A.L. South, 85, Weatherford, died Friday at the Veteran's Center in Clinton.
A.L. was born November 7, 1926 in Nocona, Texas to William Alvin and Itelia (Keck) South.
He was a saddle bronc rider and gold card member of the PRCA. He began work as a ranch hand in the Texas panhandle at 13 years of age. He was drafted into the Army at the age of 18, and served for 18 months before receiving an honorable discharge.
A.L. married Coradell Zimmerman on March 26, 1953 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They resided in Lawton until 1966, when he was transferred to Castle Rock, Colorado. A.L. drove a truck most of his life and retired from Yellow Freight Transit. He was a member of the Teamsters Union Local 886 in Oklahoma City. His greatest joy in life was his family.
He is survived by his wife, Coradell of the home; four daughters, Dannie Lynn and husband Harold Haynsworth and family, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Lisa and husband Bobby McAfee, Henryetta, Oklahoma, Linda South and husband Bear Caldwell, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and Laurie and husband Lonnie Shafer, Weatherford, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Mike and wife Candy Hill, Meghan and husband Johnathan Davis, Rein Howard, Ryne and wife Lossie Shafer; three great-grandchildren, Tucker Kelsey, Jaspur Davis and Bailen Davis; a sister, Juanita Nance, Lawton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
A.L. was born November 7, 1926 in Nocona, Texas to William Alvin and Itelia (Keck) South.
He was a saddle bronc rider and gold card member of the PRCA. He began work as a ranch hand in the Texas panhandle at 13 years of age. He was drafted into the Army at the age of 18, and served for 18 months before receiving an honorable discharge.
A.L. married Coradell Zimmerman on March 26, 1953 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They resided in Lawton until 1966, when he was transferred to Castle Rock, Colorado. A.L. drove a truck most of his life and retired from Yellow Freight Transit. He was a member of the Teamsters Union Local 886 in Oklahoma City. His greatest joy in life was his family.
He is survived by his wife, Coradell of the home; four daughters, Dannie Lynn and husband Harold Haynsworth and family, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Lisa and husband Bobby McAfee, Henryetta, Oklahoma, Linda South and husband Bear Caldwell, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and Laurie and husband Lonnie Shafer, Weatherford, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Mike and wife Candy Hill, Meghan and husband Johnathan Davis, Rein Howard, Ryne and wife Lossie Shafer; three great-grandchildren, Tucker Kelsey, Jaspur Davis and Bailen Davis; a sister, Juanita Nance, Lawton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
A.L. South, 85, Weatherford, died Friday at the Veteran's Center in Clinton.
A.L. was born November 7, 1926 in Nocona, Texas to William Alvin and Itelia (Keck) South.
He was a saddle bronc rider and gold card member of the PRCA. He began work as a ranch hand in the Texas panhandle at 13 years of age. He was drafted into the Army at the age of 18, and served for 18 months before receiving an honorable discharge.
A.L. married Coradell Zimmerman on March 26, 1953 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They resided in Lawton until 1966, when he was transferred to Castle Rock, Colorado. A.L. drove a truck most of his life and retired from Yellow Freight Transit. He was a member of the Teamsters Union Local 886 in Oklahoma City. His greatest joy in life was his family.
He is survived by his wife, Coradell of the home; four daughters, Dannie Lynn and husband Harold Haynsworth and family, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Lisa and husband Bobby McAfee, Henryetta, Oklahoma, Linda South and husband Bear Caldwell, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and Laurie and husband Lonnie Shafer, Weatherford, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Mike and wife Candy Hill, Meghan and husband Johnathan Davis, Rein Howard, Ryne and wife Lossie Shafer; three great-grandchildren, Tucker Kelsey, Jaspur Davis and Bailen Davis; a sister, Juanita Nance, Lawton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
A.L. was born November 7, 1926 in Nocona, Texas to William Alvin and Itelia (Keck) South.
He was a saddle bronc rider and gold card member of the PRCA. He began work as a ranch hand in the Texas panhandle at 13 years of age. He was drafted into the Army at the age of 18, and served for 18 months before receiving an honorable discharge.
A.L. married Coradell Zimmerman on March 26, 1953 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They resided in Lawton until 1966, when he was transferred to Castle Rock, Colorado. A.L. drove a truck most of his life and retired from Yellow Freight Transit. He was a member of the Teamsters Union Local 886 in Oklahoma City. His greatest joy in life was his family.
He is survived by his wife, Coradell of the home; four daughters, Dannie Lynn and husband Harold Haynsworth and family, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Lisa and husband Bobby McAfee, Henryetta, Oklahoma, Linda South and husband Bear Caldwell, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and Laurie and husband Lonnie Shafer, Weatherford, Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Mike and wife Candy Hill, Meghan and husband Johnathan Davis, Rein Howard, Ryne and wife Lossie Shafer; three great-grandchildren, Tucker Kelsey, Jaspur Davis and Bailen Davis; a sister, Juanita Nance, Lawton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
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