Chapter 16
Davis DeGraffenreid Barber
Davis DeGraffenreid Barber, the youngest son of James Monroe and Sarah (Wood) Barber, was born 12 September 1898, Wagoner, Indian Territory. He graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University at Shawnee, Oklahoma in May 1923. He became an ordained minister November 28, 1921.124
Rev. Davis D. Barber married Miss Leta Jane Hollis, 2 August 1923, Mountain View, Oklahoma. Leta was the daughter of Andrew Madison and Martha J. (Kinney) Hollis.
Rev. Barber served churches in Wellston, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma City, Erick, and Chickasha, Oklahoma.
He was commissioned a First Lieutenant on 3 September 1942, and was sent to the Chaplain school in Cambridge Massachusetts. He served three years, spending one year in England. He left active duty as a Captain, and was promoted to Major in the Reserves, which he served with a short time, leaving April 1, 1953.
Rev. Davis D. Barber died of a heart attack 6 August 1964, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. His widow, Leta, born 16 April 1903, Mountain View, Oklahoma Territory, died 12 September 1992, Amarillo, Texas. [obit: Leta]
Obituary of Rev. Davis D. Barber Daily Ardmoreite "Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday for the Rev. Davis D. Barber, 65, who died suddenly early Thursday morning at his home 229 Campbell. "The Rev. Richard T. Hopper will officiate at the rites in the First Baptist Church, assisted by Dr. T. B. Lackey, executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, the Rev. Fred Stover of The First Baptist Church, Fox, and Dr. Karl Moore of Ardmore. "Other Baptist ministers of the Ardmore area will serve as bearers. These will be the Rev. L M. Norwood, the Rev. Monroe Palmer, the Rev. Don Clark, the Rev. Gene Ottwell, the Rev. Joe Wiggins and the Rev. Forrest Wicks. All ministers of the Enon Baptist Association have been named as honorary bearers. "Barber was born Sept. 12, 1898, in Wagoner and married Leta J. Hollis, Aug. 2, 1923 at Mountain View. He was graduated at Oklahoma Baptist University and attended Southwest Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. During World War II he was a captain in the Corps of Chaplains, serving in the European, African and Middle Eastern Theaters. "A Baptist minister for 42 years, Barber came to Ardmore 12 years ago as superintendent of missions of the Enon Baptist Association and also was associated with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He came to Ardmore from Haskell County. He had previously served churches in Oklahoma City, Erick, Pauls Valley and Chickasha. "The minister had just returned from a Baptist camp at Glorietta, N.M. Wednesday night, arriving home about midnight. He died about one hour later. "Survivors include the widow: three daughters, Mrs. Don Morgan, Temple, Mrs. George Fyke, Mesquite, Tex. and Mrs. George Honeycutt, Chico, Calif.; a brother, N. L. of Tulsa; two sisters, Mrs. Peal Howard, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. W. C. Holis, Pryor, and 11 grandchildren. "Harvey Funeral Home will direct burial in Rose Hill Cemetery."************** Children of Rev. Davis D. and Leta J. Barber 1. Mildred Sue Barber, born 9 March 1925, Wellston, Oklahoma, died 7 July 1986, Temple, Oklahoma, married Hubert Donnell (Markham) Morgan 17 May 1942 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Don is the son of William Ernest Markham and Rebecca Mae Bassett, born 23 July 1922, Canyon, Texas. He was adopted by his step-father in March 1942, French Morgan. He is a veteran of World War II, graduated from the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery in 1950. He died July 31, 2006 in Temple OK. He married Doris Carlene Hunt 29 July 1988. Carlene born 17 August 1947. His Markham grandparents and his great grandmother, Sarah E. (Upshaw) Markham, are buried in the Post Oak Cemetery near Holland, Bell County, Texas. His great grandfather, John B. Markham, was stabbed to death in Minden, Louisiana in February 1856.
Don and Sue (Barber) Morgan,
about 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri
A. David Wayne Morgan, born 1 March 1943, Perth Amboy, New Jersey,
married Nancy June Brockert 1963, divorced. David's DNA results are here:
http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/m/marcum/results.html
DNA stuff (don't ask me what it means!)
Donna and David at Dole Plantation, Hawaii, 24 June 2008
B. Donna Marie Morgan, born 20 June 1944, Erick, Oklahoma, married
(1) Herman Slaymaker 5 September 1965, divorced 1971, (2) Mickey
L. Jackson 31 August 1973, divorced 1974 (3) Thomas Eaves March
1975, divorced 1977 (4) Gary Murphy 1984, divorced 1987
(5) John Gingrich 25 April 1998.
Donna, Thanksgiving, 2006
a. Sherri, born 12 April 1965, married Michael Hastings 1982.
aa. Michael Hastings, born 1 April ????, married (1) _____
(2) _______
aaa. Victoria Hastings, born 2003?
bbb. Michael Hastings, born 2006?
bb. Chelsea Hastings, born 14 April ????
cc. Rachel Hastings, born 13 September ??????
b. April Marie Slaymaker, (adopted by T. Eaves) born 10 January
1971, Houston, Texas, died April-June, 1989. Here is one
article about her murder.
April with her great grandfather, French Morgan, ca 1972
C. Susan Rebecca Morgan, born 31 December 1951, Altus, Oklahoma,
married Gary Lyn Monroe 29 January 1972. They now live in
Denton, Texas.
a. Natalie Lyn Monroe, born 7 May 1974, Moore, Oklahoma, married
Christopher Bleese 25 May 1996.
D. Scott Barber Morgan, born 23 July 1956, Ardmore, Oklahoma, married
Marsha Newsome 6 August 1977, Temple, OK. Marsha born 8
December 1959.
a. Kimberly Sue Morgan, born 3 February 1979, Lawton, OK, was
a student at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in
Weatherford.
Kimberly's high school graduation picture, 1997
b. Kristoffer Scott Morgan, born 21 March 1981, married Teresa
Arzola 21 August 2002. The DNA results for Kris are here:
http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/m/marcum/results.html
Scott and Marsha with some of their grandkids, and Kris with his family
aa. Kaley Laura, born 23 June 1998
bb. Kasa Nicole, born 9 July 2004
cc. Kenzie Sienna, born 6 September 2007
2. Leta Marie Barber, born 29 November 1927, married George Wilkerson Fyke
10 June 1946. George died February 28, 1995 Amarillo, Texas.
[obit: George]
A. Barbara Janice Fyke, born 24 August 1948, married Gary Childs,
live in Wichita Falls, Texas.
a. Kristi Jo Childs, born September 1970.
aa. Hunter
bb. Skyler
B. George Alan Fyke, born 12 August 1951, married (1) Kay Taylor,
divorced, married (2) Bonita.
a. Shawn Fyke, born December 1971
b. Jason Fyke, died 1974
c. Jeffrey Bryan Fyke, born August 15, 1975
d. Jeremy Fyke, born July 11, 1980 (from the second marriage)
C. Teresa Beth Fyke, born 16 November 1953, maried Ken Morris 22
February 1974.
a. son
b. son
c. son
aa. Lukas Morris, born 2006.
D. Davis Paul Fyke, born 26 January 1961, married Sonya Kay
Jeffries.
3. Margaret Elizabeth Barber, born 19 September 1930, married (1) George
Honeycutt, (2) Mike Rupert, 11 October 1974, Reno, Nevada. They
live in Chico, California.
A. Stephen Dale Honeycutt, born 1952.
B. Jeffrey Lynn Honeycutt, born 1954.
C. Larry George Honeycutt, born 1956.
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Hollis Family125Andrew Madison Hollis, born 31 January 1863, Texas, died 18 December 1948, Mountain View, Oklahoma, married Martha Jane Kinney, 20 June 1889, Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas. Andrew was the son of James M. Hollis and his wife Sara (Satterwhite) Hollis. Martha was the daughter of Elbert Kinney and Agatha Aleatha (Bowen) Kinney. She was born 23 February 1872, Hopkins County, Texas, died 18 January 1955, Chickasha, Oklahoma.
William and Rutha Hollis Family Bible (parents of James Madison Hollis)
Family of William Hollis, died Harrison County, Texas, 1865
Satterwhite Family1. Elbert Hollis, born 25 June 1892, died 18 February 1903. 2. Oscar Hollis, born 13 March 1893, married Edna Knight, lived in Alva, Oklahoma in 1975. 3. Margaret Hollis, born 29 September 1894, married Lee Tate, lived in Dill, Oklahoma in 1975. 4. Minnie Hollis, born 7 August 1896, died 11 February 1965, married Tom Gibson. 5. Robert Lee Hollis, born 4 December 1898, married Bernice Herring, lived in Oklahoma City. 6. Melvin Hollis, born 24 November 1900, died 28 March 1965, married Helen Underwood. 7. Leta Jane Hollis, born 16 April 1903, married Davis D. Barber 1923, died 1992, Amarillo, Texas, buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, OK. 8. Roxie Ann Hollis, born 7 March 1905, married Alfonso Mason, lived in Bakersfield, California. 9. Abbie Hollis, born 24 October 1907, died 25 April 1999, buried Mountain View, OK. [obit: Abbie] 10. Alvis Hollis, born 19 January 1910, married Della Mogg.
