.
Ethel attended school at Diamond School on the northeastern corner of her father's land and then attended Douglas High School. She graduated in 1921 with the third class to graduate from Douglas. She attended Phillips University and stayed with her Aunt Ellen ( Cutter) Irey. Her teaching certificate was issued 17 Aug 1922. She taught in various local rural grade schools in the community. She last taught in Covington in 1949/50.
She married Chester Charles "Hub" Hubbard in 1923 and had to stop teaching for awhile because the state laws required a teacher to be single. When the law was changed she resumed teaching. Hub graduated from Enid High School about 1919. They lived for short periods in Kansas, Idaho and Enid, OK, but they primarily lived on the farm homesteaded by her father-in-law, Charley Hubbard, northeast of Douglas. In 1969 they sold their farm and retired to Port Aransas, Texas. They returned to Covington in 1980, where they lived until their deaths.
When the 8 mm cameras came out Hub bought one and they took family gathering films beginning with our father's funeral in 1947. Ethel enjoyed their years in Texas and the various friends and family that visited them there. She took walks on the beach nearly daily and had a large collection of shells. She became interested in making ceramic pieces. She was very talented in knitting, crocheting, embroidery and tatting and made many beautiful things and gave away many of them. She was never idle. Even when she sat down to rest or visit, her hands were busy with handwork. Among many of Hub's occupations was the construction business. He contracted to build several houses in Enid during the post World War II boom. He had an earth moving business in the Douglas area for many years and was also in the shrimping business in Texas. While living on the farm they raised sheep and Ethel learned to gather and spin her own yarn.
Ethel and Hub did not have any children that lived past childbirth so they enjoyed their many neices and nephews and children of neighbors and friends. They were always having some of them for a day or two and enjoyed taking them on trips, swimming, camping and boating. Several of the kids learned to ski behind Hub's boat. I remember one time they took me to a barn dance and I was really wide-eyed hearing the band and watching all the pretty couples dancing. I really hated it that I fell asleep on a pile of coats on a bench and missed out on half of the evening.
When a relative or neighbor was in need Ethel was there to help or bring food. She was a member of the Home Demonstration Club and other various clubs depending on where she lived. She enjoyed being a part of the Senior Citizens Center in Covington and, when she was able, donated her time or handwork. She loved to read and learn new things and was interested in reading about historical events of famous people. When she was 89 she finally agreed that maybe she should not drive any more since she had lost the sight in one eye due to glaucoma and was very hard of hearing. However it was difficult for her to do since she was always self sufficient and independent. She and Hub set up a trust for the Covington-Douglas School System with a scholarship to go the most deserving senior each year.
Hub died in 1989 and Ethel lived in her home in Covington until 1994. She kept her weeds pulled and her house in order. She enjoyed going to the Senior Citizen Center some days for lunch and fellowship. She was always ready to get in the car and go somewhere. When she was 90 we went to the Marland Mansion in Ponca City and after the tour she wasn't as tired as I was. I am so grateful that she spent the last months of her life in my home in Enid, I learned from her spunk and patience. In September I took her in a wheel chair and we spent the day on the square in downtown Enid taking in the Cherokee Strip festivities. Wlhen we got home I commented that I was more tired than she was and she said "Well, you should be, you were pushing me."
Ethel died in October of that year. She and I, the oldest and the youngest, were the last living two of we ten children. She was loved and is missed.OBITUARY
Excerpts from the Enid News and Eagle
Ethel Hubbard, Covington, OK, 92 passed away Sunday, Ocotber 23, 1994 at a local nursing home following an illness of a few weeks.......She is survived by one sister, Betty Jo Scott, Enid, OK: two brothers-in-law; Noah Burton of Covington and Bennie Huffman of Enid; two sisters-in-law: Mabel Gibson of Tryon, OK and Betty Gibson of Moses Lake, WA; 31 nieces and nephews and a host of grandnieces and grandnephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two infant sons; three brothers: Wayne Gibson of Tryon, Paul Gibson of Garber and Don Gibson of East Wenatchie, WA; five sisters: Blanche Kegin, Covington, Docia Carroll, Edmond, Lula Huffman, Douglas, Dora Alice Burton, Covington and Josephine Atkins, Enid, OK.
Services are under the direction of the Henninger-Allen Funeral Home, Enid, and will be held Wednesday, October 26, 1994, at the United Methodist Church at Covington with burial in the Covington Cemetery. Revs. Alex Costea and Ted Gibson will offiate. Friends and family may visit with the family at the Methodist Fellowship Hall preceding the service. Memorials may be made to the Tri-County Senior Citizens Center or the United Methodist Church Building Fund through the Funeral Home.
Arva married Chester Charles "Hub" Hubbard son of Charles Ford Hubbard and Lucy Leser on 20 Aug 1923 in Medford, Grant, Ok. Chester was born on 8 Dec 1898 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died on 2 Dec 1989 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. He was buried on 5 Dec 1989 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
They had the following children:
5. Sarah "Blanche" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 2 Feb 1905 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 6 Oct 1983 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 8 Oct 1983 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
MY SISTER BLANCHE
by Betty Jo Gibson Scott
I never lived in the home with most of my brothers and sisters since they were already married and gone from home by the time I was born or of an age to remember. When I was small I was excited to see them come to visit because they had children I could play with. However, I knew they loved me and always seemed glad to see me. My sister, Blanche, was one of them.
One time they invited me to come to Hobart,Oklahoma, where they lived for awhile, for a visit. I was probably about 13 or 14 years old. I went by train and that was a very exciting trip for me to travel alone "so far" from home. Of course I had a really good time. Then when I went to Enid to work the summer before my last year in high school, I stayed with them for awhile. That was the first time I had ever seen a "rear-view" mirror in a bathroom, and it was the first time I ever had a really good look at the back of my hair! I have never been without one since I left home. I always thougt the dresses she made for her three girls were so pretty, and some times she made them for other little girls in the family. I know I got some of them.
Then there was the year when we lived in Covington and Blanche kept my three year old youngest son, Mark, while I rode back and forth with Roy to work in Enid. Mark liked to stay there so much that he didn't seem to care if he came home or stayed there. He really looked forward to his morning bowl of oatmeal, he said mine wasn't as good as "Aunt Banch's."
That is the way it was with Blanche. She was always so thoughtful and caring of other people. I hated to tell her I had a head ache because the tears would roll down her cheeks in sympathy. She loved pretty things and spent hours in her flower beds. Every time I left she sent a start of a plant with me. She was a good cook and made the best pie crust I ever tasted and she gave me many pieces of her handwork. For years, when it was popular to put doilies on the arms and backs of overstuffed furniture, I always had pretty sets made by Blanche. She even taught me how to block them with sugar water so they would keep their shape. One year for Christmas she made me a Raggedy Ann doll. I was thrilled and just about wore it playing with it but I still have and cherish that rag doll.
She had pretty natural curly blonde hair and in her later years, it was a pretty curly white. I always wondered why I couldn't have inherited that curly hair since I hated to get those machine permanents that burned my head and ears. She was a quiet person but she was always ready to help others. Many times she would have a quilt "in the frame". I would like to know how many quilts she made. She enjoyed belonging to clubs and quilting with friends. Her granddaughter, Diane Fluman Greinert, said she learned so much from her grandmother about patience. I know I learned a lot from her about caring about other people. We had a common love of family history and her little book of our families birth, marriage and death information was the start of my records. I loved her dearly as did everyone around her.
I was never too close to Roy when I was young. He was much stricter than my Dad and I was a little afraid of him but I expect he thought I was pretty spoiled. He and Blanche were always very active in their church and I remember hearing his voice booming above others singing those beautiful old hymns. However, in later years, especially when I was riding back and forth to work in Enid with him, I liked to hear him tell stories about his life and railroad work and I regret that I don't remember much about what he told me. After Blanche died, every time I went to Covington to visit my other sisters, I would stop to say hello to Roy and he always had a bag of his home made chocolate chip cookies to send home with me.OBITUARY (Enid News & Eagle)
Services for Mrs. Roy (Blanche) Kegin, 78, Covington, who died Thursday in an Enid hospital after a short illness, will be at 2 p.m Saturday in the First Christian Church at Covington. The Rev. Mike Channel will officiate at the rites and burial will be in the Covington Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Henninger-Allen Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kegin was born east of Douglas Feb. 2, 1905, the daughter of Joseph P. and Sarah Cutter Gibson. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1924 and married Roy Kegin June 1, 1931, in Covington. Mrs. Kegin was a member of the Gospel Center Church and the Pollyanna Club at Covington. She was also a member of the Covington Senior Citizens and the DAV Auxiliary in Covington.
She is survived by her husband Roy of the home; a son, Joe Kegin of Crescent; three daughters, Mrs. Gerald ( Wilma) Fluman, Enid, Mrs. Calvin ( Martha) Redwine, Covington, and Mrs. Frank ( Lela) Kotlan, Deerwood, Minn.; a stepson, Orville Kegin, Perry; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four step grandchildren; a step great-grandchild; a brother, Wayne Gibson of Tryon; four sisters, Mrs. Chester ( Ethel) Hubbard and Mrs. Noah ( Dora Alice) Burton, both of Covington; Mrs. Jobie Atkins, Enid, and Mrs. Betty Scott of Tulsa. She was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers, two of them in infancy.
Memorials may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Leukemia Division or to the Child Evangelism in Oklahoma City. The funeral home will serve as custodian of the fund.OBITUARY (Taken from funeral memorial)
Roy Kegin was born February 23, 1898, in Hopkins, Missouri. He departed this life September 15, 1987 at Guthrie, Oklahoma. Services are Friday at 2:00 p.m. September 18, 1987 at the Christian Church, Covington, Oklahoma. The officiating minister is Pastor Mike Channel; organist is Marcie Lee Hurd; and soloist is Kevin Kegin. Casketbearers are Leland Miller, Harold Bigby, George Kegin, Kenneth Smith, Bob Staples & Orvil Shook. Interment will be in the Covington Cemetery, Covington, Oklahoma. Military Taps by Mike Phelan.
Sarah married Roy Kegin son of George Patrick Kegin and Martha Matilda Brown on 1 Jun 1931 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. Roy was born on 23 Feb 1898 in Hopkins, Nodaway CoMo. He died on 15 Sep 1987 in Guthrie, Logan, Ok. He was buried on 18 Sep 1987 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
Personal knowledge of researcher.
From "A Brown Family History" by Jennie Herrin and provided by Martha Kegin Redwine. Divorced from Mary Hart 1929.Military Record: Roy Kegin, born at Maryville, MO and from Maryville, MO, enlisted at Maryville, MO on 28 Mar 1917 at Jeff Barracks, at the age of 19 1/2 years. Serial number was 792,349 and he served with CO A 6 INFANTRY TO 20 JUN/17; CO A 53 INFANTRY TO 27 DEC/17; CO A 18 M G BN TO 1 JUL/19; PROVOST GUARD CO CAMP GRANT, IL TO 29 SEP/19; CO A 18 MG BN TO 8 DEC/19; 6 MP CO TO 2 APR/20; 6 MP CO TO 2 APR/20; FURLOUGH TO RESERVE TO DISCHARGE. He served overseas from 7 Jul 1918 to 19 Jun 1919, reached the grade of Sgt on 19 Mar (year un) and was honorably discharged on demobilization with no disabilities.
Roy and Sarah had the following children:
+ 17 F i Wilma Jane Kegin was born on 7 Oct 1932. + 18 M ii Joseph Leroy "Joe" Kegin was born on 8 Jan 1935. + 19 F iii Martha Mae Kegin was born on 5 Mar 1937. + 20 F iv Lela Rae Kegin was born on 30 Oct 1938.
7. Vera "Docia" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 7 Jan 1909 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. She died on 7 Mar 1975 in Edmond, Oklahoma, Ok. She was buried on 10 Mar 1975 in Edmond, Oklahoma, Ok.
Vera married Arlis Buford Carroll son of Charles Melvin Carroll and Nancy M. Head on 1 May 1929 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. Arlis was born on 17 Mar 1906 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died on 13 Jan 1990 in Edmond, Ok. He was buried on 16 Jan 1990 in Edmond, Ok.
1920 Federal Census for Garfield Co, OK, Skeleton Twp, Page 4A. as a child.
Arlis and Vera had the following children:
+ 21 F i Arla "Jean" Carroll was born on 18 Mar 1930. + 22 M ii Robert Duane "Bob" Carroll Rev. was born on 16 Mar 1932. + 23 M iii Joseph Charles "J.C." Carroll was born on 23 Dec 1940.
8. William "Wayne" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 14 Jun 1910 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died on 1 Dec 1993 in Tryon, Lincoln, Ok. He was buried on 3 Dec 1993 in Tryon, Lincoln, Ok.
William married Mabel Rosenna Baker daughter of George Riley Baker and Amy Grace Cowan on 31 Aug 1932 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. Mabel was born on 8 Dec 1908 in , Ok.
They had the following children:
+ 24 M i Rev. Teddy Wayne Gibson was born on 16 May 1934. + 25 M ii Norman Ray Gibson was born on 12 Jun 1947.
9. Lula Fern Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 21 Sep 1983 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 24 Sep 1983 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok.
OBITUARY
From the Enid Daily Eagle, Thursday, september 22, 1983Services for Mrs. Ben (Lula F. Huffman, 71 will be at 2pm Saturday in the Christian Union Church at Douglas with the Rev. Coy Donakey and the Rev. H. I. Jones officiating.
Burial will be in the Douglas Cemetery, with arrnagements under the direction of the Henninger-Alllen Funeral Home.
Mrs. Huffman died early Wednesday morning in an Enid hospital. She was born on a farm east of Douglas July 15, 1912, the daughter of Joseph and Dora Piper Gibson. She attended school at Douglas.
The former Lula F. Black, she married Benjamin M. Huffman Dec. 31, 1957, in Enid where they established their first home. They later lived in Garber where they managed the Garber Nursing Home from 1966 through 1969.
For the past several years they had lived at Douglas. Mrs. Huffman was a licensed practical nurse and had worked at all three Enid hospitals before her retirement in 1974.
Mrs. Huffman was a member of the Christian Union Church at Douglas. She was preceded in death by two brothers, a sister and a grandchild.
Survivors are her husband Ben of the home in Douglas; two sons, Danny Huffman and Jim Black of Enid; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Joyce) Rolander, Oklahoma City; a stepdaughter, Diana Huffman, Bethany; an adopted daughter, Marcie Ellen Huffman; six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; a brother, Wayne Gibson of Tryon; five sisters, Mrs. Jobie Atkins, Enid, Mrs. Betty Jo Scott, Tulsa, and Mrs. Chester C. (Ethel) Hubbard, Mrs. Roy (Blanche) Kegin and Mrs. Noah (Dora) Burton, all of Covington.
Lula married (1) Jack Black in 1931. Jack was born on 8 Oct 1895. He died in Feb 1967 in Osage, Osage, Ok.
They had the following children:
+ 26 F i Joyce Ann Black was born on 6 Jul 1937. + 27 M ii Jimmie Joe Black was born on 13 Oct 1939.
Lula married (2) Benjamin Merle "Benny" Huffman son of Myrle Grove Huffman and Mabel Minnie Ulmer on 31 Dec 1957 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. Benjamin was born on 15 Jan 1921 in Enid, Garfield, Ok.
They had the following children:
+ 28 M iii Benjamin Merle "Danny" Huffman Jr. was born on 8 Sep 1955. 29 F iv Marcella "Marcie" Tull Goodman Huffman was born on 14 Mar 1976 in Enid, Garfield, Ok.
11. Ralph "Don" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 25 Jul 1915 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died on 26 Aug 1979 in East Wenatchie, Chelan, Wa. He was buried on 20 Aug 1979 in Moses Lake, Grant, Wa.
Ralph married (1) Leona May "Skip" Jacobs daughter of Elzie Jacobs and Pauline Goddard about 1935. The marriage ended in divorce.Leona was born in 1917 in Ok. She died in 1946 in Dumas, Tx.
CENSUS: 1920 Garfield Co, Lincoln Twp, Page253B
Ralph and Leona had the following children:
30 M i Donald Lee Gibson was born on 8 May 1936 in , Ok. He died on 27 Aug 1979 in Miami, Fl. He was buried in , Fl.
Ralph married (2) Betty Lee Hawkins daughter of Guy Larkin Hawkins and Emma Joyce Cain on 24 Jan 1952 in , Nm. Betty was born on 17 Apr 1922 in , Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:From GIBSON Family Genealogy Records prepared by Betty Jo
GIBSON SCOTT.
Ralph and Betty had the following children:
+ 31 F ii Marolyn Grace Burch was born on 11 Aug 1940. + 32 F iii Judy Ann Burch was born on 19 May 1945. + 33 M iv Jack Duane Gibson was born on 19 Feb 1953.
12. Dora Alice Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 17 Jan 1917 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 12 Jan 1990 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 15 Jan 1990 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
Dora married (1) Harold Leon Legrand "Tommie" son of Stephen Benjamin Legrand and Ida Mae Campbell on 25 Dec 1934 in Garber, Garfield, Ok. Harold was born on 26 Mar 1917 in Douglas, Garfield Co, OK. He died on 13 Feb 1950 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He was buried on 16 Feb 1950 in Douglas Union Cemetery, Douglas, Garfield, Ok.
OBITUARY
From the Enid Morning News
Harold Leon LeGrand, 32, died suddenly at his home in Douglas about 8 p.m. after suffering a heart attack.He was born in Douglas and was graduated from high school there. Mr. LeGrand was a well-known contractor who built ponds throughout the United States.
Survivors include his wife, Dora Alice, of the home; one son, Harold, Jr., and one daughter, Patricia, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Ida LeGrand of Enid; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Wright of El Reno; Mrs. Will Kreppis, Mrs. Luke Kreppis and Mrs. G. W. Atkins; all of Enid; three brothers, Will of Enid; Richard and Leo of Douglas.
Services are pending at the Fossett Funeral Home.
OBITUARY (Newspaper unknown)
Funeral services for Harold Leon LeGrand, 32, who died suddenly Monday night at his home in Douglas following a heart attack, will be held Thursday at 2 o"clock with Rev. Wallace Linton conducting the service in the Christian Union church in Douglas. Burial will be in the Douglas Cemetery.Census, Flynn Twp, Garfield Co, OK
Douglas Cemetery Records
Family History Records from Lynn LeGrand.
Harold and Dora had the following children:
+ 34 M i Harold Leon, Legrand , Jr. was born on 29 Dec 1935. + 35 F ii Patricia Alice "Pat" Legrand was born on 19 Apr 1938.
Dora married (2) Noah Burton on 20 Apr 1957. Noah was born on 10 Oct 1915.
Noah was married twice before and had children. No issue with Dora Alice.
Noah and Dora had the following children:
36 F iii Ruth Burton was born on 2 Nov 1936. + 37 M iv George Theodore Burton was born on 6 Oct 1938. + 38 F v Joan Burton was born on 16 Jan 1940. + 39 F vi Carolyn Burton was born on 7 Sep 1940. + 40 F vii Louise Burton was born on 11 Sep 1942.
13. Mary Josephine "Jobie" Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 25 Mar 1919 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 2 Dec 1983 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 5 Dec 1983 in Prue, Osage, Ok.
Mary married Leroy "Ras" Atkins son of William David "Will" Atkins and Mary Elizabeth Else on 18 Mar 1939 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. Leroy was born on 3 Sep 1918 in Ok. He died on 10 Jan 1973 in Prue, Osage, Ok. He was buried in Prue, Osage, Ok.
Place of birth from 1920 Census, Kremlin Twp, Page 237A
Leroy and Mary had the following children:
+ 41 M i Gary Leroy Atkins was born on 20 Sep 1942. + 42 F ii Lynda Jo Atkins was born on 15 Jan 1944. + 43 F iii Cheryl Lea Atkins was born on 15 Jan 1947.
14. Betty Jo Gibson (Joseph Philander "Joe" ) was born on 2 Aug 1928 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She was christened 1 in 1928 in Christian Union Church, Douglas, Garfield, Ok.
Betty married 1 (1) Howard Roy Turbyfill son of Rev. Marcus Lee Turbyfill and Sarah Ruth Puckett on 24 Dec 1946 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. The marriage ended in divorce.Howard was born 2 on 6 Nov 1926 in Norman, Cleveland, Ok.
They had the following children:
+ 44 F i Marsha Dail Turbyfill was born on 29 Jul 1947.
Betty married (2) Dean Evans Scott son of Delmer Earl Scott and Florence Cutter on 28 Oct 1950 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. Dean was born 1 on 8 Sep 1928 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died 2 on 18 Sep 1979 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Ok. He was buried 3 on 21 Sep 1979 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok.
They had the following children:
+ 45 M ii Michael Dean Scott Dr. was born on 18 Jun 1952. + 46 M iii Mark David Scott was born on 22 Apr 1956.