Vera Virgie Brown
Services for Vera Virgie Brown, 98, Davis, will be held Thursday, April 3 at 10:00 a.m. at Sandy Baptist Church with Rev. Leslie Clark officiating.
Interment will be at the Sandy Cemetery under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.
She was born Monday, June 6, 1904 in Stonewall.
She died Monday, March 31, 2003 in Ada.
On January 8, 1931 she married Rev. Elias Brown in Sulphur.
He preceded her in death on September 16, 1982.
She lived in the Stonewall area until 1931.
She attended Bloomfield schools and had lived in Sulphur since 1931.
She was a housewife and mother and was a member of the Sandy Baptist Church.
She is survived by four daughters, Anna Marie Wallace, Ardmore, Madeline Reed, Denton, TX, Juanita Underwood and Mary Underwood, both of Davis; two sons, Paul Brown, Hayward, Calif. and Harley Brown, Harlam, Mont.; one sister, Hattie Harjo, Stonewall; 22 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and 11 great-great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dennis Underwood, Derick Postoak, Roy Brown, Roger Brown, Jason Watson, Rodney Postoak, and Buck Underwood.
Ted Anderson
Ted Anderson, 88, well-known educator, sports figure, and long-time friend of the Edmond community, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at the Manor Care facility in Norman, Okla..
Ted was preceded in death by his wife and soul mate, Murlene, who taught at Edmond High School for many years.
He was preceded in death by his adoptive parents, Francis Marlon and Norah Brogdon Anderson (uncle and aunt), and his birth parents, Robert L. and Goldie Brogdon Maloney.
He was the last of his Anderson and Maloney brothers and sisters.
Ted was born near Sulphur on September 20, 1914.
He graduated from Sulphur High School and was a member of the Mantooth-coached wrestling teams.
He went on to Central State Teacher's College, now the University of Central Oklahoma, where he began a stellar record in wrestling.
He won a National Championship (NCAA) in his weight class in 1936 and was runner-up in 1937.
He was named to the All American Wrestling team two years in a row: 1936-37, and was also Oklahoma Collegiate Wrestling Champion in 1935, 36, and 37.
He graduated from UCO in July 1939 with a B.S. degree in mathematics and science, and received his teaching certificate in 1939.
He earned a M.Ed. from the University of Oklahoma in 1950.
Ted married Murlene Patterson of Bradley, Okla. whom he had met at UCO, on April 9, 1937.
He taught first at Chelsea, Okla. 1936-37, and then in Edmond where his teaching and coaching career spanned 35 years, the last 20 of which he was Principal of Edmond Junior High.
During World War II, Ted was a naval officer, 1942-46, serving as a PL instructor for pilots in training.
He was discharged honorably in 1946 and continued in the active Naval Reserve until retirement in 1976.
After retirement from the school system, he was elected to the Edmond City Council where he served two terms: 1977-1985.
The Ted Anderson Park of Edmond was named in his honor in 1986.
During the time he was a Councilman he was active in he Association of Central Oklahoma Government, serving on its Board of Directors, working on water problems and local government relations with the federal government.
Ted was a 50-year active member of the Edmond Kiwanis Club.
He was an Elder and Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church of Edmond.
He was a life member of the American Legion, held positions of responsibility in the Boy Scouts of America, YMCA, Senior Citizens groups, and the UCO Alumni Association.
He was Past President of Oklahoma County Teachers and active in the Oklahoma Coaching Association.
He was a Mason and on the Edmond Historic Trust Board in 1990.
The Edmond Chamber of Commerce presented him with a plaque for four years of dedicated service in 1982.
Ted served as Director for wrestling tournaments in the armed forces and in Oklahoma.
He received the UCO Wrestling Hall of Fame Award in 1991 and the Coach's Lifetime Service Award from the Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater in 1996.
The wrestling Room at UCO is named in his honor.
Ted Anderson served well all the communities of which he was a part.
He was a friend to many and leaves a host of former students and colleagues who enjoyed their interactions with him immensely.
Ted is survived by his niece and her husband, Mary Carol and M. Charles Gilbert, Norman, Okla.; his niece and husband, Mary Beth and Myles Mitchell, Spotsylvania, Va.; and his nephew and wife, Louis J. and Zella Anderson of Beavercreek, Ohio.
A memorial service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, in the old sanctuary, at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2003.
A reception will follow at the Church.
Viewing was at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27 at Matthews Funeral Home, 601 S. Kelly, Edmond, and concluded Wednesday evening.
Contributions may be made in memory to the Ted Anderson Wrestling Fund at the UCO Foundation, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, OK 73034.
Services are under the direction of the Matthews Funeral Home of Edmond.
