Index to Locations NormanOdd Fellows Cemetery
Odd FellowsCemetery
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Joshua Bryan Lee (1892-1967) — also known asJosh Lee — of Norman,ClevelandCounty, Okla.Born in Childersburg,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,January23, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1935-37;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1937-43; defeated, 1942; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1940,1956(alternate).Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Forty andEight;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiGamma Delta;Phi MuAlpha;Freemasons.DiedAugust10, 1967 (age75 years, 199days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. | | Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950) — of Norman,ClevelandCounty, Okla.Born near Bloomfield,DavisCounty, Iowa,April24, 1875.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; private secretary to U.S. RepScottFerris, 1907-08;lawyer;ClevelandCounty Judge, 1911-14; district judge in Oklahoma 14th District,1915-20;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1921-29, 1931-35.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;Elks;Woodmen ofthe World;WoodmenCircle.Died in Norman,ClevelandCounty, Okla.,March16, 1950 (age74 years, 326days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. | | Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) — of McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Georgetown,MeigsCounty, Tenn.,January12, 1892.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1915-18; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1919-22;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in theU.S. Army during World War II;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1947-51;Oklahomastate auditor, 1951-55.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Acacia;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,March14, 1979 (age87 years, 61days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. | | Herbert K. Hyde (1898-1976) — of Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Pryor Creek,MayesCounty, Okla.,August5, 1898.Republican.Lawyer;secretary to U.S. Sen.W.B. Pine, 1924-25;LoganCounty Attorney, 1925;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1931-34; candidateforU.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1936; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Oklahoma,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944(alternate).Christian.Member,AmericanLegion;SigmaChi.Prosecuted George "Machine Gun" Kelly in the Urschell kidnappingcase.Died in Sulphur,MurrayCounty, Okla.,1976(ageabout77 years).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Hyde and Ora (Southern) Hyde; married1931 to RuthBray. |
 | William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) — also known asWilliam E. Chapman — of Alluwe,NowataCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Mt. Pisgah,WhiteCounty, Ark.,February1, 1877.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;schoolteacher;newspapereditor;lawyer;U.S. Consul inMazatlan, 1916, 1917-25;Nogales, 1916-17;Guaymas, 1917;Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26;Torreon, 1926;Puerto Mexico, 1927;Monterrey, 1927-28;Cali, 1928-30;North Bay, 1930-32;Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intrudersentered his residence, lay in wait,shothim, and escaped; he recovered from his injuries.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in Norman,ClevelandCounty, Okla.,March12, 1947 (age70 years, 39days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. | | Tom P. Pace (1891-1976) — of Purcell,McClainCounty, Okla.Born inChathamCounty, N.C.,October11, 1891.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge inOklahoma 14th District, 1929.Methodist.Member,Elks;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Rotary.Died in1976(ageabout84 years).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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