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July 5, 1989
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

CECIL CALLAHAM

Cecil J. Callaham, 88, of Sapulpa died Tuesday at Ranch Terrace Nursing Home.

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lattimer Funeral Home Nashville, Ark.

Burial will be in the Nashville Cemetery.

Local arrangements are under the direction of smith funeral Home.

Mr. Callaham was born Sept 24, 1900, in Pilor Point, Texas. He married Nattie Ann Moore Oct. 31, 1927, and moved to Nashville in 1939. Mr. Callaham moved from Nashville to Sapulpa two years ago.

In Nashville, he managed the Howard and Elberta Theaters and served two terms as Mayor.

Mr. Callaham was a member of First Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star, both in Nashville, He also was a Mastor Mason and a life member of the Rotary Club.

Survivors include wife Nattie Callaham; sons Don Edward Callaham of Tucson, Ariz. Robert Wayne Callaham of Richardson, Texas, and Max Earl Callaham of Sapulpa; sister Margie; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.