Bazil Winfred HANDY2,1,3,4
28th Mar 19292,1,3 - 17th Jun 20081,3,4
Life History
28th Mar 1929 |
Born in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.2,1,3 |
30th Nov 1951 |
Married Willene M BEST in Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas.5 |
after 2008 |
Death of Willene M BEST.5 |
17th Jun 2008 |
Died in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma.1,3,4 |
20th Jun 2008 |
Buried in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Comanche, Oklahoma.1,1 |
Notes
- 1930 Federal Census, Hardeman, Texas, 11 April, Quanah, District 2, Page 12A, Meek St, Hse #261, Fam #294
Handy, Bazil W Head Rents Home, No Radio M W 42 Married 26 yrs TX KY IN Laborer, Odd Jobs [b abt 1888]
Handy, Gertie T Wife F W 37 Married 26 yrs OK MS OK [b abt 1893]
Handy, Bazil W Son 1yr8mos Single OK TX OK
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Bazil Winpred Handy
Birth Date 28 Mar 1929
Phone Number: 536-5614
Address: 331 NW 62nd St, Lawton, OK, 73505-5603 (1993)
Obituary on Find A Grave
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Bazil W. Handy
Birth: Mar. 28, 1929 Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Death: Jun. 17, 2008 Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Bazil W. Handy
Funeral for Ret. Master Sergeant Bazil W. Handy, 79, Lawton, will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Trinity Baptist Church with Gene Escoe, pastor, officiating.
Sergeant Handy died Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in Lawton.
Burial with military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home.
He was born on March 28, 1929, in Ada, to Bazil W. Handy Sr. and Gertrude T. Philpot. He grew up in Quanah, Texas. He married Willene Best on Nov. 30, 1951, in Charleston, Ark. He served 23 years in the Army and retired on Aug. 31, 1970. After his retirement, he attended Cameron University and received his Bachelor's Degree. He then attended Southwestern University in Weatherford and received his Master's Degree. He worked at various schools until his retirement. He worked as a sentinel for the Lawton Police Department. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law: Ken and Susan Handy and Stephen and Suzan Handy, all of Lawton; six grandchildren and their spouses: Billy Handy, Lawton; Kenny and Jennifer Handy, Bartlesville; Katherine and Elizabeth Handy, both of Lawton; Paul S. Harrop, Oklahoma City, and Seth Harrop, Lawton; two great-grandchildren: Taylor and Kyle Handy and a niece, Georgiana Handy, Conway, Mo.
He was preceded in death by a son, Billy W. Handy; a daughter, Carolyn Harrop; a grandson, Jason Handy and three brothers.
An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.beckerfuneral.com.
Burial Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Comanche County, Oklahoma
-- Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Handy&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=2008&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=27670295&df=all&
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His obituary and photo also appear on the Funeral Home website:
-- Becker Funeral Home, http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=bazil-handy
Social Security Death Index
Bazil W. Handy
Born 28 Mar 1929
Died 17 Jun 2008
Last Residence Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma 73505
SSN 451-38-5529 issued Texas (Before 1951)
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