My grandfather died of a stroke on December 4, 1948 in Oklahoma City. He was taken to St Anthony's Hospital then buried two days later in the Walters (English) Cemetery in Walters, Okla. I stayed with Hoyt and Atha lee Moore, who were members of my dad's church. The Moore's lived in West Nichols Hills and had a daughter named Iva lee. She dated my brother for a while, then married someone else who worked for the Sherman Funeral Home. His son Dwayne was my age.
During the last few years of my grandfather's life, he was a security guard at the Tradesman's National Bank (Uncle Joe Figg managed the building). His wife, Louise Campbell Ferguson, died several years later on August 12, 1956. My mother didn't like either one of my grandparents very much so we seldom visited unless mother had no choice.
They lived on NW 39th Street at the top of a hill and across the street from a mini mart. Their house was several blocks from the Classen trolley which traveled up & down Classen Blvd. A trolley also traveled NW39th street along the side of Lake Overholser all the way to the turn around in Yukon, Okla.. The house had a grape arbor and an old carriage house that once held harness, teams, and wagons. The kitchen had been added to the main house after the cook house was torn down and a bathroom was added when they added plumbing.
My father kept a worthless oil company stock that once belonged to my grandfather until he died in 1985.
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