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Keith Lamar Oliphint

Male 1934 - 2011  (76 years)


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  • Name Keith Lamar Oliphint  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Sep 1934  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Jul 2011  Longview, Gregg County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
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    • Keith L. Oliphint
      News-Journal.com, Longview, Texas

      Keith L. Oliphint
      Van---Memorial services for Keith Oliphint, 76, of Longview, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today, July 7, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church, 4715 Tenneryville Road, Longview. Keith Lamar Oliphint passed away July 3, 2011, after a short illness.

      Keith was born September 10, 1934, in Hemphill, Texas to Fred Meador Oliphint and Thelma Lucille Clark Oliphint. The family moved to South Houston, Texas, when Keith was young. He graduated from Pasedena High School, Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

      Keith loved his Lord. After pastoring Baptist Churches in Pledger, Texas and St. Clairsville, Ohio, the family moved ot Tanzania, East Africa, to served as missionairies for the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. They served there for the next 22 years, and returned to teh U.S. in 1987, to live in Waco, Texas. There he worked for Plantation Foods until retirement. Keith moved to Longview, Texas in 2010.

      Keith loved to work with his hand and often thanked God for that ability. he also loved people and to make new friends. He enjoyed very much meeting Oliphints worldwide and attended the Clan meeting in Scotland. But he thought his most enjoyable privilege was to raise his three daughters.

      Keith is survived by his wife, Peggy Howell Oliphint, brother, George Clark Oliphint of Los Angeles; daughter, Cynthia and husband, P. J. Cooley, of Longview, Texas, and daughter, Susan and husband, David Fergeson, of Fort Worth; and son-in-law, Darrell White of Corpus Christi. There are eight grandchildren, Amanda, Maci and Ryland White, Courtney Oliphint, Kenneth and Ben Copely, and Malaika and Amanda Ferguson; and one great-grandchild, Canaan White.

      Memorials may be made to Orphans Unlimited Inc.,, 11152 Westheimer Road, PMB #391, Houston, TX 77042, to help orphans in Mozambique or the charity of your choice.

      Published in the Longview News-Journal on July 7, 2011
      Online on Ancestry.com

      Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012
    Person ID I40261  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2012 

    Father Fred Meador Oliphint,   b. 19 Dec 1904, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1980, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Thelma Lucille Clark,   b. 21 Feb 1913, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1987, McLennan County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1930  [4
    Family ID F12160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.), first name not listed (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    3. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    4. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 9 (Reliability: 3).