Fay A. Dunlap

b. 28 September 1894, d. 1 February 1957
  • Fay A. Dunlap was born on 28 September 1894 in Grayson County, Texas.
  • William Albert Dunlap and Margaret V. Ball appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grayson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Fay A. Dunlap, Mattie Eula Dunlap. Also in the household were children William, Reba and Ruby.
  • William Albert Dunlap and Margaret V. Ball appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hardeman County, Texas, at Chillicothe. Other members of the household included Fay A. Dunlap, Mattie Eula Dunlap. Also in the household were children William, Reba, Ruby, Oscar and T. L.
  • She was attending school and working on the home farm, according to the 1910 census.
  • She married Carl Ward, son of James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison, circa 1913, and Carl's brother Thomas Neal married Fay's sister Mattie Eula.
  • Carl Ward and Fay A. Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Collingsworth County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lorene M. Ward and Leslie Velma Ward.
  • Carl Ward and Fay A. Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, at East Broadway enumerated next to Carl's brother James Neal and Fay's sister Mattie Eula.. Other members of the household included Lorene M. Ward and Carl Edward Ward.
  • Carl Ward and Fay A. Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Carl Edward Ward. Actual date of recording this area of Harmon County was 3 April, but when the census was taken on the 23rd in Dallas, son James Neal was recorded there as a lodger.
  • Fay A. Dunlap died on 1 February 1957 at age 62.
  • Her husband Carl Ward became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Fairmount Cemetery, Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma.
  • The following appeared on 6 February 2002 in The Sayre Record & Beckham Conty Democrat: Funeral services for Carl E. Ward will be held Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 1:30 p.m. in the Sayre First Christian Church with Marvin Garrison officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service.
         Carl, the son of Fay and Carl Ward, was born October 8, 1922 in Lily, Texas and passed away February 2, 2002 in the Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 79 years, three months and 24 days.
         Carl moved with his parents to Hollis, OK in 1925. He graduated from Hollis High School in 1941. He entered the United States Air Force and served his country during World War II. After his discharge he went to college and graduated Southwestern State College and later from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. After college he moved to Sayre in 1950 to start his practice.
         He was married to Laura Anne Windle at Sayre, OK on May 29, 1954 where they continued to make their home. Carl was an avid golfer and had served on the golf course board. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Sayre Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis.
         He was preceded in death by his parents and one infant sister.
         He is survived by his wife, Anne, of the home; one daughter, Carla Scull and husband, Dave of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sons, David and Carol Ward of Honolulu, Hawaii and Jonathan Ward of Sayre; one sister, Lorene Metcalf of Oklahoma City; one brother, J. N. Ward of Cedar Creek Lake, TX; six grandchildren, Jennifer, Lyndsey, Erin, Lori, Scott and Kerri; and two great grandchildren.
  • Last Edited: 11 Jul 2016

Family: Carl Ward b. 13 January 1890, d. 15 October 1958