He was William, Jr., and his son was William, III, but whereas they were both *William Edward*, Jr.'s father was *John William*.
Son of John William & Missouri Frances (SHIPPEY) LOKEY. Moved with his parents to Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, about 1878, and to near McKinney in Collin County, Texas, by August, 1879, farming in JP Precinct #1 in 1880. Married 04 JUL 1895 in Ellis County, Texas, to Claudia G. "Claudie" JOHNSON. Engaged in Dry Goods Merchandising with his brother Charles Love "Charlie" LOKEY, at Pauls Valley in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1900. Operated a general merchandise store in Byars, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Entered the cotton and real estate businesses by 1900 (was engaged in the latter in Oklahoma City in 1910) and resided in Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, in 1922. Baptist. Father of three children. "Papa" on joint grave marker (with wife), and quote: "He lett [sic - left] us a most noble pattern."
"W. E. LOKEY, 73, Cotton Buyer, Dies // W. E. LOKEY, 73, cotton buyer in Dallas since 1926, died suddenly at his home, 3220 Harvard, Thursday night after having been in poor health for a long time. // A native of Georgia, LOKEY was brought to Texas as a child and was reared near Frisco. As a young man he went into the Indian Territory and for a while operated a grocery business there with a brother, later owning a land grant farm there. He also served in his younger life as marshal in several small Texas towns in which he lived. He had been an independent cotton buyer for many years and also had handled real estate. // He is survived by his wife, a sister of Congressman Jed JOHNSON of Oklahoma; two sons, Karl LOKEY, a cotton buyer at Lubbock; W. E. LOKEY, Jr., New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla., five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla., Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Charles LOKEY, Kerens, Ray LOKEY, Dallas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Friday, 09 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 4.]
"LOKEY Funeral Scheduled Today // Funeral services for W. E. LOKEY, 73, veteran Dallas cotton buyer who died at his home, 3220 Harvard, will be conducted at 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church by Dr. Julian ATWOOD. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. // Mr. LOCKEY [sic] was a member of the Highland Baptist Church and the Walters (Okla.) Masonic Lodge. // Surviving are his wife, two sons, a daughter, five sisters, five brothers and six grandchildren."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Saturday, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 10.]
"Deaths and Funerals Notices // LOKEY—William A. [sic], age 73, of 3320 Harvard, died Thursday night. Survived by wife, two sons, Karl LOKEY, Lubbock, and W. E. LOKEY III, New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla.; five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla.; Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Okla.; Charles LOKEY, Kerens, and Ray LOKEY, Dallas, and six grandchildren. Funeral services 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church, the Rev. Julian ATWOOD officiating. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park. Arrangements with the Saxon-Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home. Waxahachie, Texas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. II, p. 5.]
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On 20 MAY 2020, BassetLover (Contributor #47995875) reports that the coordinates for this grave are Latitude 32.5206000 Longitude 96.4659000. On 11 JUN 2020, the same Contributor submitted burial location of Garden of Devotion and inscription information.
Son of John William & Missouri Frances (SHIPPEY) LOKEY. Moved with his parents to Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, about 1878, and to near McKinney in Collin County, Texas, by August, 1879, farming in JP Precinct #1 in 1880. Married 04 JUL 1895 in Ellis County, Texas, to Claudia G. "Claudie" JOHNSON. Engaged in Dry Goods Merchandising with his brother Charles Love "Charlie" LOKEY, at Pauls Valley in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1900. Operated a general merchandise store in Byars, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Entered the cotton and real estate businesses by 1900 (was engaged in the latter in Oklahoma City in 1910) and resided in Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, in 1922. Baptist. Father of three children. "Papa" on joint grave marker (with wife), and quote: "He lett [sic - left] us a most noble pattern."
"W. E. LOKEY, 73, Cotton Buyer, Dies // W. E. LOKEY, 73, cotton buyer in Dallas since 1926, died suddenly at his home, 3220 Harvard, Thursday night after having been in poor health for a long time. // A native of Georgia, LOKEY was brought to Texas as a child and was reared near Frisco. As a young man he went into the Indian Territory and for a while operated a grocery business there with a brother, later owning a land grant farm there. He also served in his younger life as marshal in several small Texas towns in which he lived. He had been an independent cotton buyer for many years and also had handled real estate. // He is survived by his wife, a sister of Congressman Jed JOHNSON of Oklahoma; two sons, Karl LOKEY, a cotton buyer at Lubbock; W. E. LOKEY, Jr., New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla., five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla., Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Charles LOKEY, Kerens, Ray LOKEY, Dallas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Friday, 09 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 4.]
"LOKEY Funeral Scheduled Today // Funeral services for W. E. LOKEY, 73, veteran Dallas cotton buyer who died at his home, 3220 Harvard, will be conducted at 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church by Dr. Julian ATWOOD. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. // Mr. LOCKEY [sic] was a member of the Highland Baptist Church and the Walters (Okla.) Masonic Lodge. // Surviving are his wife, two sons, a daughter, five sisters, five brothers and six grandchildren."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Saturday, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 10.]
"Deaths and Funerals Notices // LOKEY—William A. [sic], age 73, of 3320 Harvard, died Thursday night. Survived by wife, two sons, Karl LOKEY, Lubbock, and W. E. LOKEY III, New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla.; five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla.; Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Okla.; Charles LOKEY, Kerens, and Ray LOKEY, Dallas, and six grandchildren. Funeral services 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church, the Rev. Julian ATWOOD officiating. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park. Arrangements with the Saxon-Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home. Waxahachie, Texas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. II, p. 5.]
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On 20 MAY 2020, BassetLover (Contributor #47995875) reports that the coordinates for this grave are Latitude 32.5206000 Longitude 96.4659000. On 11 JUN 2020, the same Contributor submitted burial location of Garden of Devotion and inscription information.
He was William, Jr., and his son was William, III, but whereas they were both *William Edward*, Jr.'s father was *John William*.
Son of John William & Missouri Frances (SHIPPEY) LOKEY. Moved with his parents to Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, about 1878, and to near McKinney in Collin County, Texas, by August, 1879, farming in JP Precinct #1 in 1880. Married 04 JUL 1895 in Ellis County, Texas, to Claudia G. "Claudie" JOHNSON. Engaged in Dry Goods Merchandising with his brother Charles Love "Charlie" LOKEY, at Pauls Valley in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1900. Operated a general merchandise store in Byars, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Entered the cotton and real estate businesses by 1900 (was engaged in the latter in Oklahoma City in 1910) and resided in Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, in 1922. Baptist. Father of three children. "Papa" on joint grave marker (with wife), and quote: "He lett [sic - left] us a most noble pattern."
"W. E. LOKEY, 73, Cotton Buyer, Dies // W. E. LOKEY, 73, cotton buyer in Dallas since 1926, died suddenly at his home, 3220 Harvard, Thursday night after having been in poor health for a long time. // A native of Georgia, LOKEY was brought to Texas as a child and was reared near Frisco. As a young man he went into the Indian Territory and for a while operated a grocery business there with a brother, later owning a land grant farm there. He also served in his younger life as marshal in several small Texas towns in which he lived. He had been an independent cotton buyer for many years and also had handled real estate. // He is survived by his wife, a sister of Congressman Jed JOHNSON of Oklahoma; two sons, Karl LOKEY, a cotton buyer at Lubbock; W. E. LOKEY, Jr., New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla., five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla., Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Charles LOKEY, Kerens, Ray LOKEY, Dallas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Friday, 09 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 4.]
"LOKEY Funeral Scheduled Today // Funeral services for W. E. LOKEY, 73, veteran Dallas cotton buyer who died at his home, 3220 Harvard, will be conducted at 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church by Dr. Julian ATWOOD. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. // Mr. LOCKEY [sic] was a member of the Highland Baptist Church and the Walters (Okla.) Masonic Lodge. // Surviving are his wife, two sons, a daughter, five sisters, five brothers and six grandchildren."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Saturday, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 10.]
"Deaths and Funerals Notices // LOKEY—William A. [sic], age 73, of 3320 Harvard, died Thursday night. Survived by wife, two sons, Karl LOKEY, Lubbock, and W. E. LOKEY III, New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla.; five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla.; Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Okla.; Charles LOKEY, Kerens, and Ray LOKEY, Dallas, and six grandchildren. Funeral services 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church, the Rev. Julian ATWOOD officiating. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park. Arrangements with the Saxon-Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home. Waxahachie, Texas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. II, p. 5.]
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On 20 MAY 2020, BassetLover (Contributor #47995875) reports that the coordinates for this grave are Latitude 32.5206000 Longitude 96.4659000. On 11 JUN 2020, the same Contributor submitted burial location of Garden of Devotion and inscription information.
Son of John William & Missouri Frances (SHIPPEY) LOKEY. Moved with his parents to Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, about 1878, and to near McKinney in Collin County, Texas, by August, 1879, farming in JP Precinct #1 in 1880. Married 04 JUL 1895 in Ellis County, Texas, to Claudia G. "Claudie" JOHNSON. Engaged in Dry Goods Merchandising with his brother Charles Love "Charlie" LOKEY, at Pauls Valley in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1900. Operated a general merchandise store in Byars, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Entered the cotton and real estate businesses by 1900 (was engaged in the latter in Oklahoma City in 1910) and resided in Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, in 1922. Baptist. Father of three children. "Papa" on joint grave marker (with wife), and quote: "He lett [sic - left] us a most noble pattern."
"W. E. LOKEY, 73, Cotton Buyer, Dies // W. E. LOKEY, 73, cotton buyer in Dallas since 1926, died suddenly at his home, 3220 Harvard, Thursday night after having been in poor health for a long time. // A native of Georgia, LOKEY was brought to Texas as a child and was reared near Frisco. As a young man he went into the Indian Territory and for a while operated a grocery business there with a brother, later owning a land grant farm there. He also served in his younger life as marshal in several small Texas towns in which he lived. He had been an independent cotton buyer for many years and also had handled real estate. // He is survived by his wife, a sister of Congressman Jed JOHNSON of Oklahoma; two sons, Karl LOKEY, a cotton buyer at Lubbock; W. E. LOKEY, Jr., New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla., five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla., Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Charles LOKEY, Kerens, Ray LOKEY, Dallas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Friday, 09 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 4.]
"LOKEY Funeral Scheduled Today // Funeral services for W. E. LOKEY, 73, veteran Dallas cotton buyer who died at his home, 3220 Harvard, will be conducted at 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church by Dr. Julian ATWOOD. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. // Mr. LOCKEY [sic] was a member of the Highland Baptist Church and the Walters (Okla.) Masonic Lodge. // Surviving are his wife, two sons, a daughter, five sisters, five brothers and six grandchildren."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, Saturday, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. I, p. 10.]
"Deaths and Funerals Notices // LOKEY—William A. [sic], age 73, of 3320 Harvard, died Thursday night. Survived by wife, two sons, Karl LOKEY, Lubbock, and W. E. LOKEY III, New York; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby DRUMWRIGHT, New Orleans; five sisters, Mrs. Lula SMITH, Temple, Okla.; Miss Elizabeth LOKEY, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ruth TURNER, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Laurie JOHNSON, Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Gladys OSBORN, Tipton, Okla.; five brothers, Joe LOKEY, Waurika, Okla.; Tom LOKEY, Atlanta, Ga.; John LOKEY, Hico, Okla.; Charles LOKEY, Kerens, and Ray LOKEY, Dallas, and six grandchildren. Funeral services 5 p. m. Saturday in the Highland Baptist Church, the Rev. Julian ATWOOD officiating. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park. Arrangements with the Saxon-Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home. Waxahachie, Texas."
[Dallas (TX) Morning News, 10 OCT 1942, Sec. II, p. 5.]
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On 20 MAY 2020, BassetLover (Contributor #47995875) reports that the coordinates for this grave are Latitude 32.5206000 Longitude 96.4659000. On 11 JUN 2020, the same Contributor submitted burial location of Garden of Devotion and inscription information.
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