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Obituary, below, copied from this FindAGrave memorial page created by Stone Seeker.

Source: Daily Ardmoreite

Services for William E. McClanahan, 90, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Larry Berryhill officiating. Burial with Navy military honors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

McClanahan was born July 4, 1908, at Tucumcari, N.M., to Jess and Fannie Copeland McClanahan. He died Feb. 20, 1999, in a Plano, Texas, hospital after a brief illness.

A resident of Ardmore since 1948, moving here from Healdton, he was a building contractor and engineer. As a Navy warrant officer in the Sea Bees during World War II, he saw duty in Alaska, Okinawa and Shimu. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, in Lodge 31, AF&AM. He and Marie Porter Lewis were married February 1978 in Mexico.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Rue McClanahan, New York City, and Melinda McClanahan, Washington, D.C.; four stepdaughters, Debra VanTilBerg, Celina, Ohio, Barbara Berry, Dallas, Carolyn McCabe, Middletown, Ohio, and Jill Philpot, Barboursville, Ky.; a brother, Jess, Wilson; a sister, Wenona Pollard, Delhi, La.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the enrichment foundation of any area school.

William married Rhuea Nell Medaris on 9 Apr 1933. Rhuea was born on 11 Jul 1912 in Kenefick, Bryan County, Oklahoma; died on 16 Nov 1973 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1940 Federal census, Rhuea sister, Irene Medaris, age 23, was living with their family. Her occupation was shown as Operator.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Carter County, Hewitt Twp
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 3 D 54 Sheet 24B
524-529
McClanahan, J E Head M W 44 M Mo Tn Mo Carpenter
McClanahan, Fanny Wf F W 34 M Ok Tn Mo
McClanahan, William Son M W 11 S New Mexico Mo Ok
McClanahan, Wynona Dtr F W 8 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jessie Son m W 6 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Leonard Son M W 4 S Ok Mo Ok
McClanahan, Jay Son M W 2 1/12 S Ok Mo Ok

Jesse married Fannie Florence Copeland on 18 Jul 1907. Fannie (daughter of James G. Copeland and Mary "Polly" Denby Edge) was born on 2 Feb 1885 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 19 Aug 1975 in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1910 Census, her older brother, William Copeland, who later married Edith Payne, was living with them. His wife Edith was a daughter of Levi Newton Payne and Sarah McClanahan.

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When Jesse asked Fannie's mother for her hand, her mother said: "If it's the Lord's will and Jim don't care, then I don't."