"LEO" HARDIN CAUDLE[1]




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Name "LEO" HARDIN CAUDLE Born 20 Mar 1892 SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS [2]
Christened SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS - UNION CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH.
BELONGED TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEAR HIS HOME IN
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.
Gender Male Died 27 Jun 1982 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA [3]
- HEART ATTACK IN SOUTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. HE WAS
IN NURSING HOME THE LAST 3 MONTHS OF HIS LIFE.
Age 90 years Buried 30 Jun 1982 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA [4]
- CHAPEL HILL MEMORIAL PARK ACCORDING TO DAUGHTER
NATHYLEE CAUDLE WHITLEY OF SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA.
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Person ID I1009 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 30 Jan 2016
Father "CLINTON" ("CLINT") HARDIN CAUDLE, b. 5 Jul 1867, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
, d. 25 May 1940, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
Age: 72 years
Relationship Birth Mother "LILLIE" FISHER CULBERTSON, b. 10 Apr 1866, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
, d. 4 Dec 1951, LAWRENCEVILLE, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
Age: 85 years
Relationship Birth Married 25 Jul 1891 SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS [5]
Family ID F362 Group Sheet
Family ODESSIE ("DESSIE") MYRL BEARD, b. 24 Aug 1894, WARREN, HUNTINGTON, INDIANA , d. 5 Apr 1981, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA
Age: 86 years
Married 16 Oct 1915 MACOMB, MCDONALD, ILLINOIS Married 16 Oct 1915 MACOMB, MCDONALD, ILLINOIS - UNITED BRETHEN CHURCH
Children 1. "NATHYLEE" LUCILE CAUDLE 2. "HELEN" MARCELINE CAUDLE 3. "JACQULYN" MARYLIN CAUDLE Family ID F364 Group Sheet
- UNION CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH.
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Event Map Click to display Born - 20 Mar 1892 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Christened - - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Died - 27 Jun 1982 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA Buried - 30 Jun 1982 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA = Link to Google Maps
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Photos Leo, Dessie and Nathylee Caudle 1969.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
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Notes - CALLED LEO
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 444-05-0809
LEO WAS MY FRIEND AND CONFIDENT ON THE FAMILY. MY MOTHER AND I WENT OVER
TO SEE HIM AND HIS WIFE AFTER I MADE CONTACT WITH HIM ON THE TELEPHONE.
WHEN HARDIN ANSWERED THE DOOR, MOM WHISPERED TO ME THAT HE LOOKED JUST
LIKE GLEN, MY FATHER. AND HE DID. HE WAS BIGGER THAN DADDY BUT FAVORED
HIM A GREAT DEAL. HE ALSO HAD A BOOMING VOICE LIKE MY DADDY. HE WAS
BALD BUT DADDY HAD GRAY CURLY HAIR AT THE TIME. I LATER TOOK DAD OVER TO
MEET HARDIN AND DAD LIKED HIM, TOO. THERE WAS NO DEVOUSNESS IN LEO.
LIKE DADDY, HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD.
AFTER MOM AND I ARRIVED, LEO'S WIFE, DESSIE, RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL
ABOUT HER BROTHER BEING SHOT. HE OWNED SOME RENTAL PROPERTY OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND GOT IN THE WAY OF A BULLET.
MY WIFE AND I ATTENDED A CAUDLE REUNION IN ST. LOUIS, OKLAHOMA. IT WAS
PRETTY QUIET UNTIL LEO SHOWED UP. WHEN HE WALKED IN, ONE COULD HEAR HIM
ABOVE THE LOW HUM OF VOICES. LEO WAS LOUD AND ENJOYED HIMSELF. MY WIFE
AND I LEFT FEELING THAT HE WAS JUST LIKE MY FAMILY.
LEO DRAWED A PICTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHURCH CEMETARY WHERE HARDIN
CAUDLE WAS BURIED. I FOUND IT EXACTLY AS HE HAD DRAWED IT. MY WIFE AND
I COULDN'T FIND HARDIN'S GRAVE AT FIRST SO I CALLED LEO. HE SAID "I'LL
BET YOU ARE HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE." I WAS. HE DESCRIBED WHERE
HARDIN WAS BURIED AGAIN OVER THE TELEPHONE AND MY WIFE AND I FOUND IT THE
NEXT MORNING. IN THE DARK WE HAD JUST OVERLOOKED IT THE DAY BEFORE.
ALSO, HARDIN'S AND MARY'S, HARDIN'S THIRD WIFE, NAMES AND DATES WAS ON
THE SIDE AND NOT THE FRONT OF THE TOMBSTONE. I STILL HAVE THE MAP LEO
DRAWED.
I MISS LEO. I MISS SEEING HIM AND TALKING TO HIM WHEN I GO BACK TO
OKLAHOMA CITY. ITS HARD TO MAKE FRIENDS AND WHEN WE LOSE SOMEONE WHO IS
TRULY A FRIEND, IT HURTS.
- CALLED LEO
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