Ada Marie Billups, 94-year-old resident of Colcord, Oklahoma, died October 27, 2022, in Colcord, Oklahoma. She was born April 27, 1928, to William Andrew Crain and Lydia Victoria Crain in Delaware County, Oklahoma. Marie married Edward Billups in Bentonville, Arkansas, on October 30, 1946. She was active in the church and the Colcord community, and she was the co-founder of the Colcord School Chapel. Marie worked as a homemaker, minister's wife, and a long-term Sunday school teacher.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Billups, and her parents, William and Lydia Crain.
She is survived by her children, Gerald Billups of Colcord, Oklahoma, Tim Billups and wife Lori of Colcord, Oklahoma, and Genia Shelley and husband Curtis of Colcord, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Geneva Crain of Owasso, Oklahoma; and two nieces and one nephew.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Wasson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Row Cemetery in Colcord, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Colcord School Chapel, caretakers Mike and Sharon Wofford, 607 N. Colcord Keithley Rd. Colcord, OK 74338.∼April 1930 US Census, living in Moseley Township, Delaware, Oklahoma with both parents, her paternal grandmother (widowed) and three older brothers; Homer, George and Kenneth. Ada's father was born in Texas and her grandmother in Missouri. Ada's mother, brothers and herself were all born in Oklahoma. There was a column that had written that Ada's mother had 1/8th Cherokee blood and on the children's lines had 1/16th Cherokee blood. Ada's father occupation: General farmer
May 1940 US Census, living in the same area, with all the same family members as was on the 1930 Census. There was no mention about Cherokee relations on the record. Ada's father occupation: Farming
Ada's older brother, Homer was fatally wounded in Italy during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Ada M. Crain and Edward Billups were married on October 30, 1946 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Both Ada and Edward were living in Siloam Springs, Benton county, Arkansas at the time.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Billups, and her parents, William and Lydia Crain.
She is survived by her children, Gerald Billups of Colcord, Oklahoma, Tim Billups and wife Lori of Colcord, Oklahoma, and Genia Shelley and husband Curtis of Colcord, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Geneva Crain of Owasso, Oklahoma; and two nieces and one nephew.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Wasson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Row Cemetery in Colcord, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Colcord School Chapel, caretakers Mike and Sharon Wofford, 607 N. Colcord Keithley Rd. Colcord, OK 74338.∼April 1930 US Census, living in Moseley Township, Delaware, Oklahoma with both parents, her paternal grandmother (widowed) and three older brothers; Homer, George and Kenneth. Ada's father was born in Texas and her grandmother in Missouri. Ada's mother, brothers and herself were all born in Oklahoma. There was a column that had written that Ada's mother had 1/8th Cherokee blood and on the children's lines had 1/16th Cherokee blood. Ada's father occupation: General farmer
May 1940 US Census, living in the same area, with all the same family members as was on the 1930 Census. There was no mention about Cherokee relations on the record. Ada's father occupation: Farming
Ada's older brother, Homer was fatally wounded in Italy during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Ada M. Crain and Edward Billups were married on October 30, 1946 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Both Ada and Edward were living in Siloam Springs, Benton county, Arkansas at the time.
Ada Marie Billups, 94-year-old resident of Colcord, Oklahoma, died October 27, 2022, in Colcord, Oklahoma. She was born April 27, 1928, to William Andrew Crain and Lydia Victoria Crain in Delaware County, Oklahoma. Marie married Edward Billups in Bentonville, Arkansas, on October 30, 1946. She was active in the church and the Colcord community, and she was the co-founder of the Colcord School Chapel. Marie worked as a homemaker, minister's wife, and a long-term Sunday school teacher.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Billups, and her parents, William and Lydia Crain.
She is survived by her children, Gerald Billups of Colcord, Oklahoma, Tim Billups and wife Lori of Colcord, Oklahoma, and Genia Shelley and husband Curtis of Colcord, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Geneva Crain of Owasso, Oklahoma; and two nieces and one nephew.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Wasson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Row Cemetery in Colcord, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Colcord School Chapel, caretakers Mike and Sharon Wofford, 607 N. Colcord Keithley Rd. Colcord, OK 74338.∼April 1930 US Census, living in Moseley Township, Delaware, Oklahoma with both parents, her paternal grandmother (widowed) and three older brothers; Homer, George and Kenneth. Ada's father was born in Texas and her grandmother in Missouri. Ada's mother, brothers and herself were all born in Oklahoma. There was a column that had written that Ada's mother had 1/8th Cherokee blood and on the children's lines had 1/16th Cherokee blood. Ada's father occupation: General farmer
May 1940 US Census, living in the same area, with all the same family members as was on the 1930 Census. There was no mention about Cherokee relations on the record. Ada's father occupation: Farming
Ada's older brother, Homer was fatally wounded in Italy during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Ada M. Crain and Edward Billups were married on October 30, 1946 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Both Ada and Edward were living in Siloam Springs, Benton county, Arkansas at the time.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Billups, and her parents, William and Lydia Crain.
She is survived by her children, Gerald Billups of Colcord, Oklahoma, Tim Billups and wife Lori of Colcord, Oklahoma, and Genia Shelley and husband Curtis of Colcord, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Geneva Crain of Owasso, Oklahoma; and two nieces and one nephew.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Wasson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Row Cemetery in Colcord, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Colcord School Chapel, caretakers Mike and Sharon Wofford, 607 N. Colcord Keithley Rd. Colcord, OK 74338.∼April 1930 US Census, living in Moseley Township, Delaware, Oklahoma with both parents, her paternal grandmother (widowed) and three older brothers; Homer, George and Kenneth. Ada's father was born in Texas and her grandmother in Missouri. Ada's mother, brothers and herself were all born in Oklahoma. There was a column that had written that Ada's mother had 1/8th Cherokee blood and on the children's lines had 1/16th Cherokee blood. Ada's father occupation: General farmer
May 1940 US Census, living in the same area, with all the same family members as was on the 1930 Census. There was no mention about Cherokee relations on the record. Ada's father occupation: Farming
Ada's older brother, Homer was fatally wounded in Italy during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Ada M. Crain and Edward Billups were married on October 30, 1946 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Both Ada and Edward were living in Siloam Springs, Benton county, Arkansas at the time.
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