Clefford Vickrey, born at Arkana, AR as the son of William Hunter and Nancy Virginia (Goforth) Vickrey. His grandfather Thomas Beaty Goforth, a prominent citizen of Baxter Co., is buried in the Heart Cemetery and his Vickrey grandparents, Jasper and Catherine (Karns) Vickrey are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery. He attended school and also later taught at the Arkana School House. One of his pupils was his sister, Pink Vickrey, and another was Victor Wickersham who later became an Oklahoma Congressman for the 6th Congressional District.
He married Elizabeth Maude Osborne and they moved to Frederick, OK in 1930. They became outstanding citizens, well known in the area and throughout the state; he, as Manager of the Dascumb-Daniels Lumber Company, Postmaster, Tillman County Treasurer, and she, as teacher and church worker. Clefford was very active in the Democratic Party, Odd Fellow Lodge, and Masonic Lodge. He served on the School Board and Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Church. He served with the 131'st Machine Gun Battalion in France during World War I as Company Clerk, ranking as Corporal under General George McLain. His lasting memory is that he served his fellow man. You could count on him and his word.
The Vickreys adopted two daughters of Elizabeth's brother, when their mother died in 1936.
He married Elizabeth Maude Osborne and they moved to Frederick, OK in 1930. They became outstanding citizens, well known in the area and throughout the state; he, as Manager of the Dascumb-Daniels Lumber Company, Postmaster, Tillman County Treasurer, and she, as teacher and church worker. Clefford was very active in the Democratic Party, Odd Fellow Lodge, and Masonic Lodge. He served on the School Board and Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Church. He served with the 131'st Machine Gun Battalion in France during World War I as Company Clerk, ranking as Corporal under General George McLain. His lasting memory is that he served his fellow man. You could count on him and his word.
The Vickreys adopted two daughters of Elizabeth's brother, when their mother died in 1936.
Clefford Vickrey, born at Arkana, AR as the son of William Hunter and Nancy Virginia (Goforth) Vickrey. His grandfather Thomas Beaty Goforth, a prominent citizen of Baxter Co., is buried in the Heart Cemetery and his Vickrey grandparents, Jasper and Catherine (Karns) Vickrey are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery. He attended school and also later taught at the Arkana School House. One of his pupils was his sister, Pink Vickrey, and another was Victor Wickersham who later became an Oklahoma Congressman for the 6th Congressional District.
He married Elizabeth Maude Osborne and they moved to Frederick, OK in 1930. They became outstanding citizens, well known in the area and throughout the state; he, as Manager of the Dascumb-Daniels Lumber Company, Postmaster, Tillman County Treasurer, and she, as teacher and church worker. Clefford was very active in the Democratic Party, Odd Fellow Lodge, and Masonic Lodge. He served on the School Board and Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Church. He served with the 131'st Machine Gun Battalion in France during World War I as Company Clerk, ranking as Corporal under General George McLain. His lasting memory is that he served his fellow man. You could count on him and his word.
The Vickreys adopted two daughters of Elizabeth's brother, when their mother died in 1936.
He married Elizabeth Maude Osborne and they moved to Frederick, OK in 1930. They became outstanding citizens, well known in the area and throughout the state; he, as Manager of the Dascumb-Daniels Lumber Company, Postmaster, Tillman County Treasurer, and she, as teacher and church worker. Clefford was very active in the Democratic Party, Odd Fellow Lodge, and Masonic Lodge. He served on the School Board and Board of Trustees of the First Methodist Church. He served with the 131'st Machine Gun Battalion in France during World War I as Company Clerk, ranking as Corporal under General George McLain. His lasting memory is that he served his fellow man. You could count on him and his word.
The Vickreys adopted two daughters of Elizabeth's brother, when their mother died in 1936.
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