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Sapulpa Herald
              Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
              December 24, 1987

Mr. William L. Humphreys, 44, of Sapulpa died Wednesday in an accident at his home.

Services are scheduled for 11 am Saturday at Smith Funeral Chapel with the Rev. George Christie officiating.

Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Henryetta.

Mr. Humphreys was born July 3, 1943, in Hoffman, Okla. He had lived in Sapulpa 15 years.

He was a Baptist and a self employed mechanic.

Survivors include wife Bessie; son William L. II of Sapulpa; daughters Carla Jean Humphreys and Tina Louise Moore, both of Sapulpa; brothers Dennie and Cason, both of Tulsa, and Jackie of Okmulgee; sisters Hattie Holbrooks and Dorothy Bingham of Broken Arrow; and two grandchildren.

Oklahoman Archives 
              Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
             
December 25, 1987; Page: 39

Funeral Saturday for _Sapulpa Man

SAPULPA (AP) — Funeral services are scheduled Saturday for a Sapulpa man who died after being accidentally crushed by a forklift blade in the garage of his rural home.

William Humphreys, 44, died Wednesday when he was working on a garage door opener and tripped, falling under a forklift blade that came down on him, Creek County Capt. Bob Robertson said. The medical examiner reported that Humphreys ribs were crushed and back broken in the accident. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Robertson said.

Funeral services will be at a Sallisaw funeral home.

Humphreys is survived by his wife, Bessie, and three children.

Sapulpa Herald
              Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma
              03-05-1989

Bessie N. Humphreys, 45, Sapulpa, died Friday at Oklahoma Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Funeral services will be 11 am Monday at Smith Funeral Chapel with the Rev. J. B. Tiner.

Burial will be at Westlawn Cemetery in Henryetta, Okla.

She was born June 28, 1943, in Shady Point, Okla. and had lived in Sapulpa 20 years. Mrs. Humphreys was a member of the Mannford Full Gospel Church.

She was proceeded in death by her husband William Humphreys in December of 1987.

Survivors include mother Lucille Loyd of Schulter, Okla.; son William L. Humphreys II of Tulsa; daughters Tina Moore of Oakhurst and Carla of Sapulpa; brothers Jimmy Loyd of Okmulgee and Carl Loyd of Schulter; sisters Wilma Thompson of Glenpool and Shirley Green and Billie Beckman, both of Tulsa; and five grandchildren.

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