James Joseph HEATH b. 8 July 1904 d. 31 Jan 1982 Sapulpa, Creek Co OK m. 16 Oct 1924 in Sapulpa, Creek Co OK, Rena Mae WHITEHEAD b. 19 Jan 1907 d. 26 Dec 1999 Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK. They were married in the presence of her father Mr.
Sherman Whitehead and her brother William ‘Burleigh’ Whitehead.
The parents of Rena Mae Whitehead were Sherman S. Whitehead b. 10 May 1866 IN and his wife Alice E. Denham. During WWII, James J. Heath worked for the Liberty Glass Plant in the ‘hot’ end, making milk, pop bottles etc in Sapulpa, OK. When steel was available again and not being used by the armed forces, he worked most of his life with a steel manufacturing company building oil derricks and oil equipment. He also had cattle, horses and oil wells on his property. He and his brother Davis Heath were in oil together and sometimes drilled a dry hole. James loved riding horses, feeding the stock and checking the wells. Some of the pastureland for the cattle was his, some was leased. The family was fortunate and the oil fields on their land did well, After the death of Rena Heath, thewells were still paying royalties out to their children. Family said that James Heath and Davis Heath lived on Perkins Street in Sapulpa, but that after a while James J Heath sold the house on Perkins and bought a farm in Kellyville, OK with about 40 acres and a pond stocked with fish. ‘J.W.’ Heath, his son Kenneth Wayne Heath loved to go fishing there and just spend time together. Family said there was always a full iced tea pitcher and friends sitting out on the big covered front porch visiting.
Their children:
James William 'J.W. ' Heath b. 1 Sept 1925
Donald Eugene Heath b. 11 Jan 1927
Dorothy 'Joan' Heath b. 10 Sept 1933 m. Walter Willard McDonell
Lois Helen Heath b. 5 Oct 1935 m.1 1952 Elmer Leon Waters; m.2. 1957 Lester Kidwell; m.3. 1970 Victor Aurel Berube
Barbara Fern Heath b. 12 Apr 1940 (died from burns age 11 when she backed into an open faced heating stove to get warm but her dress caught fire.
Sherman Whitehead and her brother William ‘Burleigh’ Whitehead.
The parents of Rena Mae Whitehead were Sherman S. Whitehead b. 10 May 1866 IN and his wife Alice E. Denham. During WWII, James J. Heath worked for the Liberty Glass Plant in the ‘hot’ end, making milk, pop bottles etc in Sapulpa, OK. When steel was available again and not being used by the armed forces, he worked most of his life with a steel manufacturing company building oil derricks and oil equipment. He also had cattle, horses and oil wells on his property. He and his brother Davis Heath were in oil together and sometimes drilled a dry hole. James loved riding horses, feeding the stock and checking the wells. Some of the pastureland for the cattle was his, some was leased. The family was fortunate and the oil fields on their land did well, After the death of Rena Heath, thewells were still paying royalties out to their children. Family said that James Heath and Davis Heath lived on Perkins Street in Sapulpa, but that after a while James J Heath sold the house on Perkins and bought a farm in Kellyville, OK with about 40 acres and a pond stocked with fish. ‘J.W.’ Heath, his son Kenneth Wayne Heath loved to go fishing there and just spend time together. Family said there was always a full iced tea pitcher and friends sitting out on the big covered front porch visiting.
Their children:
James William 'J.W. ' Heath b. 1 Sept 1925
Donald Eugene Heath b. 11 Jan 1927
Dorothy 'Joan' Heath b. 10 Sept 1933 m. Walter Willard McDonell
Lois Helen Heath b. 5 Oct 1935 m.1 1952 Elmer Leon Waters; m.2. 1957 Lester Kidwell; m.3. 1970 Victor Aurel Berube
Barbara Fern Heath b. 12 Apr 1940 (died from burns age 11 when she backed into an open faced heating stove to get warm but her dress caught fire.
James Joseph HEATH b. 8 July 1904 d. 31 Jan 1982 Sapulpa, Creek Co OK m. 16 Oct 1924 in Sapulpa, Creek Co OK, Rena Mae WHITEHEAD b. 19 Jan 1907 d. 26 Dec 1999 Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK. They were married in the presence of her father Mr.
Sherman Whitehead and her brother William ‘Burleigh’ Whitehead.
The parents of Rena Mae Whitehead were Sherman S. Whitehead b. 10 May 1866 IN and his wife Alice E. Denham. During WWII, James J. Heath worked for the Liberty Glass Plant in the ‘hot’ end, making milk, pop bottles etc in Sapulpa, OK. When steel was available again and not being used by the armed forces, he worked most of his life with a steel manufacturing company building oil derricks and oil equipment. He also had cattle, horses and oil wells on his property. He and his brother Davis Heath were in oil together and sometimes drilled a dry hole. James loved riding horses, feeding the stock and checking the wells. Some of the pastureland for the cattle was his, some was leased. The family was fortunate and the oil fields on their land did well, After the death of Rena Heath, thewells were still paying royalties out to their children. Family said that James Heath and Davis Heath lived on Perkins Street in Sapulpa, but that after a while James J Heath sold the house on Perkins and bought a farm in Kellyville, OK with about 40 acres and a pond stocked with fish. ‘J.W.’ Heath, his son Kenneth Wayne Heath loved to go fishing there and just spend time together. Family said there was always a full iced tea pitcher and friends sitting out on the big covered front porch visiting.
Their children:
James William 'J.W. ' Heath b. 1 Sept 1925
Donald Eugene Heath b. 11 Jan 1927
Dorothy 'Joan' Heath b. 10 Sept 1933 m. Walter Willard McDonell
Lois Helen Heath b. 5 Oct 1935 m.1 1952 Elmer Leon Waters; m.2. 1957 Lester Kidwell; m.3. 1970 Victor Aurel Berube
Barbara Fern Heath b. 12 Apr 1940 (died from burns age 11 when she backed into an open faced heating stove to get warm but her dress caught fire.
Sherman Whitehead and her brother William ‘Burleigh’ Whitehead.
The parents of Rena Mae Whitehead were Sherman S. Whitehead b. 10 May 1866 IN and his wife Alice E. Denham. During WWII, James J. Heath worked for the Liberty Glass Plant in the ‘hot’ end, making milk, pop bottles etc in Sapulpa, OK. When steel was available again and not being used by the armed forces, he worked most of his life with a steel manufacturing company building oil derricks and oil equipment. He also had cattle, horses and oil wells on his property. He and his brother Davis Heath were in oil together and sometimes drilled a dry hole. James loved riding horses, feeding the stock and checking the wells. Some of the pastureland for the cattle was his, some was leased. The family was fortunate and the oil fields on their land did well, After the death of Rena Heath, thewells were still paying royalties out to their children. Family said that James Heath and Davis Heath lived on Perkins Street in Sapulpa, but that after a while James J Heath sold the house on Perkins and bought a farm in Kellyville, OK with about 40 acres and a pond stocked with fish. ‘J.W.’ Heath, his son Kenneth Wayne Heath loved to go fishing there and just spend time together. Family said there was always a full iced tea pitcher and friends sitting out on the big covered front porch visiting.
Their children:
James William 'J.W. ' Heath b. 1 Sept 1925
Donald Eugene Heath b. 11 Jan 1927
Dorothy 'Joan' Heath b. 10 Sept 1933 m. Walter Willard McDonell
Lois Helen Heath b. 5 Oct 1935 m.1 1952 Elmer Leon Waters; m.2. 1957 Lester Kidwell; m.3. 1970 Victor Aurel Berube
Barbara Fern Heath b. 12 Apr 1940 (died from burns age 11 when she backed into an open faced heating stove to get warm but her dress caught fire.
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