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122. Elmo Carol BUFORD was born on Jan 3, 1915 in Rush Springs, Grady Co., OK. He died on Dec 22, 1959 in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX.176

Obituary, The Lawton Constitution, Thursday, December 24, 1959, p6:



Joint services for M-Sgt. and Mrs. Elmo C. Buford and their 2 1/2-year-old daughter who were killed in a two-car crash near Snyder, Tex., Tuesday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Trinity Baptist Church. Officiating at the service will be Rev. Bert York, pastor of the West Heights Baptist church, Oklahoma City, and Rev. Bob Harris, pastor, Trinity Baptist church.

Burial will be in post cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral home. Buford, 44, was the son of Walter H. Buford, 1816 Gore, and the brother of Mrs. Wayne Sherrill, 306 S. 26th. an Air Force master sergeant, he was stationed at Altus AFB. In addition to his father and sister, he is survived by one brother, Delbert, and another sister Mrs. E. K. Lewis, all of Midland, Tex. Mrs. Hope Buford, 33, is survived by her mother, Mrs. Joseph Schultz, Shelbyville, Ill.; one brother, Joe Schultz, Oakland, Cal.; four sisters, Mrs. Faith Osborne, and Mrs. Love Wise, both of Shelbyville; Mrs. Charity Sherrington, St. Ann, Mo., and Mrs. Joy Beaman, St. Charles, Mo. He was buried on Dec 26, 1959 in Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Comanche Co., OK.

Elmo Carol BUFORD and Hope SCHULTZ were married on Mar 15, 1950 in Lawton, Comanche Co., OK. Hope SCHULTZ was born about 1926. She died on Dec 22, 1959 in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX.177 She was buried on Dec 26, 1959 in Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Comanche Co., OK. Elmo Carol BUFORD and Hope SCHULTZ had the following children:

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Walter Cecil BUFORD.

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Katie Anna BUFORD.

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Ellen Wynell BUFORD was born on Feb 28, 1957 in Merced Co., CA.178 She died on Dec 22, 1959 in Snyder, Scurry Co., TX. She was buried on Dec 26, 1959 in Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Comanche Co., OK.

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