Obituary courtesy of Lillian 47192135
Published in The Carnegie Herald, Carnegie, Caddo Co., OK
Wednesday, October 21, 1964
Mrs. Rachel Harding, one of Carnegie's oldest citizens, died Monday night at the Carnegie hospital. She had entered the hospital that afternoon.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the local First Christian church with Rev. Neal Lovell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Alden cemetery.
Mrs. Harding and her son, Kirtley, with whom she had made her home the past 28 years, had moved to Carnegie July 10 from their home near Hydro.
Rachel Cox was born in Franklin county, Va. on July 14, 1867. She was married to E.R. Harding January 25, 1888, at Chariton, Mo. Thirteen children were born to them.
She and her family moved to Oklahoma in 1907. After a year at Apache, they moved to the community south of Carnegie where the family was reared, and then to the farm near Hydro. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1952, two sons, Rufus of Santa Maria, Calif., and one in infancy, and two daughters, Mrs. Julia Stenger, Carnegie, and Mrs. Alice Murphy, Weatherford.
She had been a member of the Christian church many years and had placed her membership in the local church a few weeks ago.
She is survived by seven sons, Witt of Liberal, Kans., Cabell, Kinkland, Wash., Ben and Kirtley of Carnegie, Howard, Boyington, Okla., Sam of Ozark, Ark., and Larry of Council Hill, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Dollie Balden, Enid, and Mrs. Pearl Richards, Carnegie; 47 grandchildren, many great and great-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Jack Cox, Leavenworth, Kans.
Obituary courtesy of Lillian 47192135
Published in The Carnegie Herald, Carnegie, Caddo Co., OK
Wednesday, October 21, 1964
Mrs. Rachel Harding, one of Carnegie's oldest citizens, died Monday night at the Carnegie hospital. She had entered the hospital that afternoon.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the local First Christian church with Rev. Neal Lovell, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Alden cemetery.
Mrs. Harding and her son, Kirtley, with whom she had made her home the past 28 years, had moved to Carnegie July 10 from their home near Hydro.
Rachel Cox was born in Franklin county, Va. on July 14, 1867. She was married to E.R. Harding January 25, 1888, at Chariton, Mo. Thirteen children were born to them.
She and her family moved to Oklahoma in 1907. After a year at Apache, they moved to the community south of Carnegie where the family was reared, and then to the farm near Hydro. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1952, two sons, Rufus of Santa Maria, Calif., and one in infancy, and two daughters, Mrs. Julia Stenger, Carnegie, and Mrs. Alice Murphy, Weatherford.
She had been a member of the Christian church many years and had placed her membership in the local church a few weeks ago.
She is survived by seven sons, Witt of Liberal, Kans., Cabell, Kinkland, Wash., Ben and Kirtley of Carnegie, Howard, Boyington, Okla., Sam of Ozark, Ark., and Larry of Council Hill, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Dollie Balden, Enid, and Mrs. Pearl Richards, Carnegie; 47 grandchildren, many great and great-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Jack Cox, Leavenworth, Kans.
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Julia Florence Harding Stenger
1890–1953
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Ollie Witt Harding
1891–1988
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Joe Ben Harding
1895–1979
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Alvin Kirtley "Pete" Harding
1897–1980
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Rufus Talbott "Hump" Harding
1898–1961
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Dollie Adeline Harding Balden
1902–1984
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Pearl Harding Richards
1904–1999
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Howard "Harry" Harding
1906–2000
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Alice Katherine Harding Murphy
1908–1959
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Samuel Houston "Hook" Harding
1911–1997
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Lawrence Marion "Larry" Harding
1914–1988
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