George Wilfred Oliphant: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

George Wilfred Oliphant was born on 6 Jan 1872 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Mar 1948 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.

Notes:

Tracy Rice instead shows him as Frank Oliphant.

George married Emma Florida Meador on 16 Feb 1902 in Sabine County, Texas. Emma (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Meador, Sr. and Anna Elizabeth "Bettie" Tillman) was born on 2 Oct 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Nov 1969 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Fred Meador Oliphint was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in May 1980 in Sabine County, Texas.
3. George Rodney Oliphant was born on 31 Mar 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jul 1998 in Harris County, Texas.

Generation: 2

Fred Meador Oliphint

(1.George¹) was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in May 1980 in Sabine County, Texas.

Fred married Thelma Lucille Clark on 19 Dec 1930. Thelma (daughter of Elijah Wallace Clark and Cordelia "Delia" Chandler) was born on 21 Feb 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Dec 1987 in McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Keith Lamar Oliphint was born on 10 Sep 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 2011 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

George Rodney Oliphant

(1.George¹) was born on 31 Mar 1907 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jul 1998 in Harris County, Texas.

George married Katie Laura Vickers on 16 Dec 1928. Katie (daughter of Burnice Jefferson Vickers and Mattie L. Honeycutt) was born on 22 Nov 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

Keith Lamar Oliphint

(2.Fred², 1.George¹) was born on 10 Sep 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 2011 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

Notes:

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