St. Clair County Obits

HORACE T. BOURLAND

St. Clair County Courier
15 July 2005

Horace Troy Bourland, 98, was born on Sept. 3, 1911, to Edward and Laura
Cleveland Bourland in Chalk Level. He passed away on July 10, 2005, in
Frances Stsreitel Nursing Villa Center in Colinsville, Okla.
Horace was baptized at an early age on March 1, 1932. He was united in
marriage to Dorothy Gambill and to this union one daughter was born. Their
early married life was spent in the Lowry City area. He farmed with his
father-in-law, Allen Gambill, and later owned B&L Market.
After Dorothy's death in July of 1964, Horace moved to the Humansville area,
where he traded cattle and hogs. He lived many years in the Polk County
area, returning to Lowry City in 1999.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, fourth brothers, Willie,
Forrest, Hardin and Grover, four sisters, Ruth Burrow, Myrtle Powell, Audrey
Powell and Martha Alice Snyder.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Johnson, Broken Arrow, Okla., two
sisters, Cleo Simms, Appleton City, and Leona Jamison, Osceola, and one
granddaughter, Melissa Higgins, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Services were held Wednesday, July 13, at the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel with
Rev. Durward Scott officiating. Music selections were Will the Circle Be
Unbroken, How Great Thou Art and Amazing Grace performed by Rev. Milan and
Vera Bourland.
Casketbearers were Delbert Burrow, James Naylor, Sr., Phillip Jamison, Steve
Burrow, Junior Wilcox and Jay Jamison.
Interment was in the Lowry City Cemetery under the direction of
Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home.