Published in The Carnegie Herald, Carnegie, OK; Wed., Feb. 8, 1967
Funeral services for Charles W. Aston, Carnegie pioneer, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the First Methodist church with Rev. Carl Cartwright, pastor, officiating. Rev. A.F. Huesel, retired Methodist minister, assisted.
Interment was in the Carnegie cemetery with the Pitcher Funeral Home in charge.
Aston died early Wednesday February 1, at the Curd Nursing Home where he had lived the past four years.
He was born April 2, 1873, in Benton County, Miss. He moved with his parents to Bells, Grayson County, Texas, while still young. He then moved to Cordell in 1903 where he was married to Miss Florence Gentry in 1906. Three children, two daughters and a son, were born to them. One daughter died in infancy.
Aston was a rural mail carrier at Cordell in 1903 before moving to the Alfalfa community. He later moved to Carnegie. Mrs. Aston preceded him in death in 1919.
He had been a member of the Masonic lodge for over fifty years and had been a member of the Methodist church since 16 years of age.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ben Kuhn of Carnegie; one son, Roy of Corpus Christi, Texas; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Attending the services from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aston of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Senah Aston and Mrs. Alberta Ross of Dallas, Mrs. Lillian Falink of Oklahoma City, Rev. and Mrs. Jim Williams of Enid, and Mrs. Bert J. Gerner of Lawton.
Published in The Carnegie Herald, Carnegie, OK; Wed., Feb. 8, 1967
Funeral services for Charles W. Aston, Carnegie pioneer, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the First Methodist church with Rev. Carl Cartwright, pastor, officiating. Rev. A.F. Huesel, retired Methodist minister, assisted.
Interment was in the Carnegie cemetery with the Pitcher Funeral Home in charge.
Aston died early Wednesday February 1, at the Curd Nursing Home where he had lived the past four years.
He was born April 2, 1873, in Benton County, Miss. He moved with his parents to Bells, Grayson County, Texas, while still young. He then moved to Cordell in 1903 where he was married to Miss Florence Gentry in 1906. Three children, two daughters and a son, were born to them. One daughter died in infancy.
Aston was a rural mail carrier at Cordell in 1903 before moving to the Alfalfa community. He later moved to Carnegie. Mrs. Aston preceded him in death in 1919.
He had been a member of the Masonic lodge for over fifty years and had been a member of the Methodist church since 16 years of age.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ben Kuhn of Carnegie; one son, Roy of Corpus Christi, Texas; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Attending the services from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Aston of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Senah Aston and Mrs. Alberta Ross of Dallas, Mrs. Lillian Falink of Oklahoma City, Rev. and Mrs. Jim Williams of Enid, and Mrs. Bert J. Gerner of Lawton.
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