Cordie Lee Sr. Pendleton was a son of Robert Henry Pendleton and Mary Jane Casto-Pendleton.
Cordie Lee Sr joined the United States Army at the age of 18 and in 1920 was serving as a Private at Fort Sill Military Post Reservation, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
While on leave in 1927, visiting family he married 9 Nov 1927 Lela Jane Polk, daughter of William Washington Polk and Cora Luticia Neel-Polk.
They returned to Fort Sill and made their home on the Post. Together Cordie Sr and Lela would have two children:
1. Juanita Fay Pendleton - 1928 England, Lonoke, Arkansas
2. Irelene May Pendleton - 1930 Fort Sill Post Hospital
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Lela Jane died shortly after the birth of their second child June 26, 1930 and was buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Cordie Lee Sr, serving in the Army could not take care of his two infant daughters, so he took them to his parents home and Robert Henry and Mary Jane helped raise these motherless children off and on for about 6 years.
Cordie Lee Sr would remarry to Delcie Merle Pack on Apr 30, 1938 in Van Buren, Arkansas and together they had four children. Cordie brought Juanita and Irelene home to live with his new wife, their new mother.
1. Billie Lou Pendleton - 1939 Rupert, Van Burnen, Arkansas
2. Clara "Claire" Sue Pendleton - 1940 Rupert,Van Burnen, Arkansas
3. Cordie Lee Jr Pendleton - 1943 Elk City,Montg., Kansas
4. Robert Henry Pendleton - 1946 Childress, Texas
1942 - Cordie Lee Sr held the position as City Marshall for Elk City, Kansas.
Cordie Lee Sr and Delcie divorced and he moved to Exeter, California in 1950 and moved again with his two daughters and their families to Washington State.
The families all moved back to Exeter, California the spring of 1954. In the late 1960's Cordie suffered a heart attach and he returned to the hills of Arkansas. Cordie said if he was going to die he wanted to die in those hills.
He lived a full life and left behind a wonderful large family. Many of his Great Grandchildren he would never see, many living in Texas as well as California.
He lived for years in a cabin, up on the hill in Arkansas, hunting and enjoying his life.
Cordie Lee Sr died in Russellville and was buried at the Nogo Cemetery, Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas 7 May 1980.
His smiles, the twinkle in his eyes, and his stories live on with his family and friends, and is missed deeply.
In Loving Memory.
Cordie Lee Sr joined the United States Army at the age of 18 and in 1920 was serving as a Private at Fort Sill Military Post Reservation, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
While on leave in 1927, visiting family he married 9 Nov 1927 Lela Jane Polk, daughter of William Washington Polk and Cora Luticia Neel-Polk.
They returned to Fort Sill and made their home on the Post. Together Cordie Sr and Lela would have two children:
1. Juanita Fay Pendleton - 1928 England, Lonoke, Arkansas
2. Irelene May Pendleton - 1930 Fort Sill Post Hospital
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Lela Jane died shortly after the birth of their second child June 26, 1930 and was buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Cordie Lee Sr, serving in the Army could not take care of his two infant daughters, so he took them to his parents home and Robert Henry and Mary Jane helped raise these motherless children off and on for about 6 years.
Cordie Lee Sr would remarry to Delcie Merle Pack on Apr 30, 1938 in Van Buren, Arkansas and together they had four children. Cordie brought Juanita and Irelene home to live with his new wife, their new mother.
1. Billie Lou Pendleton - 1939 Rupert, Van Burnen, Arkansas
2. Clara "Claire" Sue Pendleton - 1940 Rupert,Van Burnen, Arkansas
3. Cordie Lee Jr Pendleton - 1943 Elk City,Montg., Kansas
4. Robert Henry Pendleton - 1946 Childress, Texas
1942 - Cordie Lee Sr held the position as City Marshall for Elk City, Kansas.
Cordie Lee Sr and Delcie divorced and he moved to Exeter, California in 1950 and moved again with his two daughters and their families to Washington State.
The families all moved back to Exeter, California the spring of 1954. In the late 1960's Cordie suffered a heart attach and he returned to the hills of Arkansas. Cordie said if he was going to die he wanted to die in those hills.
He lived a full life and left behind a wonderful large family. Many of his Great Grandchildren he would never see, many living in Texas as well as California.
He lived for years in a cabin, up on the hill in Arkansas, hunting and enjoying his life.
Cordie Lee Sr died in Russellville and was buried at the Nogo Cemetery, Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas 7 May 1980.
His smiles, the twinkle in his eyes, and his stories live on with his family and friends, and is missed deeply.
In Loving Memory.
Cordie Lee Sr. Pendleton was a son of Robert Henry Pendleton and Mary Jane Casto-Pendleton.
Cordie Lee Sr joined the United States Army at the age of 18 and in 1920 was serving as a Private at Fort Sill Military Post Reservation, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
While on leave in 1927, visiting family he married 9 Nov 1927 Lela Jane Polk, daughter of William Washington Polk and Cora Luticia Neel-Polk.
They returned to Fort Sill and made their home on the Post. Together Cordie Sr and Lela would have two children:
1. Juanita Fay Pendleton - 1928 England, Lonoke, Arkansas
2. Irelene May Pendleton - 1930 Fort Sill Post Hospital
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Lela Jane died shortly after the birth of their second child June 26, 1930 and was buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Cordie Lee Sr, serving in the Army could not take care of his two infant daughters, so he took them to his parents home and Robert Henry and Mary Jane helped raise these motherless children off and on for about 6 years.
Cordie Lee Sr would remarry to Delcie Merle Pack on Apr 30, 1938 in Van Buren, Arkansas and together they had four children. Cordie brought Juanita and Irelene home to live with his new wife, their new mother.
1. Billie Lou Pendleton - 1939 Rupert, Van Burnen, Arkansas
2. Clara "Claire" Sue Pendleton - 1940 Rupert,Van Burnen, Arkansas
3. Cordie Lee Jr Pendleton - 1943 Elk City,Montg., Kansas
4. Robert Henry Pendleton - 1946 Childress, Texas
1942 - Cordie Lee Sr held the position as City Marshall for Elk City, Kansas.
Cordie Lee Sr and Delcie divorced and he moved to Exeter, California in 1950 and moved again with his two daughters and their families to Washington State.
The families all moved back to Exeter, California the spring of 1954. In the late 1960's Cordie suffered a heart attach and he returned to the hills of Arkansas. Cordie said if he was going to die he wanted to die in those hills.
He lived a full life and left behind a wonderful large family. Many of his Great Grandchildren he would never see, many living in Texas as well as California.
He lived for years in a cabin, up on the hill in Arkansas, hunting and enjoying his life.
Cordie Lee Sr died in Russellville and was buried at the Nogo Cemetery, Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas 7 May 1980.
His smiles, the twinkle in his eyes, and his stories live on with his family and friends, and is missed deeply.
In Loving Memory.
Cordie Lee Sr joined the United States Army at the age of 18 and in 1920 was serving as a Private at Fort Sill Military Post Reservation, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
While on leave in 1927, visiting family he married 9 Nov 1927 Lela Jane Polk, daughter of William Washington Polk and Cora Luticia Neel-Polk.
They returned to Fort Sill and made their home on the Post. Together Cordie Sr and Lela would have two children:
1. Juanita Fay Pendleton - 1928 England, Lonoke, Arkansas
2. Irelene May Pendleton - 1930 Fort Sill Post Hospital
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Lela Jane died shortly after the birth of their second child June 26, 1930 and was buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Cordie Lee Sr, serving in the Army could not take care of his two infant daughters, so he took them to his parents home and Robert Henry and Mary Jane helped raise these motherless children off and on for about 6 years.
Cordie Lee Sr would remarry to Delcie Merle Pack on Apr 30, 1938 in Van Buren, Arkansas and together they had four children. Cordie brought Juanita and Irelene home to live with his new wife, their new mother.
1. Billie Lou Pendleton - 1939 Rupert, Van Burnen, Arkansas
2. Clara "Claire" Sue Pendleton - 1940 Rupert,Van Burnen, Arkansas
3. Cordie Lee Jr Pendleton - 1943 Elk City,Montg., Kansas
4. Robert Henry Pendleton - 1946 Childress, Texas
1942 - Cordie Lee Sr held the position as City Marshall for Elk City, Kansas.
Cordie Lee Sr and Delcie divorced and he moved to Exeter, California in 1950 and moved again with his two daughters and their families to Washington State.
The families all moved back to Exeter, California the spring of 1954. In the late 1960's Cordie suffered a heart attach and he returned to the hills of Arkansas. Cordie said if he was going to die he wanted to die in those hills.
He lived a full life and left behind a wonderful large family. Many of his Great Grandchildren he would never see, many living in Texas as well as California.
He lived for years in a cabin, up on the hill in Arkansas, hunting and enjoying his life.
Cordie Lee Sr died in Russellville and was buried at the Nogo Cemetery, Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas 7 May 1980.
His smiles, the twinkle in his eyes, and his stories live on with his family and friends, and is missed deeply.
In Loving Memory.
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Cordie Lee Pendleton, Sr. was a Freemason.
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