Orville Bush "O. B." "Bush" Stamper

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According to his wife's obit O.B. was teaching at Empire School in Stephens Co. Ok when they married in 1941. Besides teaching in Oklahoma O.B. also taught in the states of Texas, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia. He taught at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, OK from 1961 to 1978.

SSDI - ORVILLE B STAMPER 29 Jul 1913 24 Nov 1990 (not specified) (none specified) 440-05-5334 Oklahoma

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Orville B. Stamper Oklahoma City --

Former Stephens County teacher, Orville B. Stamper, 77, of Oklahoma City, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 1990, in an Oklahoma City hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Hahn-Cook/Street and Draper Funeral Home Chapel in Oklahoma City, with L. L. Gieger and Kenneth Baird officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mr. Stamper was born July 29, 1913, in Wheeler, Texas. He began his teaching career in Cotton County, taught a number of years in Velma and Empire, and served as a high school principal in Elida, N. M. He also taught public and higher education in Texas, Tennessee and South Dakota, retiring in 1978 from Oklahoma Christian College. On July 13, 1941, he married Delila Merle Cummings in Frederick. Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, Carol Stover of Las Vegas, Nev.; a son, Gary Stamper of Rui Doso, N.M.; a sister, Mable Jackie Marshall of Hobbs, N.M.; and two grandsons, Ian Stamper and Aaron Stamper.

Unknown newspaper-- Stamper, Orville Bush, 77, died November 24, 1990 at St. Anthony Hospital after an extended illness. He was born to W. C. and Marie Stamper in Wheeler, TX, July 29, 1913. He attended schools in Wizard Wells, TX and Lawton, OK, graduating from Cameron Jr. College in 1929. He received his Bachelors of Science at Oklahoma A&M (OSU), Stillwater, OK, his Masters in Secondary Education at OU, Norman, OK, and his Doctor of Education from Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. He began his teaching career in Cotton County, OK, also teaching a number of years in Stephens County at both Velma and Empire before going to Elida, New Mexico as High School Principal for four years. He then taught in Texas public schools for about five years. He moved to Aberdeen, SD, where he taught at Northern State Teachers College for five years. He taught at David Lipscomb Christian College in Nashville, TN before coming to Oklahoma Christian College (OCUSA) in 1961 where he remained until his retirement in 1978. He married Delila Merle Cummings July 13, 1941 in Frederick, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, W. C. Stamper, Jr. He is survived by his wife Delila of the home; his daughter Carol Stover of Las Vegas, NV; his son, Gary Stamper of Ruidoso, NM; grandsons Ian and Aaron Stamper and his sister Mable Jackie Marshall of Hobbs, NM. He was a member of the Church of Christ at the time of his death serving as an elder at the 31st and Penn congregation. Services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, November 26, 1990 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper with Interment following at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Orville married Delila Merle Cummings on 13 Jul 1941 in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma. Delila was born on 2 Dec 1915 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Oct 2002 in Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico; was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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