James Arvel Page
b. 6 August 1904, d. 7 December 2000
- Father: Floyd Hatfield Page b. 29 October 1884, d. 14 October 1948
- Mother: Rutha L. Denney b. 1 January 1888, d. 18 April 1971
- James Arvel Page was born on 6 August 1904 in Crabtree, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
- Floyd Hatfield Page and Rutha L. Denney appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Mountain Township, Van Buren County, Arkansas, enumerated between Floyd's mother and his uncle James Crabtree.. Other members of the household included James Arvel Page, Curtis E. Page, Rufus Harrison Page and Vester Willie Page.
- Floyd Hatfield Page and Rutha L. Denney appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dent Township, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, enumerated as renters in the household of Rutha's sister Etta and her husband Sam Gist, sharecropping.. Other members of the household included James Arvel Page, Curtis E. Page, Rufus Harrison Page, Vester Willie Page, B. Dexter Page, Ada Viona Page and Irvin C. Page.
- He was working on the farm, according to the 1920 census.
- He married Dorothy Margaret Bushell on 17 November 1945.
- James Arvel Page died on 7 December 2000 at age 96 in Midwest City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
- His wife Dorothy Margaret Bushell became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Garden Grove Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
- The following appeared on 9 December 2000 in The Shawnee News-Star: James Arvel Page died Thursday in Midwest City. He was 96.
He was born Aug. 6, 1904, in Crabtree, Ark. He was the son of Floyd and Rutha (Denney) Page.
He was a resident of Midwest City and attended the First Missionary Baptist Church in Midwest City. He was retired from the Midwest City School System, where he worked in maintenance.
Page married the former Dorothy Bushell on Nov. 17, 1945.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, one sister and one daughter, Connie Corder.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Page of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Virginia Mac and Paul Webb, Broken Arrow; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Olgia Fawcett, Prague; Lucille and Marvin Good, Prague; one sister-in-law, Loydell Page, Prague; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Prague with Bro. Euel M. Bowen and Bro. Patrick L. Murphy officiating. Burial will be in the Garden Grove Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague.
- Last Edited: 17 Nov 2012