HATTI VESTA TOWER




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Name HATTI VESTA TOWER Born 12 Jul 1878 LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Christened - SHE WAS A METHODIST.
Gender Female Died 10 May 1965 BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Age 86 years Buried 11 May 1965 BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA - BETHANY CEMETARY NORTHWESTERN CORNER. HER TOMB-
STONE READS SIMPLY "MOTHER HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE
1878 - 1965."
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Person ID I6 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father LEVI GIFFORD TOWER, b. 27 Sep 1856, LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA
, d. Abt 1895, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS
Age: 38 years
Mother HARRIET ISABELLE PATRICK, b. Abt 1861, LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA
, d. Abt 1892, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS
Age: ~ 31 years
Married 9 Sep 1877 LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA [1]
Photos Levi and Harriet Tower about 1886.png Family ID F47 Group Sheet
Family LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR., b. 8 Jan 1874, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
, d. 6 Oct 1943, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Age: 69 years
Married 11 Apr 1895 PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Children 1. EZRA CLARK ("EZRIE") CAUDLE, b. Abt 1896, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS , d. Abt 1899, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS
Age: ~ 3 years
2. LOUIS NORMAN ("LOUIS") CAUDLE, JR., b. Abt 1898, NORTHERN ILLINOIS , d. Abt 1896, FT. WAYNE, ARKANSAS
Age: ~ years
3. RUBY PEARL ("PEARL") CAUDLE, b. 14 Aug 1900, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS 4. "ANGEL" CAUDLE, b. Abt 1902, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS , d. Abt 1902, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS
Age: ~ 0 years
5. NELLIE EDITH ("DELLA") CAUDLE 2x , b. 7 Jul 1904, CHICAGO, COOKE, ILLINOIS
, d. 7 Apr 1991, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Age: 86 years
6. EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR., b. 12 Jan 1907, NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA , d. 27 Sep 1986, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA
Age: 79 years
7. ROY RUSSEL ("ROY") CAUDLE, b. 17 Nov 1908, LUTHER, WYOMING , d. 29 Apr 1957, RESCUE, EL DORADO, CALIFORNIA
Age: 48 years
8. AUTHUR ELWOOD ("SMOKEY") CAUDLE, b. 10 Jun 1911, FAIR GROVE, GREENE, MISSOURI , d. 24 Aug 1987, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA
Age: 76 years
9. ALVA BURNICE ("BURNICE") CAUDLE, b. 13 Aug 1913, ADVANCE, BAXTER, ARKANSAS , d. 6 Feb 1963, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Age: 49 years
10. ELSA VENEAL ("VENEAL") CAUDLE Photos Family photos for HATTI VESTA TOWER & LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR. Photos
» Slide ShowGrandma Caudle holding Milford with Earl and Wesley Yale OK 1938.jpg Aunt Nellie Johnson Pearl Anna Rita Moser and Jarita 1947.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Grandma Caudle Jarita Peggy Phylis Shirley and Melba Jean Dobbs Milford and Earl 1947.jpg Grandma Caudle Vaneal Dobbs Nellie Johnson Frankie Henderson Pearl Moser and Glen Caudle 1953.jpg Jarita Anna Rita Clifford Earl Grandma Caudle Wesley and Milford 1947.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Nellie Johnson Pearl Moser Glen Grandma and Elwood 1947.jpg Vaneal Dobbs Glen Grandma Caudle and Elwood 1947.jpg Vesta, Nellie, Glen, Roy and Pearl 1910-11.jpg Family ID F3 Group Sheet
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» Slide ShowHatti Vesta Tower.png Dorthy Pigue, Vesta and Pearl.jpg Elwood and Vesta at his place.jpg Nellie, Vesta and Burnice 1948.jpg Pearl, Nellie, Vesta and Elwood 1958.jpg Pearl, Vesta and Nellie.jpg Pearl, Vesta Nellie and Vaneal 1947.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Pug, Phylis, Melba Jean and Shirley Dobbs, Anna Rita, Wesley and Clifford Moser with Vesta 1947.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Retha and Jess Atcuson with Vesta.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Retha, Pearl, Nellie, Vesta, Elwood and Clifford with Barbara Henderson and Anna Rita.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vaneal and Vesta 1943.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vaneal, Vesta and Pearl.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vesta 1932.jpg Vesta and Elwood Caudle.jpg Vesta and Elwood.jpg Vesta and Nellie.jpg Vesta and Vaneal.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vesta in Stillwater Oklahoma.jpg Vesta Tintype.jpg Vesta with Wesley and Clifford 1940.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vesta with William, Patsy and Claudette Atcuson 1936.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vesta, Vaneal, Nellie and Pearl.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vesta.jpg Carol, Nellie, Pearl and Vesta at Pearls in OK City.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Elwood, Nellie, Vesta and Pearl.jpg Hatti Vesta.jpg Vesta with Vaneal holding Billy - Roys Boy.jpg
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Notes - CALLED VESTA
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.
SHE RETIRED ON OLD AGE PENSION. SHE LIVED AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA IN
PAYNE COUNTY WHEN I WAS A BOY. AFTER I GREW UP, SHE MOVED TO BETHANY,
OKLAHOMA IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA ABOUT 1960.
IN REMEMBRANCE BROCHURE:
IN MEMORY OF HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE
JULY 12, 1878 MAY 10, 1965
SERVICES FROM
2:30 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1965
ADAMS CHAPEL
OFFICIATING CLERGY
REV. EARL G. CAUDLE, JR.
ORGANIST
MRS. KENNETH SUMMERS
SINGER
MR. KENNETH SUMMERS
CASKET BEARERS
WESLEY N. MOSER MILFORD CAUDLE
CLIFFORD R. MOSER BENNIE WEST
RICHARD R. ROSS REV. ED BAGWELL
INTERMENT
BETHANY CEMETERY
CONDUCTED BY
GENE ADAMS FUNERAL SERVICE
5820 N.W. 41ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
GRANDMAW TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG THAT HER GRANDPA FOUGHT IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. SHE SAID BEFORE HE DIED HE READ A HISTORY OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND SAID THAT THE FACTS WERE WRONG, THAT THE AUTHOR
DID NOT KNOW THE FACTS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIGHT IN THE WAR.
SHE TOLD ME THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE
AND IF I EVER WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAUDLES I SHOULD GO TO
MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE FROM. AND IF I EVER
WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOWERS, I SHOULD GO TO LEAVENWORTH,
INDIANA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE FROM. SHE ALSO SAID THAT GRANDPA
WAS BORN IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND HIS FATHER, JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE WAS
BORN IN KENTUCKY.
BETWEEN 1962 AND 1964, I ASKED GRANDMA WHERE HER DADDY AND MOM WAS
BURIED. BUT SHE JUST STARED INTO SPACE AND NEVER ANSWERED. I THINK SHE
COULD NOT REMEMBER. I DIDN'T FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT
THAT AUNT PEARL, AUNT NELLIE WOULD KNOW, OR DAD WOULD KNOW. THEY DIDN'T.
I ALSO ASKED HER WHERE JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE WAS BURIED AND SHE DID THE
SAME THING.
SHE TOLD ME THAT HER FATHER DRESSED HER MOTHER IN HER WHITE WEDDING DRESS
FOR THE FUNERAL. SHE SAID, "SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL LYING THERE." SOMEONE,
I THINK IT WAS GRANDMA, TOLD ME THAT THEY DRESSED HER DAD IN A CLEAN PAIR
OF OVERALLS WHEN THEY BURIED HIM.
SHE TOLD ME THAT HER BROTHER DROWNED WHILE SWIMMING ACROSS THE MOUTH
OF THE BLACK AND WHITE RIVERS IN ARK. THEY DIDN'T FIND HIS BODY FOR
QUIET SOME TIME. WHEN THEY DID IT WAS SO DETERIATED THAT TOM PATRICK,
GRANDMA'S UNCLE, HAD A HARD TIME IDENTIFYING IT AS HER BROTHER - CLARK
HARTLEY TOWER.
SHE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF GRANDPA'S SISTERS DIED FROM WORMS AT HER COMING
OUT PARTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT "COMING OUT PARTY;" SO I DON'T
KNOW WHICH ONE IT COULD BE.
SHE HAD PICTURES OF JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE AND HER PARENTS HANGING ON THE
WALL IN HER HOUSE. THE PICTURES HAD BEEN HANGING IN THE HOUSES WHERE SHE
LIVED AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I ASKED HER IF I COULD HAVE THEM AFTER
SHE DIED, AND SHE TOLD ME I COULD. SHE ALSO TOLD AUNT PEARL AND UNCLE
ELWOOD THAT I HAD ASKED FOR THE PICTURES. AUNT PEARL AND ELWOOD GAVE
THEM TO ME AFTER SHE DIED BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER
PICTURES SHE HAD OF HER FAMILY.
GRANDMA WAS A GRAND LADY. SHE WAS ONE OF A KIND. MOM ALWAYS SAID SHE
WAS ARISTOCRATIC. WE ALL LOVED AND RESPECTED HER VERY MUCH. SOMETIMES I
THINK WE REVERENCED HER. THERES NO DOUBT THAT MY FAMILY PUT HER ON A
PEDESTAL. GRANDPA LEFT HER MANY TIMES WHEN THEY LIVED ON THE PRAIRIE
WITH NO MEANS TO PROVIDE FOR HERSELF AND THE KIDS AND HE WOULD STAY AWAY
FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BEFORE HE RETURN. SHE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY
TO PROVIDE FOR HERSELF AND THE KIDS, BUT SHE NEVER RESORTED TO PROSTITUTION
OR ANY KIND OF LOW LIFE. SHE ALWAYS PLANTED A GARDEN TO FEED HERSELF AND
THE KIDS.
SHE TOLD MY WIFE AND I, AFTER I WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY, THAT GRANDPA
OFTEN SAID THAT HE COULD TRUST HER BECAUSE HE HAD COME HOME
UNANNOUNCED AFTER BEING AWAY FOR A LONG TIME MANY TIMES AND FOUND HER
ALONE EACH TIME. UNCLE ERVIN, MOM'S BROTHER, TOLD ME IN RESPONSE TO MY
QUESTION DID GRANDPA EVER TALK ABOUT GRANDMA WHEN HIM AND ERVIN HOBOED
TOGETHER, IN THE MIDDLE 1930'S, THAT ALL HE EVER GRANDPA SAY ABOUT
GRANDMA WAS THAT GOD ALMIGHTY COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH HER FOR LONG.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY GRANDPA LEFT SO MANY TIMES WHEN THE KIDS WERE GROWING UP.
I HEARD GRANDMA SAY ONCE THAT PSYCHIATRISTS, THAT SHE READ ABOUT IN THE
EARLY 1950'S COULD HAVE HELPED GRANDPA IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE
WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. SHE ALWAYS SAID THIS IN REFERENCE TO GRANDPA'S
VIOLENT TEMPER. SHE TOLD MANY STORIES ABOUT HIS TEMPER. BUT THROUGH IT
ALL GRANDMA LOVED HIM AND NO ONE ELSE.
WHEN SHE WAS SICK IN 1965, I USED TO TAKE MY WIFE OVER TO HER HOUSE IN
BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA, TO WATCH HER
BECAUSE SHE HAD HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES AND DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE
SHE WAS AT OR WHO SHE COULD TRUST. SHE THOUGHT I WAS GRANDPA AND SHE
WOULD GET-UP OUT OF BED TO CLEAN UP THE ROOM TALKING TO HIM ALL THE TIME.
ONCE SHE SAID TO ME, "NORM, HEAR THE BOYS HAVING FUN AT THE PARK. WE'LL
HAVE A LITTLE FUN, TOO." SHE GOT UP OUT OF BED AND STARTED PUTTERING
WITH THE DRESSER AND AROUND THE ROOM BEFORE SHE SPIED MY WIFE. SHE ASKED
MY WIFE WHO ARE YOU? MY WIFE TRIED TO EXPLAIN. GRANDMA THEN ASKED WHAT
SHE WAS DOING THERE. PRETTY SOON SHE GOT MAD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT MY WIFE WAS SAYING. TO HER IT MUST HAVE SOUNDED LIKE
DOUBLE TALK. GRANDMA CHASED MY WIFE OUT OF THE BEDROOM INTO THE FAMILY
ROOM WHERE DADDY, AUNT VENEALAND UNCLE ABB, AND ELWOOD WERE. I GUESS SHE
THOUGHT MY WIFE WAS GRANDPA'S GIRLFRIEND. SHE WASN'T GOING TO TOLERATE IT
IN HER HOME.
JACK CAUDLE, WILLARD'S BOY, SAID THAT HIS DAD SAID THAT NORMAN, MY
GRANDPA WOULD LEAVE HER OUT ON THE PRAIRIE TO FEND FOR HERSELF. IN FACT
HE WENT AND GOT A PICTURE OUT OF HIS DAD'S PICTURES OF GRANDMA WITH HER
KIDS OUT IN FRONT OF A LOG HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE SOMEWHERE IN OKLAHOMA.
JACK THOUGHT A LOT OF HER, TOO.
GRANDPA LEFT ONCE WHEN THEY LIVED IN A DUGOUT ON THEIR HOMESTEAD NEAR
LAMAR, COLORADO AND DID NOT RETURN FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS. GRANDMA FOUND HIM
IN SILVERTON, COLORADO, I THINK. I HEARD HER TELL THE STORY MANY TIMES.
GRANDPA LEFT AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD OR ANYTHING. AFTER A WHILE SHE
SENT LETTERS TO DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS ASKING THEM TO CONTACT HER AND TELL
HER WHERE GRANDPA WAS AT IF THEY KNEW HIM. GRANDPA'S BOSS READ HER
ADVERTISEMENT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND SENT HER GRANDPA'S WAGES.
LATER, GRANDPA CAME HOME WITH HIS POCKETS FULL OF MONEY. HE MOVED THE
FAMILY BACK TO OKLAHOMA.
CLIFFORD ROY MOSER IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA HAS A POSTCARD POSTMARKED SEP 1929
TO OZONE, ARK. WHERE GRANDMA LIVED AT THE TIME.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
LOCAL REGISTRAR'S FILE NO. 65-1725
STATE FILE NO. 008915
1. PLACE OF DEATH a. COUNTY: OKLA. b. CITY, TOWN OR LOCATION:
OKLA. CITY c. LENGTH OF STAY IN 1b.: BLANK d. NAME OF HOSPITAL OR
INSTITUTION: IMPERIAL NURSING HOME e. IS PLACE OF DEATH INSIDE CITY
LIMITS? YES 2. USUAL RESIDENCE a. STATE: OKLA. b. COUNTY: OKLA.
c. CITY, TOWN OR LOCATION: 3604 N. PENIEL d. STREET ADDRESS:
BETHANY, OKLA. e. IS RESIDENCE INSIDE CITY LIMITS? YES f. IS
RESIDENCE ON A FARM? NO 3. NAME OF DECEASED: HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE 4.
DATE OF DEATH: 5-10-65 5. SEX: FEMALE 6. COLOR OR RACE: WHITE 7.
WIDOWED 8. DATE OF BIRTH: 7-12-78 9. AGE LAST BIRTHDAY: 86 10a.
USUAL OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE 10b. KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY: BLANK
11. BIRTHPLACE: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. [ACTUALLY LEAVENWORTH, INDIANA]
12. CITIZEN OF WHAT COUNTRY: U.S.A. 13. FATHER'S NAME: GRIFFIN TOWER
[ACTUALLY LEVI GIFFORD TOWER] 14. MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME: ISBELLE
PATRICK [ACTUALLY HARRIET ISABELLE PATRICK] 15. WAS DECEASED EVER IN
U.S. ARMED FORCES? NO 16. SOCIAL SECURITY NO. NONE 17. INFORMANT:
MRS. RUBY MOSER 6000 N.W. 30TH, BETHANY
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION:
PART I. 18. CAUSE OF DEATH: a. IMMEDIATE CAUSE: CEREBRAL VASCULAR
OCCIDENT INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH: 5 DAYS
CONDITION, IF ANY, WHICH GAVE RISE TO ABOVE CAUSE (a.) STATING THE
UNDERLYING CAUSE LAST. b. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 19. AUTOPSY: BLANK
PART II. OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH BUT NOT
RELATED TO THE TERMINAL DISEASE CONDITION IN PART I. 20a. THRU 20f.
BLANK 21. I ATTENDED THE DECEASED FROM JAN. 65 TO TIME OF DEATH AND
LAST SAW HER ALIVE ON 5-5-65 DEATH OCCURRED AT 6:45 A.M. ON THE DATE
STATED ABOVE, AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE FROM THE CAUSES STATED.
22a. SIGNATURE: PAUL D. MAERORY, M.D. 22b. ADDRESS: BETHANY, OKLA.
22c. DATE SIGNED: 5-10-65 23a. BURIAL 23b. 5-11-65 23c. BETHANY
CEMETERY 23d. LOCATION (CITY, TOWN, OR COUNTY): BETHANY, OKLA. 24.
DATE FILED BY LOCAL REGISTER: 5-18-65 25. REGISTRAR'S SIGNATURE: V.
L. LAYTON 26. FUNERAL DIRECTOR: GENE ADAMS 5820 N. W. 41, O. C.
COMMISSIONER: A. B. COLYAR, M.D, CERTIFIED COPY, THE GREAT SEAL OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, 1400
NORTH EASTERN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FORGOING 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 3 DAY OF
SEPTEMBER 1968. ROY C. PIRONG, STATE REGISTRAR.
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Sources - [S11690] MARRIAGE BOOK D PAGE 253ENGLISH, CRAWFORD, INDIA.
- [S11690] MARRIAGE BOOK D PAGE 253ENGLISH, CRAWFORD, INDIA.
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