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The funeral
for Melvin Hugh Litson,
Sr., age 80, will be at
2:00 P.M. Monday,
February 25, 2008, at
the Anderson-Burris
Funeral Home Chapel,
with Rev. Kevin Choate
officiating. Burial
will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery, with
arrangements by
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home.
He was born
to Paul David and Mabel
Olive (McCamen) Litson
on September 10, 1927,
in Tonkawa, and died
Thursday, February 21,
2008, at St. Mary’s
Regional Medical Center
in Enid.
Melvin
served two years with
the Army Corp of
Engineers with the 32nd
General Service
Regiment, building
runways in Germany.
Melvin married Norma
Patricia Seale on July
14, 1945, and they made
their home in Enid. He
worked for Bond Bakery
for many years, and then
as a self-employed
carpenter, retiring in
1992. He was a member
of Emmanuel Baptist
Church, where he was a
deacon and active member
for many years.
He is
survived by his wife,
Norma Patricia Litson;
one daughter Cynthia
Wagner and husband Al of
Grinnell, Iowa; four
grandchildren, Shelley
Burton and husband
Robert of Enid, Stacey
Miller and husband Gene
of Newton, Iowa, Shannon
Borah and husband Eric
of New Underwood, South
Dakota, and Christopher
Litson of Huntington
Beach, California; nine
great-grandchildren; one
brother, David Litson
and wife Pat of
Centennial, Colorado;
and three sisters,
Georgianna Dance of
Enid, Donna Cauthen and
husband Patrick of
Midwest City, and Eva
Frasure and husband Neal
of Mesa, Arizona.
Melvin was
preceded in death by his
son, Melvin Hugh Litson,
Jr; and one brother Paul
D. Litson, Jr.
Memorials
may be made through the
funeral home to Emmanuel
Baptist Church Building
Fund.
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