St. Clair County Obits

JOHN LANGLEY

Osceola Library Files
John Langley Dies March 13 (1970)
Funeral services were held Monday, March 16, at 1 p.m. at Goodrich Chapel for John Everet Langley, who died March 13.
Rev. Robert Sandfort officiated at the services and music was provided by Rev. and Mrs. Sandfort. Burial was made in Pleasant Springs Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bill Drake, Ted Sink, Marion De La Porte, Dennis Witt, Danny Witt and Johnnie Self.
Mr. Langley, son of William Richard and Lenorah Langley, was born Aug. 27, 1904, at Hominy, Okla. He was married to Bessie Etta Shook in June of 1928. Seven children were born to the couple.
He was born and reared in Oklahoma, and later moved to Missouri living in the Black Jack area where he was a farmer. He attended the Assembly of God church at Black Jack.
His wife died in June of 1966. Three sons and a sister, Lilly Thole, preceded him in death.
Survivors are three sons, Arthur LeRoy Langley, Osceola, Floyd Allen Langley, Crane, and Clarence Eugene of Weaubleau; one daughter, Mrs. Loise Lueise Goins, Plumerville, Ark.; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Lester of Edmund, Okla., and Ed of Pawnee; and sisters, Della Whitaker, Lynn Sneed, Dora Groute, all of Pawnee.

Note: Pleasant Springs / Oyer Cemetery record lists: John E. Langley, born 1904; died 1970.