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Floyd D. Pitts

PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. -- Floyd D. Pitts, 87, of Fayetteville, Ark., died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at his home. He was born March 10, 1916, in Stilwell, to Nora Eleanor West and Charles William Pitts.

During high school, Floyd taught shaped-note singing schools across the Washington County, Ark., area, tuned pianos and played fiddle with a string band, whose performances included KUOA radio in Fayetteville, Ark. He was valedictorian of Morrow High School in 1935. He supported himself at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, playing in swing bands and performing other musical work, graduating in 1939.

Floyd taught music and Spanish at Rogers High School before and after a tour of duty in the United States Navy during World War II, where he served as a disbursing officer at San Diego and on the USS Neville to Shanghai, China. He married Carmyn Gem Morrow of Rogers, Ark., on July 6, 1945. In 1946, he obtained his master's degree in music at the University of Iowa, before returning to Rogers, Ark., as band director. In 1949, he took the band director position at Northside High School in Fort Smith, Ark., where he initiated the Bi-State Music Festival. On invitation, his band marched in the Eisenhower inaugural parade.

In 1957, Floyd began teaching in Miami, where his band took top honors in marching and concert contests. During that time, he also qualified as a registered piano technician with the Piano Technician's Guild. The family returned to Arkansas in 1967, where he established Pitts Piano Service and taught band at Lincoln, Ark., and Westville. He retired from teaching in 1979, at which time he was selected for the Arkansas Band and Orchestra Association's Outstanding Bandsman award. He continued work in piano repair, including restoration of player pianos and reed organs until the early 1990s.

He was baptized into Christ in 1957 and sang in gospel quarters regularly on Sunday morning broadcasts on KWHN radio in Fort Smith, Ark. He was ordained as an elder in the South Hill Church of Christ in 1976.

Floyd was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Noah Pitts of Siloam Springs, Ark., and Harvey Pitts of Tahlequah; and one sister, Opal DeBrosse of Mesa, Ariz.

He is survived by his wife, Carmyn of the home; three daughters, Denele Campbell of West Fork, Ark., Lisa Banks of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Peri Schettler of Wickenburg, Ariz.; two sons, Thomas Pitts of Texas and Samuel Pitts of Woodland Hills, Calif.; one sister, Verna Rogers of Sallisaw; 11 grandchildren; and nine nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be at Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove, Ark., from 3-7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27, 2004. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at First Christian Church, 220 N. College Ave., Fayetteville, Ark.; with burial in Combs Chapel Cemetery near Fayetteville.

Pallbearers will be Jeb Campbell, Thurston Morrow, Charles Pitts, Jaron Pitts, Thomas Rogers and Max Traphagan. Honorary pallbearers will be Art Davis, Ralph Gage, Hugh Jeffus and Eugene Lovell.

Luginbuel Funeral Home, P.O. Box 193, Prairie Grove, Ark., 72753.

Neta Pauline Dykes Uzzell

FORT GIBSON -- Neta Pauline Dykes Uzzell left this life on Feb. 23, 2004, to be with her Lord. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, she will be greatly missed. Born March 30, 1916 in Okanogan, Wash., her parents were John Franklin Sr. and Bessie Edmona Townsend Dykes, owners of apple orchards.

Polly was preceded in death by four brothers, Bernie Jake, Charley and Lewis, all of Okanogan, Wash.; and three sisters, Velmer, Maybelle and Olive, all of Omak, Wash.; an infant daughter; and granddaughter-in-law, Sandy (Mrs. Steve) Kay.

Polly married Minter Womak Uzzell in Omak, Wash., on Nov. 14, 1937, where he was pastor of the First Baptist Church. He preceded her in death Aug. 12, 1983.

Polly is survived by a daughter, Carol Sue Kay and husband Rex of Monett, Mo.; a son, Carey Lee Uzzell of Tahlequah; two grandsons, Bart Kay and wife Judy of Reeds Spring, Mo., and Steve Kay and wife Chris of Springfield, Mo.; five great-granddaughters; and brothers John Jr. of Okanogan, Wash., and Kenneth of Omak, Wash.

Polly served with her husband, a lieutenant colonel chaplain in the U.S. Army and pastor of churches in California and Washington. She was also a Sunday school teacher. The couple moved to Muskogee after World War II, where they became active the First Baptist Church. Minter taught and became dean of boys at Muskogee High School.

They moved to Bacone Junior College for American Indians outside of Muskogee, where Minter taught English to the Indians. Polly was an active volunteer for 11 years at the Murrow Indian Children's Home located on that campus. While there, she received her associate degree in home economics.

When Minter became professor of English, speech, journalism, photography and later dean of Northeastern State College at Tahlequah, Polly continued teaching Sunday school and became an active volunteer at Tahlequah City Hospital. While working over 2,000 hours as a volunteer, she helped that organization raise enough funds to purchase a fully equipped ambulance for the hospital. Polly was a member of the Dahlia Garden Club and the Faculty and Wives Organization.

Polly moved to Monett, Mo., to be near her daughter in August of 2003.

Private services and burial will be held Monday, March 1, in the U.S. National Cemetery at Fort Gibson. Arrangements are under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home of Monett, Mo.

Memorials may be given to the First Baptist Church of Monett, Mo., or LACOBA.

Buchanan Funeral Home, 301 Euclid, Monett, Mo., 65708, (417) 235-3188.

Donald "Duck" Wayne Adams

TAHLEQUAH -- Donald "Duck" Wayne Adams was born to Wayne and Peggy (Smith) Adams on March 26, 1958, in Albany, Calif. Donald passed away Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at his residence in Tahlequah at the age of 45 years.

Donald is survived by his mother Peggy Adams of the home, his brother Michael Smith, his sister Sherry Mitchell, and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at the Tahlequah City Cemetery at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551.

Daniel D. Draper II

COLCORD -- Daniel D. Draper II was born June 26, 1911, in the Draper farm home on a hill overlooking the Missouri River, six miles south of Elk Point, S.D. He passed away Feb. 20, 2004, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital, Siloam Springs, Ark., at the age of 92.

Daniel's grandparents, Daniel S. and Rosann (Carpender) Draper, were both born in Floyd, N.Y., and were married in Utica, N.Y., in 1865. In the early 1870s, they left Floyd with their three young children to homestead on the plains of Cass County, Neb. Daniel's parents, Jesse S. and Bertha Sawtelle Draper, migrated from Nebraska, eventually settling on a farm in eastern Oklahoma near Tahlequah, with stops along the way in several states, including South Dakota.

Daniel was a resident of eastern Oklahoma for the past 80 years, and was a resident of Colcord since 1954. He graduated from Bagley High School and Northeastern State Teacher's College, both in Tahlequah. He received a master's degree from Oklahoma A&M College (now Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater. He devoted over 40 years as an educator in the public schools of Oklahoma. He began his teaching career at the age of 19, in his home community of Stone Chapel in the Cookson Hills of Cherokee County, at a salary of $50 per month. Stone Chapel was a one-room, one-teacher school and the enrollment the first day was 90 students. He served 32 years as a public school superintendent, nine years at Pierce and 23 years at Colcord, before retiring as an educator in 1977.

Daniel was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1938 and served two terms representing Cherokee County. During his tenure, he was the youngest member of the Oklahoma Legislature. He served seven terms as mayor of the town of Colcord, running unopposed each term.

Daniel was currently serving his fourth five-year term as a member of the Board of Education for Colcord Public Schools. He was recognized by the Oklahoma State Department of Education as the oldest school board member in the state.

For most of his adult life, Daniel was also involved in ranching and raising cattle in both Cherokee and Delaware Counties. He began a successful career in the real estate business after retiring as an educator. He held real estate licenses in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.

Daniel was the author of two family history and genealogy books titled "Draper and Carpender Family History, Volume One" published in 1963 and "Draper and Carpender Family History, Volume Two" published in 1989. He was also the author of numerous other articles and publications, including articles on pioneer Draper and Carpender families for historical societies in Brown and Cass Counties in Nebraska. He also wrote a weekly historical column, "Looking Back," which was published in two newspapers in eastern Oklahoma.

Daniel is survived b his wife of over 66 years, Elva Anderson Draper of Colcord (originally of Tahlequah); a daughter, Shirley Draper Gard and husband Robert Zagoren of Lenox, Mass.; a son, Daniel D. Draper Jr. and wife Judy of Stillwater, (a second daughter, Marjorie Kay Draper Miller was killed in an automobile accident in California in 1976); four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, at the Draper Community Center in Colcord. Burial will follow in the Tahlequah City Cemetery under the direction of Reed-Culver Funeral Home.

Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551.

Xander Kai Elliott

PARK HILL -- Xander Kai Elliott, infant son of Renda Renee McCollum and Timothy Sean Elliott, was born on Feb. 24, 2004 and passed away on Feb. 25, 2004 in Tulsa.

Xander is survived by his parents Renda and Sean; maternal grandparents Ben and Sherry McCollum; paternal grandparents Timothy and Cammellia Sharp; maternal great-grandparents Jean McCollum, Bob and Louella Lankford; and paternal great-grandparents Rosie Johnson, and John and Cheryl Elliott.

Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday Feb. 28, 2004, at Park Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Reed-Culver Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

Reed-Culver Funeral Home, 117 W. Delaware, 456-2551.

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