USGenWeb | OKGenWeb | County Archive | County Queries
OKCHOCTA   Choctaw County Oklahoma Genealogy
Cemeteries | Obituaries | Headstones | Marriages | Photos | Bios & Tidbits | Maps | Pioneer Papers | Guestbook | HOME

SUGGS, ELDREN HENRY

contributed by Bessie Meredith

BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1911
DIED: MARCH 9, 2003

Eldren Henry Suggs, 92, Boken Bow, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2003 at McCurtain Memorial Hospital. He was born September 30, 1911, Fort Towson, Ok., son of Lee and Maudi Routree Suggs.

Eldren and Lilly Louise Goodman were married February 25, 1957 in Idabel, Oklahoma.

He was affiliated with the Baptist faith. He enjoyed fishing, whittling, hunting (in his younger days) and loved spending time with his family. He was a lifetime member of the community.

Eldren was preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Maudi Suggs; three half-brothers, Loyd, Dalton and Paul Johnson; and four half-sisters, Velma Massey, Veda Flowers, Wilma Doan, and Leona Johnson.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Louise Suggs of the home; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Eldren and Judy Suggs of Holly Creek, Eldridge Suggs of Holly Creek, and Henry Eldren and Jackie Suggs of Broken Bow; two step-sons and two step-daughters-in-law, James Thomas and Ellen Bounds of Horseshoe, Idaho, and Herman Jackson and Diane Brewer of Ontario, OR; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Dorothy Lee and Hulen Howell of Streetman, TX, and Viola Elizabeth and Larry Thurman of Idabel; one half-brother, Bill Rose of Oklahoma City; one half-sister, Sue Carol McGough of Haworth; four grandchildren, Shonda Lantroop, Randie Scott Suggs, Jessie Lee Moore, and Billie Jack "B. J." Suggs; two great-grandchildren, Oventin Dakota Lantroop and Rusha Dupre Moore; sixteen step-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
 

Funeral Home Announcement

In Loving Memory
Eldren Henry Suggs
September 30, 1911 March 9, 2003

Funeral Service
2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Brumley-McCurtain Chapel
Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Officiating
Rev. Cletus Hawkins

Pallbearers
Randie Scott Suggs, Billy Jack "B.J." Suggs, Jeffrey Steaveson, Lonnie Moore, John Thurman, Jeff McCain

Interment
Holly Creek Cemetery
Holly Creek Community

Under the direction of
Brumley-McCurtain Funeral Home
Broken Bow, Oklahoma