Funeral services for former Seminole resident Norman Hadley Wilburn are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole with interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Rev. Norman H. Wilburn was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Stratford to Harvey Nathaniel (Blackie) Wilburn and Leona Margaret (Neal) Wilburn and died on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at home in Shell Knob, Mo.
He graduated from Drumright High School in 1934 and was married to Florence B. (Adams) Wilburn on Sep 27, 1936 in Seminole. They were married 66 years before her death on Jan. 5, 2002. To this union were born five children; three daughters and two sons.
When he married, he worked for Epperley Grocery in Seminole. He then worked for the Hi-Lo Bakery before going to Sunshine Grocery in Seminole where he was the managing partner until 1951 when he left the grocery business to enter the ministry full time.
Licensed by the Oklahoma District Council of the Assemblies of God in 1951, he was ordained by the Arkansas District of the Assemblies of God in 1953.
He pastored eight Assemblies of God churches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In November of 2001 he received his 50 year ministry pin at the Oklahoma District Council, and on Nov. 11, 2003 he received a Certificate of Recognition celebrating 50 years of his ordination.
When he retired in 1987, he lived on Table Rock Lake near Shell Knob, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and two sisters, Pauline Wilburn and Opal J. (Wilburn) Beauford.
Norman is survived by his children: Norma Dutton of Shell Knob, Mo; Bill Wilburn of Beggs; Don Wilburn of Stroud; Linda Eshnaur of Bentonville, Ark.; Cynthia Ortega of Rocky Ford, Colo.; sixteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; two brothers Harold Wilburn of Broken Arrow and Lloyd Wilburn of Shawnee.
Rev. Norman H. Wilburn was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Stratford to Harvey Nathaniel (Blackie) Wilburn and Leona Margaret (Neal) Wilburn and died on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at home in Shell Knob, Mo.
He graduated from Drumright High School in 1934 and was married to Florence B. (Adams) Wilburn on Sep 27, 1936 in Seminole. They were married 66 years before her death on Jan. 5, 2002. To this union were born five children; three daughters and two sons.
When he married, he worked for Epperley Grocery in Seminole. He then worked for the Hi-Lo Bakery before going to Sunshine Grocery in Seminole where he was the managing partner until 1951 when he left the grocery business to enter the ministry full time.
Licensed by the Oklahoma District Council of the Assemblies of God in 1951, he was ordained by the Arkansas District of the Assemblies of God in 1953.
He pastored eight Assemblies of God churches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In November of 2001 he received his 50 year ministry pin at the Oklahoma District Council, and on Nov. 11, 2003 he received a Certificate of Recognition celebrating 50 years of his ordination.
When he retired in 1987, he lived on Table Rock Lake near Shell Knob, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and two sisters, Pauline Wilburn and Opal J. (Wilburn) Beauford.
Norman is survived by his children: Norma Dutton of Shell Knob, Mo; Bill Wilburn of Beggs; Don Wilburn of Stroud; Linda Eshnaur of Bentonville, Ark.; Cynthia Ortega of Rocky Ford, Colo.; sixteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; two brothers Harold Wilburn of Broken Arrow and Lloyd Wilburn of Shawnee.
Funeral services for former Seminole resident Norman Hadley Wilburn are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole with interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Rev. Norman H. Wilburn was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Stratford to Harvey Nathaniel (Blackie) Wilburn and Leona Margaret (Neal) Wilburn and died on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at home in Shell Knob, Mo.
He graduated from Drumright High School in 1934 and was married to Florence B. (Adams) Wilburn on Sep 27, 1936 in Seminole. They were married 66 years before her death on Jan. 5, 2002. To this union were born five children; three daughters and two sons.
When he married, he worked for Epperley Grocery in Seminole. He then worked for the Hi-Lo Bakery before going to Sunshine Grocery in Seminole where he was the managing partner until 1951 when he left the grocery business to enter the ministry full time.
Licensed by the Oklahoma District Council of the Assemblies of God in 1951, he was ordained by the Arkansas District of the Assemblies of God in 1953.
He pastored eight Assemblies of God churches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In November of 2001 he received his 50 year ministry pin at the Oklahoma District Council, and on Nov. 11, 2003 he received a Certificate of Recognition celebrating 50 years of his ordination.
When he retired in 1987, he lived on Table Rock Lake near Shell Knob, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and two sisters, Pauline Wilburn and Opal J. (Wilburn) Beauford.
Norman is survived by his children: Norma Dutton of Shell Knob, Mo; Bill Wilburn of Beggs; Don Wilburn of Stroud; Linda Eshnaur of Bentonville, Ark.; Cynthia Ortega of Rocky Ford, Colo.; sixteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; two brothers Harold Wilburn of Broken Arrow and Lloyd Wilburn of Shawnee.
Rev. Norman H. Wilburn was born Dec. 20, 1915 in Stratford to Harvey Nathaniel (Blackie) Wilburn and Leona Margaret (Neal) Wilburn and died on Wednesday July 27, 2005 at home in Shell Knob, Mo.
He graduated from Drumright High School in 1934 and was married to Florence B. (Adams) Wilburn on Sep 27, 1936 in Seminole. They were married 66 years before her death on Jan. 5, 2002. To this union were born five children; three daughters and two sons.
When he married, he worked for Epperley Grocery in Seminole. He then worked for the Hi-Lo Bakery before going to Sunshine Grocery in Seminole where he was the managing partner until 1951 when he left the grocery business to enter the ministry full time.
Licensed by the Oklahoma District Council of the Assemblies of God in 1951, he was ordained by the Arkansas District of the Assemblies of God in 1953.
He pastored eight Assemblies of God churches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In November of 2001 he received his 50 year ministry pin at the Oklahoma District Council, and on Nov. 11, 2003 he received a Certificate of Recognition celebrating 50 years of his ordination.
When he retired in 1987, he lived on Table Rock Lake near Shell Knob, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, and two sisters, Pauline Wilburn and Opal J. (Wilburn) Beauford.
Norman is survived by his children: Norma Dutton of Shell Knob, Mo; Bill Wilburn of Beggs; Don Wilburn of Stroud; Linda Eshnaur of Bentonville, Ark.; Cynthia Ortega of Rocky Ford, Colo.; sixteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; two brothers Harold Wilburn of Broken Arrow and Lloyd Wilburn of Shawnee.
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