Extracted from The Tuttle Times (Tuttle, OK)
Thursday, March 11, 1943

Frank Henley

Frank Henley, former resident of Amber, a prominent Grady county cattleman, died Monday night at the home of his son in Sweetwater, TX. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2pm at the First Christian church in Tuttle with Rev Roy Harp, pastor of the Pennsylvania Ave Christian church in OKC, officiating with Rev. E. Watson, pastor of the Tuttle Christian church, assisting.

Pall bearers were: Stevie Chenoweth, Tom Youngblood, John Neil, Russell Hambleton, Bruce Hambleton, and Bob Parks.

The choir, which rendered music, composed of the following: Mrs. F.M. Wortman, Mrs. Dan Long, Mrs. M.E. Grimes, Mrs. Stevie Chenoweth, Mrs. Knox Bowser, and Mrs. Bill Jeffries with Mrs. W.B Sowers at the piano. Songs were: I Shall See Him Face to Face, City Four Square, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.

Internment [sic Interment] was in the Tuttle cemetery by the side of his wife who preceded him in death about 5 yrs. Ago. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of a funeral home in Sweetwater, TX with assistance of the Sowers funeral home in Tuttle.

Frank Henley was born in Lockwood, MO, August 9, 1867. In early childhood, he came to Oklahoma and settled on a ranch east of Amber. He was one of the first settlers in that vicinity. He spent most of his life in Oklahoma as a rancher and stockman. He was one of the first members of the Masonic Lodge in Amber. About 3 yrs ago, he sold his farm in Amber and since then has lived in Texas and Louisiana. He passed away in the home of his son, Frank Henley Jr. in Sweetwater, TX., March 9, at the age of 75 yrs.

Surviving relatives are his son; one daughter, Thelma Henley, a nurse somewhere with the U.S. Army; One grandson, Jimmie Henley, in the U.S. Army stationed in Atlantic City. NJ; two sister-in-laws, Mrs. J.F. Thomas and Mrs. Bob Parks both of Tuttle; and one brother-in-law, E.A. Foster of Newcastle.