1868 - 1953
 SERVICES FOR H. H.
CARROLL
BURIAL NORTH OF YALE FOR FARMER-STOCKMAN
DRUMRIGHTER SINCE 1905
Last rights were conducted for
Henry Hamilton Carroll, 84, 513 S. Duke, a pioneer
Oklahoman and Drumrighter at the Assembly of God Church
here Sunday afternoon.
The Rev. M.A. Malone, pastor of
the church, conducted the services. Burial was in
Lawson Cemetery north of Yale, under the direction of the
Bennett-Stubblefield Funeral Home.
Carroll died at 7:05 am Saturday
in the Cushing Municipal Hospital, where he was taken
after suffering a stroke the week previously, Saturday,
February 28. His death was caused by a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Born in Evansville, Ind., Carroll
moved to Oklahoma in 1898 and homesteaded on a farm near
Yale where he lived seven years.
From Yale he moved to a farm 4 1/2
miles northeast of Drumright in 1905 and lived there for
47 years as a farmer-stockman. He and Mrs. Carroll
moved to their home on S. Duke street in August of last
year after renting their farm.
Carroll formerly was a member of
the Masons and in 1948 became a member of the Assembly of
God Church here. He was in good health up until the
time of his stroke last week.
Survivors are his wife, Eliza, of
the home address, six sons, five daughters, 33
grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and two great,
great grandchildren.
Sons are: Nathan of Amorett, MO;
Moses, El Monte, Calif.; J.D. of Drumright;
Bryan and Woodrow, both of Drumright; and Lee, Seminole.
Daughters are: Mrs. W.E. Frick of
Yale; Mrs. F.G. Fobroy of Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Frank
Edwards, Wichita, Kans.; Mrs. T.H. Tippit of Drumright,
and Mrs. E.E. Turner, Oklahoma City.
Obituary:
Drumright Derrick, Tuesday, March 10, 1953
Picture of Ham
Carroll late in life, about 1950. The picture is taken
off the backporch of the Carroll home. The children have
all grown up and moved away, but Ham and Eliza still
depend on this old-fashioned well for their water supply.
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