Herbert Holmes Stearman, 81, of Hooker, Oklahoma died at 1:30 Sunday, April 28, at Memorial Hospital in Guymon after a three year illness. He was born April 24, 1893 in Green County, Coakley, Kentucky to John Robert and Mary Frances [Kerr] Stearman. He moved to Texas in 1905 with his parents, then the family moved to a farm west of Hooker in 1907. He served in France during World War I. He taught school in the area around Hooker for about 10 years, then became a rural mail carrier, a job he held for 38 ½ years until he retired in 1963. He joined the Church of the Nazarene in 1931 and was a member of the Hooker church at the time of his death.
Transcribed by Wanda Bagby Carlson
Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. I, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 235.

1900 Green Co. KY. Census; UPPER BRUSH PCT Series: T623 Roll: 523 Page: 263; Heritage Quest census Images
John R. Stearman, Sept 1858, 41, Ky; married 16 years, Ky; Mary F., Nov 1860, 39, 7 live births, 7 living children, KY; Cleveland L., Aug 1885, 14, Ky; Susan V., Feb 1887, 13, Ky; Lillie J., Mar 1889, 11, Ky; Marvin M., Mar 1891, 9, KY; Herbert H., Apr 1893, 7, Ky; Emma B., Feb 1896, 4, Ky; Richard K., Aug 1898, 1, KY;

1910 Texas Co. Oklahoma Census; DAGUE TWP Series: T624 Roll: 1273 Page: 62; Heritage Quest Census Images
John R. Stearman, 51, Ky; Mary F., 25, 9 live births, 9 living children, Ky; Virginia, 23, Ky; Lillie J., 21, Ky; Marvin M., 19, Ky; Herbert H., 17, Ky; Emma B., 14, Ky; Richard K., 11, Ky; William J., 9, Ky ; Omar T., 6, Ky;

Telephone call to Olive Warner Memorial Library, May 2008
Hooker Cem., by Beaver Ridge Genealogy and Historical Society, p. 40
Herbert H. Stearman Okla pfc Us Army WWI b. 24 Apr 1893 d. 28 Apr 1974
Bertha [Bryan] Stearman beloved wife and mother b. 8 Jul 1907 d. 31 Jan 1980

SSDI:
BERTHA STEARMAN; B: 08 Jul 1907; D: Jan 1980; last benefit: 73945 (Hooker, Texas, OK); issued in Oklahoma

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