EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.

EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.[1]

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  • Name  EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. 
    Suffix  SR. 
    Nickname  GLEN 
    Born  12 Jan 1907  NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • HE WAS BORN IN INDIAN TERRITORY ACCORDING TO HIS
      BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
    Gender  Male 
    Baptism  Abt 1922  DEER CREEK, YALE, PAYNE, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died  27 Sep 1986  OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • HE DIED IN HIS SLEEP. HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE SHOWS CAUSE OF DEATH AS ALSHEIMER DISEASE. I BELIEVE IT WAS HARDENING OF HIS ARTIES. HIS MOTHER ALSO DIED OF IT.
    Age  79 years 
    Buried  30 Sep 1986  OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • ARLINGTON MEMORIAL PARK LOCATED ON 3400 N. MIDWEST BLVD., LOT 149A IN SECTION 19. FUNERAL HELD IN THE SOONER BAPTIST CHURCH OF MIDWEST CITY, OKLA HOMA. THE CHURCH WAS LOCATED NEXT TO HIS HOUSE.
    Headstones  Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID  I3  Caudle Descendants
    Last Modified  12 Aug 2009 

    Father  Ancestors LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR.,   b. 8 Jan 1874, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1943, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 69 years 
    Mother  Ancestors HATTI VESTA TOWER,   b. 12 Jul 1878, LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1965, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 86 years 
    Married  11 Apr 1895  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    PhotosFamily photos for LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR. & HATTI VESTA TOWER
    Family ID  F3  Group Sheet

    Family  Ancestors MINNIE LOU BAGWELL,   b. 8 Aug 1917, GRAND SALINE, VAN ZANDT, TEXAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1999, OKMULGEE, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 81 years 
    Married  30 Sep 1933  NEW LIBERTY, BECKHAM, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    Married: 1x1. EARL GLEN CAUDLE, JR.
    Married: 2x2. PRESTON MILFORD CAUDLE, SR. Married: 2x2x ,   b. 18 Mar 1938, SUPERIOR, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 2009, TULSA, TULSA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 71 years
    Married: 8x3. JARITA ANN CAUDLE Married: 8x8x ,   b. 25 May 1941, MARIETTA, LOVE, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 2016, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 75 years
    PhotosFamily photos for EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. & MINNIE LOU BAGWELL
    Family ID  F2  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jan 1907 - NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - Abt 1922 - DEER CREEK, YALE, PAYNE, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Sep 1933 - NEW LIBERTY, BECKHAM, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - PRESTON MILFORD CAUDLE, SR. - 18 Mar 1938 - SUPERIOR, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - JARITA ANN CAUDLE - 25 May 1941 - MARIETTA, LOVE, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Sep 1986 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Sep 1986 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
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    Glen Caudle Bereau of Mines Certificate.jpg
    Glen Caudle Bereau of Mines Certificate.jpg
    I found it amazing that in 1938, the Federal Bereau of Mines was issuing certificates for first aid training. Granpa was working in the mines in Arizona at the time - the same year Dad was born.

  • Notes 
    • IN LATER YEARS DAD SIGNED HIS NAME GLEN E. CAUDLE. CALLED EARL BY HIS KIN WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND GLEN AFTER HE WAS MARRIED.

      REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD SENIOR, UNPUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S DESCENDANTS, SIBLINGS, SPOUSES, AND ANCESTORS, FALL 1967 TO PRESENT, RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 840, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 74447-9678.

      SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 526-09-5426. SOCIAL SECURITY BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS SHOW ARIZONA ERRONEOUSLY AS HIS BIRTH STATE; IT SHOULD HAVE SHOWN INDIAN TERRITORY.

      GRANDMA PROBABLY NAMED HIM AFTER HIS COUSIN, EARL HAYES. GRANDMA TOOK CARE OF EARL AND HIS BROTHER, JOHN, IN 1903 AND 1904 AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED. THEY LIVED IN CHICAGO NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT THE TIME.

      EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. STOOD ABOUT 5 FEET NINE INCHES TALL, HAD CURLY BLACK HAIR, BLUE EYES AND A RUDDY COMPLECTION. HE WAS BARREL CHESTED, STRONG AS AN OX WITH A LOT OF COURAGE TO BOOT. HE HAD AN EXTROVERT PERSONALITY. HE LOVED TO BE AROUND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LIKED HIM. HE COULD MAKE FRIENDS REAL FAST WITH ANYONE. HE LIKED SOCIALS AT THE CHURCH. HE WOULD WALK RIGHT UP TO SOMEONE HE DIDN'T KNOW AND START A CONVERSATION. HE ACTED LIKE HE'D KNOWN THE PERSON ALL HIS LIFE.

      HE COULD READ AND WRITE BUT ONLY HAD 3 YEARS OF EDUCATION. WRITING WAS LABOROUS FOR HIM. I SAW HIM SIGN HIS NAME, WHEN HE SIGNED A CHECK, MANY TIMES AND IT TOOK HIM LONGER THAN IT DOES FOR US, TODAY. HE WROTE HIS NAME IN LARGE LETTERS. HOWEVER, HE WAS PROUD HE COULD WRITE.

      BECAUSE HE WAS RAISED ON THE FRONTIER, HIS EARLY LIFE WAS VERY HARD. AS A RESULT HE WAS A HARD WORKER AND A HARD MAN. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE HE WORKED AS A YOUNG BOY CUTTING TIMBER DOWN IN THE PROXIMITY OF OZONE, ARKANSAS AND DRAGGING IT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO CLARKSVILLE. HE WAS ONLY ABOUT 15 OR 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DID THIS. AS A BOY HE WAS UPROOTED AND MOVED ALL OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN AND MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES. IN 1907 HE WAS BORN AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. IN 1908 HE WAS LIVING IN LUTHER, WYOMING NEAR CHEYENNE, WHERE UNCLE ROY CAUDLE WAS BORN. IN 1911 HE WAS LIVING NEAR SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI WHEN UNCLE ELWOOD WAS BORN. IN 1913 HE WAS LIVING AT ADVANCE, ARKANSAS WHEN UNCLE BURNICE WAS BORN. HE WAS IN A COVERED WAGON MOVING TO COLORADO WHEN AUNT VENEAL WAS BORN. GRANDDAD HOMESTEADED NEAR LAMAR, COLORADO. AFTER UNCLE BURNICE WAS BORN HE LIVED ON SOUTH ROBINSON IN AN APPARTMENT BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD DAD TELL STORIES ABOUT WHAT HE AND UNCLE ROY DID TO BURNICE WHILE THEY WERE LIVING THERE.

      UNCLE BURNICE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. THE FAMILY LIVED IN AN APARMENT HOUSING COMPLEX ON SOUTH ROBINSON IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DADDY AND ROY WHO WERE INSIDE THE OUTHOUSE WOULD NOT LET UNCLE BURNICE IN. HE BEGGED AND BEGGED. FINALLY THEY LET HIM IN. THEN THE LANDLADY SHOWED UP AND WANTED IN. BUT NOW UNCLE ROY, DADDY AND BURNICE WOULD NOT LET HER IN. SHE PLEADED WITH THEM SAYING, "NOW BOYS PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR AND LET ME IN." THEN IN DESPERATION SHE THREATENED THEM. THE WAY I REMEMBER THE STORY IS THAT SHE MESSED HER BRITCHES WAITING FOR THEM TO OPEN THE DOOR. I DON'T REMEMBER DADDY SAYING NOW BUT GRANDMA MUST HAVE GOT HER EARS FULL AFTER THIS INCIDENT.

      HE WAS GIFTED IN MANY WAYS. HE COULD WORK WITH NUMBERS BETTER THAN MOST OF HIS PEERS ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL. HE WAS WILLING TO WORK AT ANYTHING TO EARN A LIVING. HE OFTEN INSTRUCTED US BOYS THAT ANY KIND OF WORK WAS OK. AS LONG AS WE WORKED FOR OUR PAY IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE WORK WAS. WITH THIS KIND OF PHILOSOPHY HE COULD FIND A JOB ANYWHERE. HE WAS A FARM WORKER, A TRUCKDRIVER FOR A COUNTRY STORE AT MT. HOME, ARKANSAS WHEN MY BROTHER WAS A LITTLE BOY. HE DROVE TO ST. LOUIS TO PICK UP GROCERIES. HE CONTRACTED COTTON CROPS AT NEW LIBERTY, OKLAHOMA BEFORE I WAS BORN. HE MINED COPPER AT SUPERIOR, ARIZONA WHERE I WAS BORN FOR ABOUT 5-YEARS. HE FARMED AT MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA FOR ABOUT 5-YEARS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY. HE BOUGHT A TRUCK AND HAULED LUMBER AT WINLOCK, WASHINGTON. HE FARMED AGAIN AFTER WE MOVED TO YALE, AND CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS A CUSTODIAN (JANITOR) FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL BOARD AFTER HE RETIRED FROM FARMING. HE CONTRACTED CUSTODIAL TYPE WORK IN OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE HE AND MOM CLEANED OFFICES. HE BUILT TWO HOUSES: ONE AT MT. HOME, ARKANSAS AND ONE AT MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA. HE BUILT A GARAGE FOR HIS NEW 1946 FORD TRUCK AT WINLOCK WASHINGTON ON THE OLD JIM CUNNINGHAM FARM THAT HE PURCHASED WHEN WE LIVED THERE. HE FIXED HIS OWN EQUIPMENT EXCEPT WHEN IT REQUIRED TOOLS HE DID NOT HAVE. HE OVERHAULED THE TRACTOR MANY TIMES.

      AFTER I GREW UP AND ATTENDED THE ANNUAL, HOME COMING YALE, OKLAHOMA PICKNICK, PEOPLE THERE THAT KNEW HIM WOULD ASK ME ABOUT DADDY AND SAY HE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN THEY HAD EVER KNOWN. THEY ALWAYS GAVE AN EXAMPLE. GERALD CLEVELAND, ONE OF DADDY'S GOOD FRIEND SAID THAT GLEN HAD A LOT OF SAYINGS. "ONE WAS THAT IF YOU GIVE A MAN A PAIR OF GLOVES AND A PACK OF CIGARRETTES HE WASN'T WORTH A DAMN. EITHER HE WOULD BE TAKING OFF HIS GLOVES AND PUTTING THEM ON ALL THE TIME OR HE WOULD BE STOPPING TO LIGHT UP AND SMOKE A CIGARRETTE." I HEARD HIM TELL UNCLE ROY MOSER, HIS SISTER'S, PEARL, HUSBAND, THIS MANY TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULD STOP AND SMOKE. ROY DIDN'T LIKE IT BUT HE TOLERATED IT. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WITH DADDY. HE SAID WHAT HE WANTED WHEN HE WANTED TO SAY IT. HE COULD MAKE FRIENDS FASTER AND LOSE THEM FASTER THAN ANYONE I EVER KNEW.

      ANOTHER SAYING I REMEMBER HEARING HIM SAY A LOT WAS "I'M GOING TO STOMP A MUDHOLE BETWEEN YOUR SHOULDER BLADES AND THEN I'M GOING TO STOMP IT DRY." HE WOULD SAY THIS MORE AS TEASING THAN SERIOUS WHEN HE WAS WITH US BOYS. ANOTHER SAYING HE SAID A LOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TIRED AFTER WORKING ALL DAY AND DID NOT THINK WE HAD ANY MORE STRENGTH LEFT WAS "DRAWBACK." HE WOULD DOUBLE UP HIS FIST AND BEND HIS ARMS AT THE ELBOW AND MOVE HIS ARMS BACK AND FORTH REPEATING "DRAWBACK" ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES. HE ALSO EXHALED FROM HIS MOUTH AT THE SAME TIME SOUNDING SOMETHING LIKE "HEEEEH...." MY BROTHER AND I WOULD LAUGH AND WE ALWAYS FOUND THAT WE HAD MORE STRENGTH LEFT AFTER HE DID THIS THAN WE THOUGHT WE HAD.

      THE YALE, OKLAHOMA ANNUAL PICKNICK WAS HELD AT THE JIM THORP PARK THERE IN YALE THE LAST WEEK IN JULY AND THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST. IT WAS A CARNEVAL TYPE PICNIC WITH ALL KINDS OF RIDES, GAMES, TENT SHOWS, WRESTLING, AND COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. IT WAS CONSIDERED A HOMECOMING THAT COMBINED A SUPPER FOR ANYONE THAT EVER ATTENDED SCHOOL IN OR AROUND YALE. DADDY WON A SET OF GLASSES FOR BEING THE OLDEST ALUMNI THERE ONE YEAR. IF I HAD NOT POINTED HIM OUT NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE WAS ALUMNI OF EAGLE SCHOOL. IT WAS A COUNTRY SCHOOL 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF YALE ON STATE HIGHWAY 51 AND 1 3/4 MILES SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GRAVELED ROAD. HE ATTENDED EAGLE SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE 1920'S. MY BROTHER AND I WOULD OF HAD TO WALK THERE IF DADDY HAD NOT GOT US TRANSFERRED INTO YALE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1947 THROUGH 1951 SCHOOL YEARS. THE SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED ABOUT 1952. DADDY AND MOM AND US KIDS ATTENDED CHURCH THERE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED THERE IN 1947 AND 1948. THE YALE CITY FATHERS DISCONTINUED THE PICKNICK ABOUT 1992.

      DADDY SUFFERED A REAL BAD BURN WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD. THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK, HIS LEFT SIDE AND UNDERNEATH HIS LEFT ARM WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. HE WAS PLAYING WITH A CAMP FIRE ON THE BANK OF A CREEK NEAR WHERE THEY LIVED (BLANCHARD, OKLAHOMA) THAT SOME PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA HAD NOT NOT COMPLETELY PUT-OUT. DAD PILED SOME LEAVES ON THE COALS TO GET THE FIRE GOING AND THE WIND BLEW SOME OF THE FIREY LEAVES ONTO THE BACK OF HIS SHIRT AND SET IT ON FIRE. INSTEAD OF ROLLING ON THE GROUND AND SMOTHERING THE FIRE OUT AS HE SHOULD HAVE, HE RAN UP THE HILL TO THE HOUSE SCREAMING. THE WIND WHIPPED UP THE FLAMES ON HIS BACK. EITHER HIS MOTHER, VESTA, OR HIS SISTER, PEARL, OR BOTH HEARD HIM SCREAMING AND RAN OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. WHEN THEY SAW HE WAS ON FIRE, ONE OF THEM WRAPPED A QUILT AROUND HIM TO PUT-OUT THE FIRE. PEARL TOLD ME ONE TIME THAT SHE COULD SEE DAD'S RIBS. THAT'S HOW DEEP THE FIRE HAD BURNED HIM.

      AN OLD MAN THAT LIVED NEAR THEM CAME OVER AND PACKED HIM IN GREESE THAT GRANDAD HAD FOR USE ON WAGON WHEEL AXELS. DADDY TOLD ME THAT THE OLD MAN GAVE HIM HIS POCKET KNIVE. THE POCKET KNIFE MAY HAVE BEEN FOR DAD TO BITE WHEN THE PAIN WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR, OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACT OF KINDNESS TO HELP DAD KEEP HIS MIND OFF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. LATER, THE NEXT DAY I THINK, THE DOCTOR TOLD GRANDMAW THAT PACKING HIM IN GREESE WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BECAUSE IT KEPT HIS SKIN FROM DRYING OUT AND KEPT IT FROM DEVELOPING AN INFECTION.

      DADDY HEARD THE DOCTOR SAY THAT HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE IT. THE BURN WAS TOO BAD AND IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING INFECTED. DAD DETERMINED, HOWEVER, HE WAS GOING TO LIVE. HOWEVER, IT TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO RECOVER. I THINK HE WAS IN BED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. IT WAS ALSO TRAMATIC FOR HIM. FOR EXAMPLE, HE DIDN'T REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE LIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED. I ASKED HIM SEVERAL TIMES AND HE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS POTEAU, OKLAHOMA, IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. HOWEVER, HIM AND I DROVE DOWN THERE IN 1969 BUT HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING HE RECOGNIZED WHILE WE DRIVING AROUND ON COUNTRY ROADS. HE TOLD ME THAT GRANDMAW WORKED CLEANING A HOTEL WHEN THEY LIVED THERE.

      SEVERAL YEARS LATER WE FOUND OUT THAT HIS MOTHER'S SISTER, MEDY TOWER HARRIS, WAS BURIED NEAR BLANCHARD, OKLAHOMA. DAD, HIS BROTHER, ELWOOD, AND I DROVE DOWN THERE FROM DELL CITY (PART OF THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA) AND FOUND AUNT MEDY'S AND HER HUSBAND'S, LEE HARRIS, GRAVES. WHILE WE WERE THERE, DADDY REMEMBERED THAT AUNT MEDY AND HER HUSBAND, LEE HARRIS LIVED THERE. I ASKED HIM IF BLANCHARD COULD BE THE PLACE WHERE HE SUFFERED HIS BURN. HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE AND THOUGHT IT WAS. HE ALSO REMEMBERED THAT LEE HARRIS HAD WHIPPED HIM FOR KILLING ONE OF HIS DOGS. EVIDENTLY, LEE'S BOYS MADE SOME BISCUITS. THEY THREW THE LEFTOVER DOUGH OUT OF THE HOUSE ON THE GROUND. ONE OR MORE OF THE DOGS ATE IT AND CHOKED TO DEATH. LEE WHIPPED DADDY FOR IT INSTEAD OF HIS BOYS.

      GRANDPAW MOVED THE FAMILY TO A PLACE HE HOMESTEADED NEAR LAMAR, COLORADO NOT TOO LONG AFTER DADDY RECOVERED. DADDY WAS PROBABLY IN A WEAKENED STATE BECAUSE OF THE BURN; SO WHEN HE FELL OUT OF THE BARN LOFT HE BROKE HIS LEFT ARM AT THE ELBOW NOT TOO LONG AFTER THEY HOMESTEADED IN COLORADO. THERE WAS NO DOCTOR THERE TO SIT IT SO IT HEALED CROOKED. HIS ARM HAD A BIG KNOT INSIDE HIS ARM AT THE ELBOW THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE SAID IT TOOK ABOUT 6-MONTHS TO HEAL. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM. HE USED IT AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE USED THEIR'S.

      IF ONE THINKS ABOUT IT, GRANDMA MUST HAVE REALLY BEEN CONCERNED. SHE HAD LOST HER FIRST TWO SONS AND THEN A LITTLE GIRL. SHE MUST HAVE WORRIED ABOUT HIM A LOT. I REMEMBER THAT HER AND DAD WERE REAL CLOSE. I KNOW DADDY ADMIRED HER A LOT AND DIDN'T LET NO ONE CRITICISE HER. SHE WAS THE SAME WAY ABOUT HIM. SHE PUT ME IN MY PLACE ONE TIME FOR CRITICISING DAD. SHE LET ME KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS WHOSE SIDE SHE WAS ON.

      DADDY SAID HE CUT HIS LEG ONE TIME WHEN HE AND GRANDPA WAS CUTTING POSTS SOMEWHERE NORTH OF LAMAR, COLORADO. HE SAID GRANDPA WOULD CARRY HIM AWHILE CRYING ALL THE TIME. THERE WEREN'T ANY DOCTORS AROUND SO AGAIN DADDY HAD TO MEND ON HIS OWN. THE FAMILY LIVED IN A DUGOUT ON THEIR HOMESTEAD. THEY HAULED WATER FROM A RIVER WHICH WAS NEAR WHERE THEY LIVED.

      WHILE THEY WERE LIVING THERE A MULE BIT UNCLE BURNICE ON THE HEAD WHILE HE AND THE OTHER BOYS PLAYED IN THE BARNYARD. BURNICE DIED IN 1963 WITH A BRAIN TUMOR. IT MAKES A PERSON WONDER IF THE BITE WASN'T WHAT CAUSED IT.

      DADDY SAID GRANDAD SOLD THE HOMESTEAD TO A LOCAL RANCHER WHEN HE MOVED AWAY. THE FARM WAS NEAR A POST OFFICE AT A SETTLEMENT WHICH ONLY HAD A FEW BUILDINGS. THE NAME OF THE TOWN MAY HAVE BEEN BARNS.

      ACCORDING TO THE JANUARY 1921 SCHOLASTIC CENSUS REPORT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT 91 (EAGLE) IN PAYNE COUNTY, NEAR YALE, OKLAHOMA, EARL G. CAUDLE IS SHOWN AS WHITE, MALE, BORN JANUARY 12, 1907, 14 YEARS OLD. TOM MOSER WAS THE ENUMERATOR AND L. N. CAUDLE, HIS FATHER, SWORE TO THE FACTS ON THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 1921.


      STATE OF OKLAHOMA--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
      DELAYED CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH
      FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY--U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
      STATE FILE NO. D.1199-104
      1. NAME AT BIRTH: EARL GLEN CAUDLE
      2. DATE OF BIRTH: 1-12-1907
      3. BIRTHPLACE: CLEVELAND COUNTY, NORMAN (CITY), OKLA. (STATE)
      4. COLOR OR RACE: WHITE
      5. SEX: MALE
      6. FATHER'S FULL NAME: LEWIS [LOUIS] NORMAN CAUDLE
      7. BIRTHPLACE: ILL.
      8. MOTHER'S FULL NAME: HATTIE VESTA TOWER
      9. BIRTHPLACE: IND.
      10. I HEREBY DECLARE UPON OATH THAT THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT: GLEN CAUDLE PRESENT ADDRESS: YALE, OKLAHOMA SEAL SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME ON 28 DAY OF DECEMBER 1951
      MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ON 11-13-55
      NOTARY PUBLIC: FAE R. JENNINGS
      DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE
      ABSTRACT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
      NAME AND KIND OF DOCUMENT BY WHOM SIGNED DATE ISSUED DATE ORIGHINAL
      DOCUMENT MADE
      ------------------------- -------------- ----------- --------------
      1. AFFIDAVIT OF PERSONAL HATTIE VESTA 12-24-51 12-24-51
      KNOWLEDGE CAUDLE
      2. SHOLASTIC ENUMERATION SUPT. JOE F. 1921 1921
      RECORD CARRIER
      3. MARRIAGE LICENSE - LEE GODDARD 9-30-33 9-30-33
      ISSUED IN OKLAHOMA
      4. BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF T. J. McGRATH 12-20-34 12-20-34
      OF SON (2003-351) M.D.
      INFORMATION CONCERNING REGISTRANT AS STATED IN DOCUMENT
      BIRTHDATE OR AGE BIRTHPLACE NAME OF FATHER FULL NAME OF MOTHER
      1. JANUARY 12, 1907 NORMAN, LEWIS NORMAN HATTIE VESTA TOWER
      OKLAHOMA CAUDLE
      2. JANUARY 12, 1907 L. N. CAUDLE
      3. 26 YEARS
      4. 27 YEARS OKLAHOMA

      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (3 LINES): BLANK
      I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT NO PRIOR BIRTH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THIS REGISTRANT AND THAT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE HAS BEEN REVIEWED, WHICH SUBSTANTIATES THE FACTS AS SET FORTH IN THE FOREGOING ABSTRACT.
      DATE EVIDENCE REVIEWED BY STATE REGISTRAR
      1-14-52 I. KELLEY M. F. SHACKELFORD

      SEAL OF THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA
      ROGER C. PIRRONG STATE OF OKLAHOMA CERTIFIED COPY MUST
      STATE REGISTRAR OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73152 HAVE EMBOSSED SEAL
      VITAL STATISTICS
      ROGER PIRRONG
      STATE REGISTRAR

      I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY, ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE OFFICIAL SEAL TO BE AFFIXED, AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, THIS DATE.

      APRIL 09, 1996


      MARRIAGE LICENSE

      STATE OF OKLAHOMA BECKHAM COUNTY

      TO ANY PERSON AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, GREETINGS:
      YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO JOIN IN MARRIAGE

      MR. GLEN CAUDLE
      OF SAYRE, COUNTY OF BECKHAM, STATE OF OKLA.
      AGED 26 YEARS AND MISS MINNIE BAGWELL
      OF SAYRE, COUNTY OF BECKHAM, STATE OF OKLA.
      AGED 16 YEARS
      AND OF THIS LICENSE YOU WILL MAKE DUE RETURN TO MY OFFICE
      WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THIS DATE.
      WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 30 DAY
      OF SEPT. 1933
      LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK
      RECORDED THIS 30 DAY OF SEPT. 1933
      LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK

      CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
      STATE OF OKLAHOMA
      BECKHAM COUNTY, SS.

      I, M. P. HOBSON
      METHODIST MINISTER
      OF SAYRE IN BECKHAM COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I JOINED IN MARRIAGE THE PERSONS NAMED IN AND AUTHORIZED BY THIS LICENSE TO BE MARRIED ON THE 30 DAY OF SEPT. A.D., 1933 AT LIBERTY IN BECKHAM COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, IN THE PRESENCE OF D. A. BAGWELL OF SAYRE, OKLA. AND SOVILLA BOYD OF SAYRE, OKLA.
      PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY SIGN HERE, REV. M. P. HOBSON
      MY CREDENTIALS ARE RECORDED IN MINISTERS' CREDENTIALS
      BOOK 2 PAGE 50
      OF BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

      RETURNED AND RECORDED THIS 3 DAY OF OCT. 1933

      LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK

      REVERSE SIDE OF MARRIAGE LICENSE:

      MARRIAGE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE
      GLEN CAUDLE AND MINNIE BAGWELL
      OF BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLA.
      ISSUED SEPTEMBER 30, 1933
      MARRIED SEPTEMBER 30, 1933
      LICENSE RECORDED OCT. 3, 1933
      ON PAGE 155 OF MARRIAGE RECORD
      NUMBER 15
      LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK


      STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF BECKHAM, SS. CERTIFICATE
      I, MILDRED POST, COURT CLERK WITHIN AND FOR SAID COUNTY AND STATE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE WITHIN AND FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED TO GLEN CAUDLE AND MINNIE BAGWELL ON THE 30TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1933 AS THE SAME APPEARS OF RECORD IN MY OFFICE.
      WITNESS MY HAND AND OFICIAL SEAL THIS 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1951
      MILDRED POST, COURT CLERK
      (SEAL) BY DOROTHY LOYD (SIGNED), DEPUTY

      NOTE: D. A. BAGWELL IS MINNIE LOU BAGWELL'S FATHER. SOVILLA BOYD WAS THE WIFE OF THE MAN GLEN CAUDLE WORKED FOR. M. P. HOBSON, WAS A BAPTIST PREACHER PREACHING IN THE METHODIST CHURCH. MOM TOLD HIM HE PREACHED LIKE HE WAS A BAPTIST PREACHER; HE TOLD HER HE WAS. HE PREACHED AT THE METHODIST CHURCH BECAUSE HE HAD NOT RECEIVED A CALL FROM A BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE METHODIST CHURCH NEEDED HAVE A PREACHER. HE APPLIED FOR THE JOB AND WAS HIRED. BECAUSE DAD RESPECTED HIM, M. P. HOBSON CONVINCED, DAD, WHO WAS A METHODIST, THAT THE BAPTIST CHURCH WAS OK. BEFORE THAT, DADDY WOULD NOT ATTEND THE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH MOM UNTIL BROTHER HOBSON TOLD HIM THIS. LATER, AT SUPERIOR, ARIZONA, WHEN DADDY DID NOT GO TO CHURCH WITH MOM, SHE ATTENDED THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH THERE. DADDY STARTED BEGAN ATTENDING THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT MARIETTA IN LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

      BROTHER ROWLAND OF BOWLES BAPTIST CHURCH BAPTIZED HIM BY IMMERSION IN A POND ON DADDY'S FARM. I REMEMBER IT BECAUSE I ALMOST DROWNED. THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO WITNESS THE BAPTISM STOOD AROUND THE POND. MOST OF THEM STOOD ON THE DAM. BECAUSE I WAS SHORT AND COULDN'T SEE OVER THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, I WADED OUT IN THE WATER SO I COULD SEE DADDY BE BAPTIZED. WHEN THE PREACHER DUNKED HIM I LAYED DOWN IN THE WATER ON MY STOMACH. THE MUD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POND SUCKED ME UNDER FAST AND HELD ME TIGHT JUST LIKE QUICK SAND. I STRUGGLED BUT I COULDN'T BREAK LOOSE. I THOUGHT I WAS A GONER AND I WAS SCARED. UNCLE ERVIN, MOM'S BROTHER, WAS WATCHING ME; HE WENT INTO ACTION IMMEDIATELY WHEN HE SAW ME GO UNDER WATER. HE RAN OUT IN THE WATER AND PULLED ME OUT. I COULD HEAR THE MUD MAKE A SUCKING SOUND AS HE PULLED ME OUT.

      LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
      -----------------------

      THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SURIETY OF THE UNITED STATES HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THE MAGMA COPPER COMPANY AND MAGMA ARIZONA RAILROAD COMPANY, SUPERIOR, ARIZONA (HEREAFTER CALLED THE EMPLOYER) HAS CONTRACTED TO INSURE THE LIFE OF GLEN CAUDLE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE EMPLOYEE) FOR THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES BY A POLICY OF GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE POLICY THE INSURANCE IS TO BE PAYABLE TO THE BENEFICIARY UPON RECEIPT OF DUE PROOF OF DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE OCCURRING WHILE INSURED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIARY MINNIE CAUDLE - WIFE. THE EQUTABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SURIETY ISSUED THE POLICY MAY 3, 1937. THE INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE (LIFE) NO. 1999-4725. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE TO $700, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 3, 1939 AND AGAIN INCREASED THE AMOUNT TO $900, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 3, 1940. THE POLICY WITH THE TWO INCREASES IN AMOUNT OF INSURANCE WERE SIGNED BY THOMAS T. PARKINSON, PRESIDENT OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. DADDY KEPT THE POLICY WITH THE EXTENSIONS IN A SMALL METAL BOX WHERE HE KEPT HIS VALUABLES EVEN THOUGH THE POLICY EXPIRED WHEN HE QUIT WORKING FOR THE MAGMA COPPER COMPANY. THAT'S WHERE MY BROTHER AND I FOUND IT WHEN HE DIED.

      THERE WAS ANOTHER POLICY IN THE METAL BOX THAT WAS WITH THE EQUITABLE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AN OLD LINE LEGAL RESERVE CAPITAL STOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (HEREIN CALLED THE COMPANY). THE INSURANCE CLAUSE: HEREBY INSURES THE APPLICANT, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE INSURED, FIRST NAMED IN SCHEDULE A OF THE APPLICATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND MADE A PART HEREOF, AND THE INSURED'S SPOUSE, IF NAMED IN SAID SCHEDULE A OF THE APPLICATION, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE SPOUSE, AND WILL PAY, SUBJECT TO ALL PROVISIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND EXCLUSIONS HEREIN CONTAINED, THE BENEFITS PROVIDED HEREIN FOR HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT COMMENCING WHILE THE POLICY IS IN FORCE, AND OTHER SPECIFIED EXPENSE INCURRED WHILE THIS POLICY IS IN FORCE, RESULTING FROM ACCIDENTAL BODILY INJURY, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SUCH INJURY AND FROM SICKNESS, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SUCH SICKNESS. ALL PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE COVERED. POLICY SCHEDULE: PLOCY NUMBER 2694701 DATE OF ISSUE 7/22/79 1ST RENEWAL DATE 8/22/79 I NITIAL PREMIUM $26.67 RENEWAL PREMIUMS 1 MONTH $18 3 MONTHS $53 6 MONTHHS $103.99 12 MONTHS $ 199.98 INSURED EARL GLEN CAUDLE SPOUSE NOT COVERED. LOUIS R. RICH, THE PRESIDENT, GALEN ROSS, THE SECRETARY, AND THE POLICY CLERK [CAN'T READ HIS SIGNATURE] SIGNED THE POLICY.

      FUNERAL
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      HIS FUNERAL WAS HELD AT THE SOONER BAPTIST CHURCH IN MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA (IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA) AT 12 NOON, ON TUESDAY. BROTHER JAY DENNIS AND CLAUDE MCDONALD WERE THE MINISTERS. HIS GRANDSONS WERE THE PALLBEARERS. THE BILL EISENHOUR SOUTHEAST FUNERAL HOME AT 5005 S. E. 29TH STREET ARRANGED THE FUNERAL.

      IN LOVING MEMORY BROCHURE: IN MEMORY OF EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. DATE OF BIRTH: JANUARY 12, 1907. DATE OF DEATH: SEPTEMBER 27, 1986 PLACE AND TIME OF SERVICES: SOONER BAPTIST CHURCH 12:00 NOON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1986. CLERGYMAN: BROTHER JAY DENNIS AND REVEREND CLAUDE MCDONALD. PLACE OF INTERMENT: ARLINGTON MEMORY GARDENS. PALLBEARERS: GRANDSONS. ARRANGEMENT BY BILL EISENHOUR SOUTHEAST FUNERAL HOME, 5005 S.E. 29TH STREET. ADDED PALLBEARERS: RAY HUBBARD, REGGIE HUBBARD, GREG HUBBARD, J. R. CAUDLE, FRED CAUDLE, AND JEFF CAUDLE.


      CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
      --------------------

      STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. LOCAL REGISTRAR'S FILE NO. 8683. 1. DECEASED NAME EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. 2. DATE OF DEATH SEPTEMBER 27, 1986 3. SEX MALE 4. RACE WHITE 5. AGE - LAST BIRTHDAY 79 6. DATE OF BIRTH JANUARY 12, 1907 7a. COUNTY OF DEATH OKLAHOMA 7b. CITY, TOWN OR LOCATION OF DEATH OKLAHOMA CITY 7c. INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS YES 7d. HOSPITAL OR OTHER INSTITUTION NAME SOUTHWEST CONVALESENT CENTER 8. STATE OF BIRTH CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 9. CITIZEN OF USA [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] 10. MARRIED 11. SURVIVING SPOUSE'S MAIDEN NAME MINNIE BAGWELL 12. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: 525-09-2654 13. USUAL OCCUPATION RETIRED FARMER AND SCHOOL MAINTENANCE 14a. RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA 14b. IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY 14c. MIDWEST CITY 14d. INSIDE CITY LIMITS 14e. AT 5801 WILL ROGERS ROAD 15. FATHER'S NAME LEWIS [LOUIS] N. [NORMAN] CAUDLE 16. MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME VESTA H. [HATTIE VESTA] TOWER 17a. INFORMANT'S NAME MINNIE CAUDLE 17b. MAILING ADDRESS 5801 WILL ROGERS RD. [ROAD], MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA 73110 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION: PART I: 18. CAUSE OF DEATH (a) PROBABLY SEPTICEMIA DUE TO OR AS A CONSEQUENCE OF (b) INDWELLING CATHETER AND INFECTED TOE DUE TO OR AS A CONSEQUENCE OF (c) ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA APPROXIMATE INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 2-DAYS PART II 19a. NO AUTOPSY PERFORMED 20a. PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION: I ATTENDED THE DECEASED FROM 3/12/86 TO 9/27/86 AND 20b. LAST SAW HIM ALIVE ON 9/22/86 20c. I DID NOT VIEW HIS BODY AFTER DEATH 21a. CERTIFIER'S NAME ROGER I. LIENKE 21b. CERTIFIER'S SIGNATURE ROGER I. LIENKE 21c. DATE SIGNED 10/3/86 21d. CERTIFIER'S MAILING ADDRESS 1001 S.W. 44, OKC [OKLAHOMA CITY], OK [OKLAHOMA] 73109 22. DECEDENT PRONOUNCED DEAD ON [BLANK] 23a. BURIAL 23b. DATE OF BURIAL SEPTEMBER 30, 1986, 23c. ARLINGTON MEMORY [MEMORIAL] GARDENS 23d. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 24a. EISENHOUR FUNERAL HOME, 5005 S.E. 29, DEL CITY, OKLAHOMA 73115, 24b. FUNERAL DIRECTOR ROGER FORD 25a. LOCAL REGISTRAR'S SIGNATURE ROGER C. PIRRONG'S 25b. DATE LOCAL REGISTRAR RECEIVED OCTOBER 9, 1986 26. DATE STATE REGISTRAR RECEIVED OCTOBER 9, 1986. SEAL OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73152, ROGER C. PIRRONG, STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS, I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY, ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS ON FILE THE OFFICIAL SEAL TO BE AFFIXED, AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, THIS DATE. OCTOBER 9, 1986; CERTIFIED COPY MUST HAVE EMBOSSED SEAL, ROGER C. PIRRONG.

      STATEMENT OF CHARGES FOR FUNERAL
      --------------------------------

      BILL EISENHOUR FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
      PHONE 872-1321
      5005 SE 29 STREET
      DELCITY, OKLA 73115
      SELECTED FOR MR. EARL GLEN CAUDLE DATE 9-97-[19]86

      PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: MERCHANDISE:
      MINIMUM INITIAL CHARGE $ 325.00 REGISTER BOOK $ 15.00
      EMBALMING 130.00 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARDS 5.00
      OTHER PREPARATION 40.00 MEMORIAL FOLDERS 15.00
      CHURCH SERVICE STAFF 300.00 SUBTOTAL 1190.00
      CASKET 885.00
      SALES TAX 48.30
      ITEMIZED TOTAL CHARGES
      FUNERAL HOME $2123.30

      USE OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES: CASH ADVANCES:
      STATEROOM $ 80.00 DEATH CERTIFICATE $ 20.00
      CHURCH EQUIPMENT 50.00 FLOWERS 85.00
      PREPARATION ROOM/HOLDING ROOM 45.00 TOTAL 105.00

      AUTOMOTIVE:
      REMOVAL VEHICLE $ 65.00 TOTAL FUNERAL HOME
      FUNERAL COACH 75.00 CHARGES $2123.30
      FAMILY LIMOUSINE 45.00 TOTAL DUE $2228.30

  • Sources 
    1. [S12] EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR., 5801 WILL ROGERS ROADOKLA.

    2. [S8] EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR., HATTIE TOWER CAUDLE, ANDB.

    3. [S9] MINNIE LOU BAGWELL CAUDLE AND FAMILY AND UNCLEER.

    4. [S10] VITAL RECORDS - DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE INFORMA-.

    5. [S11] VITAL RECORDS - DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE INFORMA-.

    6. [S11684] MARRIAGE RECORDSAYRE, BECKHAM, OKLAHOMA.


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