HERBERT BURL SPEARS, SR.[1]




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Name HERBERT BURL SPEARS, SR. Suffix SR. Born 25 Jul 1921 STIGLER, HASKELL, OKLAHOMA [2]
- LIVES POTEAU, OKLAHOMA
Gender Male Died 8 Nov 1993 POTEAU, LE FLORE, OKLAHOMA [3]
- HE DIED AT HOME OF A HEART ATTACK.
Age 72 years Buried 11 Nov 1993 STIGLER, OKLAHOMA [4]
- BEAVER MOUNTAIN IN MT. HOME CEMETERY.
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Person ID I255 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father FRANCIS ("FRANK") MARION SPEARS, b. 30 Mar 1882, NEWTON COUNTY ARKANSAS
, d. 7 May 1941, STIGLER, HASKELL, OKLAHOMA
Age: 59 years
Mother MINNIE ELVIRA BRASHER, b. 26 Feb 1890, HOYT, HASKELL, OKLAHOMA
, d. 8 Nov 1949, STIGLER, HASKELL, OKLAHOMA
Age: 59 years
Family ID F83 Group Sheet
Family MABEL LEE HAMPTON Children 1. BURL H. SPEARS, JR. 2. JACK SPEARS 3. RITA SPEARS Family ID F3133 Group Sheet
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Notes - CALLED BURL
IN MEMORY OF BURL H. SPEARS, SR.
BORN 25 JULY 1921 8 NOV 1993
SURVIVORS
WIFE - MABEL SPEARS 2 SONS - BURL, JR. & JACK SPEARS
1 DAUGHTER - RITA ANGELONE 4 BROTHERS - EARL, KENNETH, UTAH "SHUGG"
& JOE SPEARS 3 SISTERS - TIANCE WETHERS, OLLIE NORRID, & LORENE
McELROY 6 GRANDAUGHTERS 3 GRANDSONS HOST OF FRIENDS & LOVED ONES
SERVICES
10:00 A.M., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1993 IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH
POTEAU, OKLAHOMA
OFFICIATING
REV. VIC SIMPSON
INTERMENT
MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY STIGLER, OKLAHOMA
EVANS & MILLER FUNERAL HOME
POTEAU & POCOLA
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
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MULLINGS AND SPEARS SERVE IN ARTILLERY BATTALION ON GOTHIC
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CLARENCE L.
MULLINGS AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BURL H. SPEARS, BOTH OF STIGLER SERVE IN
A FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION WHICH FIRED 40,000 ROUNDS AT THE GERMANS IN A
MONTH AND A HALF OF OPERATIONS IN THE GOTHIC LINE IN NORTHERN ITALY.
THE BATTALION JUNCTIONS WITH THE 88TH "BLUE DEVIL" DIVISION IN
LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARK W. CLARK'S FIFTH ARMY.
THE UNIT OF 105-MILLIMETER HOWITZERS, IN COMBAT SINCE LAST MARCH
WHEN IT ENTERED THE LINES AT MINTURNO IN THE GARIGLLANO RIVER SECTOR,
FIRED 82,000 ROUNDS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND SMOKE PRIOR TO THE BREACHING
OF THE GOTHIC LINE.
MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS FRONT NEAR FIRENZUOLA, NORTH OF FLORENCE
AFTER AIDING THE 88TH IN THE ARNO RIVER DRIVE, THE ARTILLERY BATTALION
ENCOUNTERED SOME OF THE ROUGHEST TERRIAN AND WORST WEATHER OF THE ITALIAN
HEAVY RAINS, MADE TRANSPORTATIONS DIFFICULT.
THE HOWITZERS FIRED FROM POSITIONS IN LIQUID MUD UP TO THE WHEEL
HUBS BUT THE CANNONEERS ALWAYS MOVED THEIR GUNS TO KEEP THE STUBBORNLY
RESISTING NAZIS WITHIN RANGE.
PFC. MULLINGS IS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. LUTHER T. MULLINGS, AND
PFC. SPEARS IS THE SON OF MRS. MINNIE SPEARS, BOTH OF STIGLER ROUTE 3.
- CALLED BURL
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