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Herman Rex
Kennard
Of
Arcadia and
Oklahoma City
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Shots Are Fired By Store
Bandit
A
gun-firing
bandit
fled an east-side
grocery store
Saturday
night
when the assistant
manager ignored his
threats
and
switched on
the burgler alarm. The bandit
escaped with
the
manager's billfold. Herman
Kennard,
manager
of the
Red-Bud
Store, 1640 N. Bryan,
said
he,
his
assistant
manager, Warren Sherrell, and
Mrs.
Sherrell,
were
locking the store about 10
p.m.. The
6-foot
gunman came around the north
side of the store
firing two shots
into the
ground. "It didn't
sound
like a real
gun," Kennard said, "It sounded
like a
blank." The
bandit took Kennard's
wallet and told Sherrill to
open the door and make
certain
the
burglar alarm was turned off. "I
turned on the alarm and then
opened the door,"
Sherrill said,
"and he
started running."
Sherrill got a
shotgun from the store and fired
once
at the
bandit.
Kennard described the
gunman as about
23, tall
and
slender, dressed
in a light gray sport
jacket,
gray
cap
and a flowered
handkerchief over the
lower
half of his
face.
Source: The
Oklahoman Feb.
8,
1959
Page
16 | Herman
Rex Kennard, age
91, was a
loving father,
caring grandfather,
loyal friend,
World War
II Veteran, independent
grocer and avid
horseman. Mr. Kennard was born
in
Arcadia,
OK and
resided
in Oklahoma City, OK.
Recognized by
many
for his more
than
50 years in the
grocery business and as
the owner of Kennard Discount
Foods, Mr.
Kennard
was a pioneer in the retail
grocery
business. In addition to
enjoying success as a local
businessman, Kennard developed a strong
reputation
as a
breeder
of champion
Appaloosa
horses at Kennard Farms
on north Council
Road.
Three
children survive Mr. Kennard: daughter,
Nan
Kennard Brady
and
her
husband Earl of Bethany, OK; son,
Rex Kennard Jr. and wife Scheryl of Yukon, OK;
and
daughter,
Jimmie Lea
Kennard of
Bethany, OK. Eleven grandchildren
cherished
Mr. Kennard as
their grandfather. They include Christy
Dixon and husband
Steve,
Mitzy Brockhoff, Tracy Jones and
husband Kevin, Tony Allen Kennard and wife
Rachel, Rex
Kennard III
and wife
Kathleen,
Antoinette Calvey and
husband Kevin,
Paul
Lightner, Stephanie
Sanders and husband Ray,
Trevor
Lightner, Drew Lightner
and Ashlea
Wright and
husband
Darren.
Seventeen great-grandchildren
admired Pa
Pa
Kennard as their
great-grandfather. They
include Lacy, Michael,
Christopher,
Jonathan, Kody, Jesse, Tiffany,
Wade, Anthony, Hunter,
Lauren- Elaine, Olivia,
Joshua,
Isaac,
Emily-Rose, Sophia
and
Landon. In retirement
Kennard spent many
afternoons
playing
cards with
some of his closest friends. Working
the
horses
with Earl
Brady
and Pablo (Aurelio) Chavez kept
him
active
and vibrant. The
Chavez
family held a
special
place in his
heart, as he loved them
like family. A
genuine
and loyal
friendship with Hazel
Ouverson, kept his tired eyes
bright.
The love of his
life and beloved wife,
Tootsie,
got a
jump-start on heaven
when
she
went to be with
Jesus in May
of 1990
after more than 52
years of marriage.
Kennard was
also
preceded in death
by his parents, brothers and
sisters. Funeral
service: Tuesday, March 13,
2007 at Council Road Baptist
Church located at
2900
N. Council
Road
with interment
following
at Chapel Hill
Memorial
Gardens located
at 8701
N.W.
Expressway.
In
lieu of flowers, the family
requests that
donations be made to the
American Lung Association, the
Juvenile
Diabetes
Foundation, Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy
Syndrome Association of
America, the
Baptist General
Convention of
Oklahoma
Falls Creek,
For the Sake of the Call
Campaign
and Disciples of His Prison Ministry.
YANDA
&
SON
FUNERAL HOME
Yukon, OK
350-7101
Source:
The
Oklahoman Mar
11, 2007 Page
28
Ozell "Tootsie"
Kennard, a longtime
resident of OKC
and an
active member of Council Road Baptist Church will forever
be cherished by her family and loved ones as
she passed from this glory unto the
next.
Wednesday morning,
May 9, 1990. We stood and watched her slip
away,
we tried to reach
her hand, but then we
knew our precious Lord
had taken
command, he
wanted her to be with him in his loving care,
to build a home in
paradise for all of us to
share.
Tootsie's joy survives with her
loving
husband, Herman
Rex Kennard, her caring
children, Nan Brady
and husband Earl,
Rex
Kennard and wife Scheryl and Jimmie
Bolton. Sweet
grandchildren are,
Christy Hau and husband
Mike, Mitzy Smith and husband Steve, Tracy
Jones and
husband Kevin, Terry Kennard, Rex
Kennard,
Paul Lightner, Stephanie Sanders and
husband
Ray, Tevor
Lightner, Drew Lightner, and Ashlea Bolton. Six
special
great
grandchildren, Toni, Tiffany,
Lacy, Michael,
Jonathan, Lauree-Elaine, and
a
future Baby Jones, Surviving brothers
and sisters, Jewell
Stotts, Eunice
Jourden, Lorean Estrada, and
Rowena D'Zmura, Jesse West and Bobby
West.
Tootsie was preceeded in glory by
her father,
Stanley Luther Stotts, mother,
Jessie Mae
Carraher,
brother James Thomas West and nephew Scott Loren
Jordan. Her eternal life will be
celebrated with services, Council Road
Baptist
Church this
Friday, May 11, 2pm, her earthly body will rest at
Chapel
Hill Memorial
Gardens until forteited
to her new body, which
will join her
spirit,
with our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ in
heaven forever. Bill
Merritt
Bethany
Source:
The
Oklahoman May 10, 1990 Page
34
Printed Daily
Oklahoman
Sep.
13, 1959 Page
49
Nan Lu Kennard-Earl
Brady |
Printed: Daily
Oklahoman
Jul. 30, 1964 Page
54
Jimmie Lea
Kennard and
Pfc.
Darrell Paul Lightner |
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