Obituaries, Headstones and Death Certificates

Over the years I have collected many obituaries from many different resources.  I either received them from family members, emails, letters or websites.

sample image DEATH CERTIFICATES
FAMILY HEADSTONE PHOTOS
BAKER RELATED OBITUARIES
HIGHLEY RELATED OBITUARIES
MCHENRY RELATED OBITUARIES
MOON RELATED OBITUARIES
MURPHY RELATED OBITUARIES
POSTON RELATED OBITUARIES
MISCELLANEOUS OBITUARIES


Most of my family members came from St. Francois County, Missouri.  Others came from Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky.  If you would like to contribute an obit, please email me at: rebecca@digginforroots.com .

Loren John LOLLAR

 

John Lollar, 67, of Douglas, Ariz., died at his home. He was the son of John Benton and Mayme Ruth Highley Lollar.

After graduating from Hooker schools, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, being stationed in Japan. After being discharged, he returned to Hooker and later married a girl from Douglas, Ariz, Gloria Villaneuva. They lived in Hooker and he worked at Hooker Equity, later moving to Guymon where he worked several years at Adams Hardfacing.

In the late 1970's they moved to Douglas, Ariz and he worked at the Gasden Hotel where the movie, "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" was being shot. Johnnie had a small part in the movie and met the stars, Ava Gardner and Paul Newman.

He had an exceptional singing voice and often performed at the Pioneer Days talent show, winning first place frequently with songs such as "Wilburton Mountain" and "Wings of a Dove". Once he met Johnny Cash and introduced himself as "Johnny No Cash Lollar".

He was preceded in death by his parents and infant son, Earl; a sister, Irma Dixon; a brother, Jack; a sister-in-law, Pauline Lollar; three nieces; three nephew; and a much-beloved Uncle Mitchel Massa.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria; four brothers; five sisters; two brothers-in-law; and two sisters-in-law.

Memorial services were 2 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 15 at the Gospel of Grace Church in Hooker followed by interment in the Hooker Cemetery.


Most of my family members came from St. Francois County, Missouri.  Others came from Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Germany.  If you would like to contribute a photo, please email me at: rebecca@digginforroots.com.

Sources:
 

Email, Letters, Family Members and Websites.
Genealogy Bank
 

Family faces are magic mirrors.  Looking at people who belong to us,  we see the past, the present and the future.