Gilreath, Thomas Sylvester & Cynthia Elizabeth (Dickerson)
Bristow News
Creek County Oklahoma
03-14-1957
Gilreath Rites Held In Depew
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Methodist church, Depew,
for Thomas Sylvester Gilreath with the Reverend J. W. Browers officiating.
Mr. Gilreath died last Thursday, March 4, after an extended illness.
He was born May 29, 1875, in Kentucky and came to Depew in 1911.
Survivors are his wife, Cynthia, of the home, three sons: James Gilreath,
Iola, Kan.; Frank Gilreath, U.S. Navy, and Carman Gilreath, Oklahoma
City; six daughters, Mrs. Anna Stafford, Shamrock; Mrs. Ludie Barrett,
Kendrick,; Mrs. Julia Hammon, Kansas; Mrs. Agnes Holland, California;
Mrs. Opal Pippins, Oregon, and Mrs. Nadine Mayberry, Depew, 54 grandchildren
and 70 great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Depew Cemetery with Dunaway Funeral home in charge of
arrangements.
Bristow News
Creek County Oklahoma
07-20-1961
Service in Depew For Mrs. Gilreath
Woman Had Over 150 Descendents
Mrs. Cynthia Elizabeth Gilreath, a resident of Depew for 51 years,
died Sunday in Bristow Memorial hospital.
She was born in Pineknot, Kentucky, August 11, 1883, and came to Depew
from Coweta.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Methodist church,
Depew, of which Mrs. Gilreath was a member. The Reverend W. S. Grey
officiated.
Survivors are three sons, James W. Gilreath of Neodasha, Kansas, Frank
Gilreath of Buela Vista, California, and Carman C. Gilreath of Winfield,
Kansas; six daughters, Mrs. Anna Stafford of Shamrock, Mrs. Ludie Barrett
of Kendrick, Mrs. Julia Hammond of Augusta, Kansas, Mrs. Agnes Holland,
of Agnew, California, Mrs. Opal Pappas of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs.
Nadine Mayberry of Depew.
Also surviving was one sister, Mrs. Sue Upton of Tucson, Arizona; 54
grandchildren; 116 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Interment will be in the Oakdale Cemetery at Depew with Dunaway Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Submitted by Family Researcher Bobbi Dunn bluerose68@gmail.com
Oct 2004.
Oakdale Cemetery, Depew, Creek County, Oklahoma
