Owen Gore “Buck” Gilmore

Owen Gore “Buck” Gilmore, 97, of Allen, Okla., died Nov. 2, 2005, at his home.

Services were November 5, 2005, at the First Baptist Church, Allen, with Rev. Joe Howry officiating. Interment followed in the Allen Cemetery.

Mr. Gilmore was born May 22, 1908, at McAlester, Okla., to original Allen settlers Edwin Theodore and Sarah Angeline Bruner Gilmore, of Chickasaw/Creek descent.

Mr. Gilmore grew up in the community of Allen, graduating from Allen High in 1927. He continued his education at the University of Oklahoma and East Central University until the Depression. He served his country during World War II as a U.S. Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Second Class with the distinction of wearing the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with a bronze star.

After the war, he worked for the Corporation Commission and in the oil fields and established a farm and ranch in Allen. On July 18, 1953, he married Betsy Martha Buchanan, Ada, Okla.

Mr. Gilmore is survived by his wife of 52 years; two sons, Owen Buck and wife Myriam of Tahlequah, Okla., and Roy Edwin of the home; a daughter, Sarah Angeline Garcia and husband, W. T. Skye Garcia, Ada; two grandsons, Owen David Gilmore of Tahlequah, and Zachary Star Garcia, Ada; two granddaughters, Jesicah and Sarah Molly, of Tahlequah; and a great grandson, Evan Gilmore, of Tahlequah.

Bearers were Richard Ashlock, David Gilmore, Zachary Garcia, Buel Buchanan, Merle Buchanan, Harry Barnes, Wayne Bullard, George “Babe” Isaacs, Frank Rodd, Jack Smith, and Edwin Smith.

Mr. Gilmore’s friends and family remember him as a man who loved life and lived life to the utmost. His was a life of service to others, not only to his family and country, but he gave generously of his time and possessions to his community, particularly young people.

His list of accomplishments include teacher and coach in Sasakwa, Okla.; ladies basketball coach for championship teams in the Oklahoma City area; Adjutant General, Commander, and Trustee of the American Legion, Post No. 238; membership chairman of the Allen Chamber of Commerce, receiving an “Award for Service” in 1991 and a “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1992; Boy Scout/Cub Scout leader with service spanning a 40-year period in which he received several awards including “Allen’s #1 Scout.”

In 1977, Mr. Gilmore received Scouting’s highest award, the “Silver Beaver,” and in 1994 he was inducted into the Boy Scouts of America, Harry Miller District’s “Hall of Fame.”

With his pioneer and Native American roots, Owen Gore “Buck” Gilmore has been an important part of Allen’s history and legacy, and with his passing, the era of one of Allen’s, as well as the state’s, pioneer families comes to a close. We will miss his strength, optimism, great passion, and loving spirit of service, but his roots reach into the very land itself, and he will always be a part of us.

Tiny Pearl Moore

Tiny Pearl Moore, 97, a longtime resident of Deming, N.M., died Friday in Las Cruces, N.M.

A graveside service was conducted at Mountain View Cemetery with Minister John Clark officiating.

Mrs. Moore was born July 11, 1908, at McAlester, Okla., to Columbus and Ida Carter Brown. She married Arthur Ruben Moore in March 1927 and was a homemaker. She had been a resident of Deming since 1947 and was a member of the Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur in February 1987.

From this marriage, seven children were born: Lorene Renfro, of Duncan, Okla., James Moore of Ponca City, Okla., Ruben Moore, of Las Cruces, LaVern Bankston, of Sacramento, Calif., Bobby Moore of Las Cruces, Wilford Moore of Anthony, Texas. Ina Faye Nordsven, of Sacramento; a sister, Mae West, of Harshone, Okla., many grandchildren and several great great-grandchildren.

Entrusted to the care of Baca’s Funeral Chapel of Deming.