MINNIE LOU BAGWELL

MINNIE LOU BAGWELL[1]

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  • Name  MINNIE LOU BAGWELL 
    Born  8 Aug 1917  GRAND SALINE, VAN ZANDT, TEXAS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHOWED ONLY BABY
      BAGWELL. TOOK MOM TO TEXAS AND OBTAINED THE
      NECESSARY WITNESSES TO AMEND THE BIRTH CERTIFI-
      CATE.
    Gender  Female 
    Died  22 Feb 1999  OKMULGEE, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Admitted 21 Feb 1999, Sunday Evening to Okmulgee Medical Hospital (OMH).
    Age  81 years 
    Buried  26 Feb 1999  Arlington Memory Gardens, Midwest City, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Service: 26 Feb 1999, Friday at 10 AM at the Bill Eisenhour SE Chapel in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

      Soloist: Dianna Herman from Calvary Baptist Church.

      Pallbearers: Robert Ramirez, Reggie and Greg Hubbard, Ron and Jeff Caudle, and M. Edwards.
    Headstones  Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID  I4  Caudle Descendants
    Last Modified  9 May 2012 

    Father  Ancestors DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL,   b. 25 Feb 1880, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1954, GILBERT, MARICOPA, ARIZONA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 74 years 
    Mother  Ancestors ANNA LUCRETIA ("LUE, & LULU") RUDD Married: 2x2x ,   b. 20 Aug 1882, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1967, FLORENCE, PINAL, ARIZONA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 84 years 
    Married  3 Aug 1905  CANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    PhotosFamily photos for DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL & ANNA LUCRETIA ("LUE, & LULU") RUDD
    Family ID  F252  Group Sheet

    Family  Ancestors EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.,   b. 12 Jan 1907, NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1986, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 79 years 
    Married  30 Sep 1933  NEW LIBERTY, BECKHAM, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    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 MINNIE LOU BAGWELL & EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.
    Family ID  F2  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Aug 1917 - GRAND SALINE, VAN ZANDT, TEXAS 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 - 22 Feb 1999 - OKMULGEE, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 26 Feb 1999 - Arlington Memory Gardens, Midwest City, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

    • REFERENCES: CAUDLE(3 AND 4), PRESTON MILFORD SENIOR, UNPUBLISHED
      GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON HEZEKIAH CALHOUN BAGWELL'S AND JOHN JEFFERSON
      CAUDLE'S DESCENDANTS, SIBLINGS, SPOUSES, AND ANCESTORS, FALL 1967 TO
      PRESENT, RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 840, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 74447-9678.


      MOM GAVE HER KIDS THE GREATEST GIFT THAT A PARENT CAN GIVE. THAT
      GIFT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS THE CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. SHE KEPT
      HER KIDS IN CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. SHE MADE SURE THAT WE KNEW ABOUT
      GOD, THE FATHER, AND HIS LOVE FOR US. HOW GOD LEFT HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN
      AND CAME DOWN TO US AS JESUS, GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, TO SAVE US AND
      RECONCILE US TO GOD, THE FATHER. HOW GOD THE FATHER GAVE US HIS HOLY
      SPIRIT, SEALING US FOR ALL ETERNITY WHEN WE FIRST BELIEVED AND ASKED HIM TO
      BECOME OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

      SHE NOT ONLY KEPT US IN CHURCH BUT TAUGHT US ABOUT GOD AND HIS LOVE
      FOR US. SHE TAUGHT US TO LOVE GOD, TO RETURN THAT LOVE WHICH GOD GAVE US BY
      LOVING OTHERS THE WAY GOD LOVES US. SHE ALSO LIVED WHAT SHE TAUGHT US
      SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH WE SHOULD LIVE.

      REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD
      --------------------------
      ON 30 MARCH 1994 AT 7:30 P.M.

      MOM SAID THAT LONNIE RUDD (HER MOTHER'S HALF-SISTER) MARRIED MARSHALL
      HOUGH (PRONOUNCED HUFF). [ACTUALLY, LONNIE WAS TOMMIE AND MARGIE
      HOUGH'S DAUGHTER; LONNIE'S GRANDMOTHER, NANCY, WAS MOM'S MOTHER'S
      HALF-SISTER.] THE HOUGHS LIVED AT WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA WHEN MOM WAS 10 OR
      11 YEARS OLD [1927 OR 1928]. BEFORE THAT, THEY LIVED IN TEXAS. MOM
      THINKS IT WAS IRVING, [IN THE GREATER DALLAS AREA NOW]. THEY HIRED MOM'S
      DAD [DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL] TO PICK COTTON FOR THEM. (THEY PURCHASED COTTON
      CROPS THAT OTHER FARMERS PLANTED AND THEN HARVESTED IT. IT WAS A COMMOM
      PRACTICE IN THOSE DAYS.)

      DEMPSEY LIVED AT POWELL, OKLAHOMA [PROBABLY ERICK] AT THE TIME. COUSIN
      FRED [I DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF A FRED HOUGH UNLESS IT IS CHARLES] AND
      TOMMIE DROVE TO POWELL AND HAULED DEMPSEY AND HIS FAMILY BACK TO
      WEATHERFORD. (TOMMIE WAS MARRIED TO MARGIE.) AFTERWARDS, FRED AND TOMMIE
      RETURNED TO TEXAS. DEMPSEY AND HIS FAMILY STAYED IN WEATERFORD. BEFORE
      JANUARY OF THE NEXT YEAR, HOWEVER, DEMPSEY RETURNED TO POWELL FOR THE
      FURNITURE.

      MOM THINKS HER GRANDMOTHER RUDD (SUSANNAH S. WORRELL) DIED BEFORE
      SHE WAS BORN BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER EVER SEEING HER. SISTER [FANNIE
      BAGWELL NABORS] WAS THE ONLY ONE [SIBLING] WHO EVER SAW HER. I ASKED MOM
      IF ERVIN EVER SAW HER. SHE DIDN'T THINK SO. MOM SAID THAT HER
      GRANDMOTHER RUDD LIVED AT KELTIS [SPELLING IN DOUBT], TEXAS. [KELTIS IS
      IN ANGELINA COUNTY.]

      1 APRIL 1994 AT 10'O'CLOCK

      REVEREND HOBSON WAS THE MINISTER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH THAT HER AND
      DADDY [EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.] ATTENDED AT NEW LIBERTY [NEAR SAYRE IN
      BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA]. DADDY WOULDN'T GO TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
      HOWEVER, REVEREND HOBSON WAS A BAPTIST PASTORING THE METHODIST CHURCH
      THERE AT NEW LIBERTY. HE FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT A BAPTIST CHURCH WHEN
      THE METHODIST CHURCH FOUND ITSELF WITHOUT A PASTOR. HE APPLIED FOR THE
      PASTORATE AND GOT IT. MOM SAID HE TOLD THE CONGREGATION THAT, "HE WAS A
      BAPTIST AND HE MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES NOW AND THEN ...."

      REVEREND HOBSON MARRIED MOM AND DADDY. HE TOLD HER THAT DAD'S
      10-YEARS AGE DIFFERENCE DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING. MOM DISAGREES!!! SHE
      THINKS IT DOES SINCE DADDY DIED FIRST.

      BROTHER HOBSON CONVINCED DADDY THAT IT WAS OKAY TO GO TO A
      SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH. DADDY RESPECTED BROTHER HOBSON AND THEREFORE
      BELIEVED WHAT HE SAID. [LATER AT MARRIETTA, OKLAHOMA, DADDY ATTENDED A
      SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH WITH MOM REGULARLY BECAUSE ATTENDING THE CHURCH
      WAS CONVENIENT (IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM WHERE WE LIVED IN THE
      COUNTRY WHICH WAS 5 MILES WEST OF MARRIETTA) AND HE LIKED THE PASTOR
      [BROTHER ROWLAND] THERE ALSO. IN FACT BROTHER ROWLAND HELPED DADDY BUILD
      THE HOUSE WHERE WE LIVED THERE. A CYCLONE BLEW THE FIRST AWAY BEFORE THEY
      FINISHEDIT; THEREFORE, HE HELPED DADDY BUILD THE SECOND ONE.]

      WHEN SHE WAS 14 YEARS OF AGE, MOM SAID SHE WAS SAVED AT A SOUTHERN
      BAPTIST REVIVAL AT ERICK, OKLAHOMA. LATER, SHE WAS BAPTIZED THERE. MOM
      SAID SHE PREVIOUSLY WALKED DOWN THE AILE TO THE ALTER AT A NAZARINE CHURCH
      AT WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA AND PRAYED (SHE HAD EARLIER RODE TO THE CHURCH
      WITH HER FRIENDS AND THEY WENT DOWN THE AILE), BUT SHE REMEMBERS BEING
      SAVED AT THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH THERE IN ERICK. [FROM WHAT SHE SAID
      I DEDUCT THAT THE REVIVAL WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, POSSIBLY IN A TENT.]

      MOM SAID HER DAD, DEMPSEY WAS ALWAYS SOUTHERN BAPTIST. I ASKED HER IF
      THAT'S WHY SHE DIDN'T JOIN OR WASN'T BAPTIZED BY THE NAZARINE CHURCH. SHE
      SAID," NO." SHE SAID SHE LIKED THE NAZARINE CHURCH. THERE WAS NO
      HOLLERING.

      MOM SAID THAT DADDY LATER WENT TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH BY HIMSELF
      EVEN WHEN SHE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING. SHE SAID THIS WAS BECAUSE BROTHER
      HOBSON CONVINCED HIM THAT A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH WAS OKAY.

      DADDY TOOK HER TO A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH IN MT. HOME, ARKANSAS
      SOMETIMES, BUT THEY DIDN'T ATTEND REGULAR.

      DADDY BUILT A HOUSE THERE AT MT. HOME WITH THE HELP OF HIS BROTHERS,
      BURNICE AND ELWOOD. [DADDY EARLIER TOLD ME ONE TIME AFTER I WAS IN
      COLLEGE, THAT HE BUILT A HOUSE AT MT. HOME AND LAYED OFF THE FOUNDATION
      WITHOUT SQUARING IT. THE RESULT WAS THAT AFTER HE POURED THE CONCRETE
      AND CUT THE LUMBER THE HOUSE WAS CROOKED. HE SAID THE WALLS WERE GOING
      EVERYWHERE. HE HAD TO GO INTO TOWN AND FIND SOMEBODY THAT KNEW WHAT HE DID
      WRONG. HE TOLD ME HOW THE MAN SHOWED HIM HOW TO SQUARE THE FOUNDATION
      BEFORE DIGGING THE DITCHES AND POURING THE CONCRETE. AFTER MEASURING THE
      SIZE OF THE HOUSE, DRIVING THE STAKES AT EACH CORNER, WRAPPING TWINE,
      STRING, SMALL ROPE, OR LINES (SOME PEOPLE EVEN USED BAILING WIRE) AROUND
      THE STAKES, YOU MEASURE A TRIAGLE AT ONE CORNER. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT
      MEASUREMENTS BUT I THINK IT WAS 5 X 7. HE WAS IMBARRASSED ABOUT THE WHOLE
      THING AND HE HAD TO BORROW MONEY BECAUSE OF IT.]

      MOM SAID THAT DADDY WANTED TO LIVE IN MT. HOME BUT THAT HE COULDN'T
      WAIT TO GET BACK TO OKLAHOMA WHEN HE LIVED THERE. [I ASKED DADDY IN 1968
      TIME WHY HE MOVED TO MT. HOME. HE SAID THAT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE
      THERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN. HE MOVED THERE FROM SAYRE, OKLAHOMA ABOUT
      2-YEARS AFTER HIM AND MOM WERE MARRIED. HE BOUGHT 80 ACRES, A TEAM OF
      HORSES, A PLOW, AND A WAGON. HE MADE ONE FURROW AROUND A FIELD WITH THE
      PLOW, UNHOOKED THE HORSES FROM THE PLOW, HOOKED THEM UP TO THE WAGON,
      DROVE TO TOWN, AND SOLD EVERYTHING TO A TEXAN WHO WALKED UP TO HIM ON THE
      STREET. SURPRISED, I ASKED WHY HE DID THAT. HE SAID THERE WERE TOO MANY
      ROCKS. HE SAID HE NEVER SAW SO MANY ROCKS IN HIS LIFE AND IT TOOK HIM TO
      LONG TO PLOW ONE FURROW.]

      MOM SAID THAT, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SO
      MUCH MEANESS. THEY SLEPT OUT IN THE WOODS WHEN THEY TRAVELED TO
      ARKANSAS. YOU CAN'T DO THAT TODAY. [WHEN I WAS SMALL AND WE MOVED TO
      WINLOCK, WASHINGTON FROM MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA, WE STAYED IN A MOTEL. THE
      ROOMS WERE REALLY SMALL COMPARED TO MOTEL ROOMS TODAY.]

      SHE SAID HER MOM (ANNA LUCRETIA RUDD GILLENTINE-BAGWELL) DID NOT
      LIKE OKLAHOMA. SHE NEVER SAID WHY BUT I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO
      FAR AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AND SHE WAS A TEXAN THROUGH AND THROUGH. IT
      ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO HER NOT BEING NEAR HER LITTLE BOYS (ERVIN
      GILLENTINE AND HORASE WILLIAM BAGWELL) THAT SHE LOST. IT COULD HAVE ALSO
      BEEN BECAUSE OF HAVING TO MOVE FROM CANTON, TEXAS BECAUSE THEY LOST THE
      FARM.

      HER DAD DROVE HIS DAD'S (HEZEKIAH CALHOUN BAGWELL) BODY BACK TO
      CANTON, TEXAS AT NIGHT BECAUSE HE DIED ABOUT THE LAST DAY OF MAY AND IT
      WAS BEGINNING TO GET HOT. HE DIED IN MAY 1925 OR 1926. [SHE TOLD ME
      EARLIER THAT HEZEKIAH WOULD LOOK TOWARD THE EAST AND TALK ABOUT GEORGIA.
      SHE SAID THEY WERE SITTING IN THE HOUSE WHEN THEIR DOG (BOUSER) RAN UP TO
      THE HOUSE BARKING. THE DOG HAD EARLIER FOLLOWED HEZEKIAH TO THE COTTON
      FIELD (AT POWELL, OKLAHOMA). AFTER A WHILE, HER DAD TOLD HER MOM THAT
      THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LIKE OLD BOUSER TO BARK LIKE
      THAT. HE FOLLOWED BOUSER RIGHT TO HIS FATHER'S BODY. HEZEKIAH WAS
      ALREADY DEAD WHEN DEMPSEY GOT THERE. HE CARRIED HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE,
      TOOK A DOOR DOWN AND LAID IT ACROSS THE TABLE AND LAID HEZEKIAH ON THE
      DOOR. THEN HE PLACED SILVER DOLLARS ON HEZEKIAH'S EYES. THAT NIGHT
      THEY HAD AN OLD FASHIONED WAKE WHILE HER DAD BUILT A COFFIN FOR HEZEKIAH.
      THE NEXT MORNING DEMPSEY RENTED A CHEVROLET TRUCK TO HAUL HIS DAD TO
      CANTON, TEXAS FOR BURIAL IN STAR CEMETERY.]

      MOM CALLED HER DAD PAPA AND HER MOM MAMA.

      MAMA WOULD NOT LET THEM START TO SCHOOL UNTIL THEY WERE 8 YEARS OLD
      AND THEY WERE ALWAYS BEHIND IN CLASS.

      MOM SAID SHE SKIPPED GRADE 6 TO CATCH-UP IN THE CLASS SHE WAS
      SUPPOSED TO BE IN. SHE HATED TO BE BEHIND IN THE CLASS.

      PAPA HAD A 7TH GRADE EDUCATION AND MAMA HAD A 3RD. MAMA WAS SMART
      ABOUT BIBLICAL THINGS THOUGH FOR A PERSON WHO ONLY HAD 3 YEARS OF SCHOOL.
      MOM THOUGHT THAT HER MOTHER MAY HAVE GOTTEN HER BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM
      PAPA WHOM MOM SAID WAS REALLY SMART. [MOM TOLD ME WHEN I WAS GROWING-UP
      THAT HER DAD WAS SMART. SHE ALSO TOLD ME HE WAS MISCHEVIOUS. I WANTED
      TO BE LIKE GRANDAD. SO WHEN SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING HE DID, I NOT
      ONLY DUPLICATED IT BUT I EXAGGERATED IT. I WAS IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL ALL
      THE TIME AND MOM AND DAD NEVER DID FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS BEHIND IT.]

      PAPA WOULDN'T LET HIS DAUGHTERS: VERA AND MOM, WORK FOR LESS THAN
      $2 A DAY. THAT'S ALSO THE AMOUNT THAT PAPA WORKED FOR. PAPA LET THEM
      KEEP THEIR $2 A DAY TO BUY CLOTHES AND THINGS.

      LETTER MOM WROTE
      ----------------
      POSTMARKED 11 MAY 1966

      TUESDAY NIGHT

      FROM: 5801 WILL ROOGERS RD.
      MIDWEST CITY, OKLA. 73110

      TO: PRESTON M. CAUDLE (AUDITOR) POSTAGE DUE 5 CENT
      C/O ALTUS A.F.B. NOTIFIED MAY 12, 1966
      ALTUS, OKLAHOMA (ABOVE STAMPED ON ENVELOPE)

      DEAR SON:

      THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE A FEW LINES TO YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE
      ADVICE CONCERNING KAY. SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN MIDWEST CITY I HAVE TALKED
      TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THEIR NERVES GAVE WAY ON THEM FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
      ONE LADY WAS ON ACCOUNT OF HER BROTHER GETTING KILLED. I DO NOT REMEMBER
      JUST HOW IT HAPPENED BUT THERE HAD BEEN OTHER THINGS BUILDING UP BETWEEN
      HER & HER HUSBAND. SOME OF THEM WAS OVER THE CHILDREN AND THEN SUDDENLY
      THE WORD ABOUT HER BROTHER & SHE BROKE.

      SHE WAS IN COYNE CAMPBELL FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS. I THINK IT WAS THE
      LAST TIME I TALKED TO HER. SHE WAS STILL GOING BACK OVER THERE TO THE
      DOCTOR THAT GAVE HER THE SHOCK TREATMENTS. SHE SAID WHEN SHE FELT SHE
      MIGHT GO TO PIECES, SHE WENT FOR A TREATMENT. I THINK HE CHARGES HER
      $10.00 BECAUSE SHE IS A PATIENT.

      I TALKED TO ANOTHER ONE THAT WENT TO PIECES & HAD TO BE TREATED BY A
      NERVE DOCTOR. HE TOLD HER HUSBAND THAT IT WAS UP TO HIM TO BRING HER OUT
      OF IT. HE TOLD HIM TO NEVER SPEAK CROSS TO HER AND IF SHE WANTED TO
      TALK TO HIM TO LISTEN. HE TOLD HIM TO ALWAYS BE HOME ON TIME AS NEAR AS
      POSSIBLE & IF SHE WAS FEELING BAD OR REAL NERVOUS & DIDN'T HAVE SUPPER
      READY TO TAKE HER OUT RIDING OR FOR HAMBURGERS OR JUST ANYTHING FOR A
      DIVERSION. SHE SAID SHE WAS THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME BUT THROUGH HIS
      PATIENCE & KINDNESS SHE OVERCOME IT.

      I ASKED KAY IF ANYTHING WAS BOTHERING HER OR MADE HER EXTRA NERVOUS
      & SHE SAID THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED HER TO EXCESS WAS YOUR
      STUDYING. SHE SAID SHE WAS UNDER A STRAIN WHEN THE KIDS WERE NOISY & YOU
      WERE TRYING TO STUDY AND SHE WANTED SOME ONE TO TALK TO & GO PLACES WITH
      & YOU WERE TOO BUSY STUDYING. SHE SAID SHE GUESSED YOU HAD STUDIED SO
      LONG THAT SHE WAS JUST TIRED OF IT.

      THERE IS PROBABLY A RESENTMENT OR 'JELLOUSNESS' THERE THAT CAUSES
      PRESSURE. IT IS LIABLE TO COST YOU ABOUT $500.00 OR MAYBE A $1,000.00 IF
      YOU KEEP ON & SHE CAN'T GET HERSELF 'STRAIGHTEENED' OUT. IT ALL DEPENDS
      ON HOW BAD SHE GETS. SOME PEOPLE CAN'T EVER GET OVER IT ENTIRELY IF THEY
      LET IT GO.

      I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD FOR YOU TO BE CHEERFUL WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL
      CHEERFUL BUT IF YOU COULD BE WHEN SHE IS DEPRESSED THAT WOULD DO MORE
      GOOD THAN MEDICINE.

      SHE SAID SHE KNEW WHY YOU WERE WORKING SO HARD BUT SHE JUST WANTED
      CONPANIONSHIP NOW.

      YOU MIGHT GO TALK TO A GOOD NERVE DOCTOR OR 'PHYCHARRIST' ABOUT IT &
      SEE IF YOU CAN'T HEAD IT OFF BEFORE IT GETS ANY WORSE.

      SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT SHE COULDN'T GET CLOSE TO MELITA AND THAT
      WORRIES HER. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHY BUT SHE COULDN'T.

      MELITA NEEDS YOU WORSE THAN KAY ANYWAY. I DO NOT MEAN THAT SHE
      NEEDS YOU MORE THAN SHE DOES KAY. I MEAN SHE NEEDS TO FEEL A CLOSENESS
      TO YOU AS HER DADDY. THERE IS SOMETHING IN A GIRL THAT LONGS FOR A
      DADDY'S LOVE. I DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THIS WHEN ANN WAS GROWING UP. IF I
      HAD, I WOULD HAVE SHOVED HER ON TO GLEN IF I COULD HAVE. HE WAS TOO BUSY
      THOUGH FOR ANY OF US. I RESENTED THAT TOO BUT I WASN'T SICK & I HAD
      AWFULLY STRONG NERVES I GUESS.

      ANOTHER THING I WAS SO BUSY ALL THE TIME. THE DAYS WERE NEVER LONG
      ENOUGH TO GET ALL MY WORK DONE. AND BEING OUTSIDE WATCHING STUFF GROW IT
      WAS SOOTHING AND BEFORE LONG I WOULD BE OVER MY HURT.

      I SHOULDN'T HAVE EVER LEFT THE FARM. I DO NOT HAVE THAT INNER PEACE
      THAT I HAD WHEN I COULD BE OUTSIDE WORKING.

      IF DADDY & I WOULD HAVE LIVED IN TOWN UNDER PRESSURE LIKE IT IS NOW &
      GOT ALONG LIKE WE DID i WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD TO BE PUT AWAY OR
      SOMETHING.

      WELL MILFORD REMEMBER I LOVE YOU & THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING THIS
      IS TO HELP YOU. I LOVE KAY TOO & I CAN REMEMBER HOW SWEET SHE WAS WHEN
      YOU WERE OVERSEAS. SHE MOTHERED EVERY BODY EXCEPT ANN. HER & ANN NEVER
      COULD GET VERY CLOSE. BLESS HER HEART I KNOW SHE CAN BE HELPED & A LOT
      DEPENDS ON YOU. SHE MAY SAY HATEFUL THINGS TO YOU BUT UNDERNEATH ALL OF
      IT SHE REALLY LOVES YOU A LOT.

      A PARTIME JOB MIGHT HELP HER. A FULL TIME JOB MIGHT BE TOO MUCH TO
      START WITH.

      PEGGY ALMOST HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ONE TIME THAT IS WHY SHE WENT
      TO WORK THE FIRST TIME. EARL SAID IT REALLY HELPED HER.

      BY BY.

      MOM

      (DON'T LET KAY KNOW I WROTE THIS TO YOU.)






      BIRTH CERTIFICATE
      -----------------

      TEXAS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, STANDARD
      CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH, 37304, REGISTER NO. 99, PLACE OF BIRTH: (1)
      COUNTY: VAN ZANDT; CITY: CANTON, A. F. D. # 6; (2) FULL NAME OF CHILD:
      D. K. (DON'T KNOW); (3) SEX OF CHILD: FEMALE; (4) TWIN, TRIPLET, OR OTHER:
      SINGLE; (5) NUMBER BY ORDER OF BIRTH: BLANK; (6) FATHER'S FULL NAME:
      DIMPSEY BAGWELL; (7) RESIDENCE: CANTON, R # 6; (8) COLOR: WHITE, AGE AT
      LAST BIRTHDAY, YEARS: D. K. (DON'T KNOW); (9) BIRTHPLACE: D. K. (DON'T
      KNOW); (10) OCCUPATION: FARMER; (11) NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN TO THIS
      WOMAN INCLUDING PRESENT BIRTH: BLANK, NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF THIS MOTHER
      NOW LIVING: BLANK; (12) LEGITIMATE: YES; (13) DATE OF BIRTH: AUG. 8, 1917
      (MONTH, DAY, YEAR); (14) MOTHER'S FULL MAIDEN NAME: D. K. (LINED OUT)
      LIZZIE FRENCH; (15) RESIDENCE: CANTON; (16) COLOR: WHITE, AGE AT LAST
      BIRTHDAY: D. K. (DON'T KNOW); (17) BIRTHPLACE: D. K. (DON'T KNOW); (18)
      OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE.

      CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE
      (19) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I ATTENDED THE BIRTH OF THIS CHILD, WHO WAS:
      ALIVE AT 9 P.M. ON THE DATE ABOVE STATED. SIGNATURE OF PHYSICIAN: H. L.
      COX, M.D., ADDRESS: CANTON, TEX., FILED: SEPT. 22, 1917, SIGNATURE OF
      REGISTRAR: W. L. STEED.

      AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH
      TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS:
      PART I. INFORMATION CONCERNING REGISTRANT AS SHOWN ON ORIGINAL BIRTH
      CERTIFICATE: RGISTRANT'S FULL NAME: --- BAGWELL; DATE OF BIRTH: AUGUST
      8, 1917 PLACE OF BIRTH: CANTON, VAN ZANDT COUNTY, TEXAS; STATE FILE NO.
      37304 PART II. ITEM'S ON ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO BE CORRECTED:
      ITEM OR ITEM NO.: ENTRY ON ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE: CORRECT INFORMATION
      2 --- BAGWELL MINNIE LOU BAGWELL
      6 DIMPSEY BAGWELL DEMPSEY ABE BAGWELL
      14 LIZZIE FINCH ANNA LUCRETIA RUDD
      PART III. ABSTRACT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE:
      TYPE OF DOCUMENT: DATE OF BY WHOM ISSUED: DATE ISSUED:
      ORIGNAL ENTRY:
      AFFIDAVIT OF 10-17-1969 BERNICE GUBBLE RECEIVED
      MINNIE FARRAR NOTARY PUBLIC 10-31-1969
      STATE OF OKLA.

      CERTIFICATE OF 1902 COUNTY CLERK 8-19-1902
      MARRIAGE LICENSE VAN ZANDT COUNTY,
      OF THE MOTHER TEXAS

      PART IV. PERSON REQUESTING AMENDMENT.
      NAME: ADDRESS: RELATIONSHIP TO
      REGISTRANT:
      MINNIE FARRAR 506 W. COLLEGE ST. FRIEND
      CANTON, TEXAS

      PART V. CERTIFICATE BY STATE REGISTRAR.
      I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE EXAMINED THE DOCUMENTS LISTED ABOVE AND THAT
      THE ABSTRACT IS TRUE AND CORRECT. DATE FILED: OCTOBER 31, 1969; STATE
      REGISTRAR (SIGNATURE): M. D. CARROLL

      STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF TRAVIS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS AN
      EXACT PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE FILED IN THE BUREAU
      OF VITAL STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AUSTIN, TEXAS; ISSUED
      NOV 28, 1969; STATE REGISTRAR'S SIGNATURE: M. D. CARROLL.


      MARRIAGE LICENSE:
      STATE OF OKLAHOMA, BECKHAM COUNTY, IN COUNTY COURT:
      TO ANY PERSON AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, GREETING:
      YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO JOIN IN MARRIAGE
      MR. GLEN CAUDLE OF SAYRE, COUNTY OF BECKHAM, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AGED 26
      YEARS, AND MISS MINNIE BAGWELL OF SAYRE, COUNTY OF BECKHAM, STATE OF
      OKLAHOMA, AGE 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 SEPTEMBER 1933. LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK. RECORDED
      THIS 30 DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1933. LEE GODDARD, COURT CLERK.

      CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE:
      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 SEPTEMBER A.D. 1933, AT LIBERTY IN BECKHAM COUNTY, STATE OF
      OKLAHOMA, IN THE PRESENCE OF D. A. BAGWELL OF SAYRE, OKLAHOMA AND SOVILLA
      BOYD OF SAYRE, OKLAHOMA. MY CREDENTIALS ARE RECORDED IN MINISTERS'
      CREDENTIALS. REV. M. P. HOBSON, OF BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

      RETURNED AND RECORDED THIS 3 DAY OF OCTOBER 1933. LEE GODDARD, COURT
      CLERK.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] MINNIE LOU BAGWELL CAUDLE, 5801 WILL ROGERS ROAD (Reliability: 3).
      In 1967 Minnie told her youngest son, Milford, that she was born in Grand Saline, Tx.; her birth place is also shown on his Birth Certificate; it is also shown on her mortuary application at Eisenhower Funeral Homes in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Minnie was the source for the funeral home application.

    2. [S13] BIRTH CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

    3. [S11719] MARRIAGE RECORDCANTON, VANZANDT, TEXAS.

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


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