Adair County, OK - Obit for Sam H. Hembree

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Wednesday May 15, 2002	Stilwell (Okla.)Democrat-Journal
page 10 - Section A 

HEMBREE, Sam H.

Sam H. Hembree, 75, of  Oklahoma City, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2002 
due to complications of heart surgery. Sam was born September 24, 1926 in 
Stilwell, OK. He served our country proudly during WWII. and retired from 
Southwestern Bell after 37 years of service. Sam was a member of Chapel 
Hill United Methodist Church for many years.

Sam was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Carlotta Hembree and 
daughter, Karen. He is survived by his wife Betty, daughter Kelly and her 
husband Don Willis; daughter Kim and her husband Steve Turechek; 
grandchildren Geoffrey and Andrew Willis, and Amy and Amanda Turechek; 
brothers Watie, Monroe, Ivan, of Stilwell, OK and brothers Dan and Alfred 
of Westville, OK; sisters Alyene of Sallisaw, OK, Marie of Prairie Grove, 
AR, brother Vernon of Hobbs, NM.

In lieu of flowers, charitable donations may be made to the American Heart 
Association, American Diabetes Association or National Parkinson's Disease 
Association.

Visitation in Stilwell, OK at Hart Funeral Home Thursday, May 9, 2002 from 
11:00am to 2:00p,. Services will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in 
Oklahoma City on Friday May 10, 2002 at 10:00am with interment to follow 
at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.