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Obit: Gullett S. Wilson
AGED CITIZEN OF COUNTY SUCCUMBS
Heart Attack Proves Fatal to Early Day Settler of County Who Died Last Monday
G.S. Wilson, pioneer citizen of the county, died at the home of a son, Ed Wilson east of Comanche, Monday morning. He was 80 years of age and had suffered from some heart affection for many years. Mr. Wilson, a former Presbyterian minister, moved to this section from Dallas almost 40 years ago, and located near Tucker, where he taught school for some time. His wife died about 25 years ago. Six sons and a brother survive. The sons are Sam Wilson, Duncan; Bert Wilson, east of Duncan, Ed Wilson, east of Comanche; Henry Wilson, Ada; Bruce Wilson, Duncan, and Milton Wilson, Farmington, N.M. The brother is Finis Wilson, Russellville, Ark. Funeral Services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Boswell, with interment at Comanche cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of the Beeson Grantham Funeral Home.  Source: Duncan Eagle newspaper, Stephens Co OK, March 17, 1932 Transcribed by Sharon Smith

State Pioneer Is Buried at Duncan
Duncan, Sept. 26,-Special-  Preston B. Thomasson, 75 years old, Oklahoma pioneer and resident of Stephens county since 1901, was buried here Saturday.  He died Thursday night at his home southwest of Comanche, after a sudden attack of acute indigestion.  Thomasson's first wife, Mrs. Fannie Caldwell Thomasson, and two children, were burned to death near Enid in a prairie fire on Sept. 18, 1893.  Thomasson married Mrs. Susan Clites in Enid in 1901.  She survives him.  Two sons, Lynn of Marlow and Dr. E. E. Thomasson of Hereford, Texas also survive.
Source: Daily Oklahoman Sept. 27, 1931 Page 18








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