HERBERT BURL SPEARS, SR.^[1]

1921 - 1993  (72 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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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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  		Born - 25 Jul 1921 - STIGLER, HASKELL, OKLAHOMA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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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 ------------------ 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S333] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL. [S330] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL. [S331] IN MEMORIAM BROCHURE, EVANS & MILLER FUNERALHOME. [S332] IN MEMORIAM BROCHURE, EVANS & MILLER FUNERALHOME.