Mrs. R.H.
Stanley, 80, the first woman admitted in Eastern Territory to what is now the
Oklahoma Bar, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday at her home, 1020 East Duke, after a
long illness.
Services will
be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Church of Christ, with Dillard Sarrett and
Bob Crass officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery.
Lampton
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The deceased
will lie in state until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Isabel Amanda
(Howe) Stanley was born Oct. 2, 1886, at Greenwood, Ark., a daughter of
Clarence Herndon Howe and Lula Scott (McEachin) Howe, with whom she moved to
Indian Territory in 1902.
She was a
1905 graduate of old Mary Connor College at Paris, Tex. She continued her
education with post graduate work at the University of Chicago, University of
Oklahoma and Bollinger Conservatory, and held a bachelor of arts degree.
She was
admitted to the Bar in 1906. The following year, on Oct. 16, she married
attorney Rufus Herbert Stanley, who was the first president of the Oklahoma
State Bar Association and twice Choctaw county representative in the state
legislature, which he was serving as acting speaker of the House when boundary
lines between Oklahoma and Texas finally were established firmly after years
of question. He died here May 26, 1946.
Mrs. Stanley
was a member of the Church of Christ. She and her late husband gave the land
and building for the church at Sawyer, with the assistance of the small
congregation which he subsequently served as minister without charge.
Mrs. Stanley
was active in the Democratic party, serving in many capacities throughout the
years. These included precinct chairman and district vice-chairman.
She was
organizing regent of Frances Scott Walker chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and also belonged to the Daughters of the Confederacy.
She served as
county chairman of the Salvation Army, Mental Health Association, Cancer
Society and American Red Cross. She was active in the old Campfire Girls
organization, March of Dimes and Tuberculosis Seal programs.
She was state
parliamentarian and later recording secretary of Oklahoma State Federation of
Women's Clubs, held various district Federation offices and was delegate to
its national convention several times. In American Legion Auxiliary work she
served as both Hugo and district president and represented the larger body at
national convention.
She held
three state DAR committee chairmanships, and several district and state
offices including that of state vice-regent.
Other
memberships included several organizations in the community and the Oklahoma
Historical Society, Daughters of the American Colonists, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, the Choctaw county and state and national bar associations
and Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
Mrs. Stanley
wrote the publications, "Parliamentary Procedure for Club Women" and
"Club Courtesy."
Surviving are
one daughter, Mrs. Barrett Fellows, of Hugo; four granddaughters, five great
grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Helen Hayes Draper, Hugo.
