Contributed by Douglas White
Bledsaw / Frasher / White (Photos can viewed in an enlarged mode by clicking on the photo) Photo 1. Matt Walter
and his wife Lee Ada (Frasher) Bledsaw, 25 Dec 1960, taken in Old Mannford.
This is my grandparents on my mother, Dovie Bledsaw White's, side. Photo 2 Lee Ada,
Martha, Bill, and Matt Bledsaw taken in 1950. Grandparents and grand uncle
and aunt on my mother's side. Photo 3 Dennis
Jack and Ruby Frasher taken in 1960 in Old Mannford. Lee Ada Frasher
Bledsaw's brother and his wife. Photo
1 Daughters of Lee and Matt Bledsaw, Addie Bledsaw Devine, Dovie Bledsaw White,
and Della Bledsaw Crambrink. Photo taken in Old Mannford in 1959 at Dovies
café called the Coffee Cup Café. Photo
2 Photo taken of my father Lee Erastus (Ras or Eras) White and Dovie Delsenna (Bledsaw)
White in 1940 near Old Mannford. Photo 4 Photo of Dovie White being baptized in 1952. She is the last in the line in the water. Photo 1 --
Arthur White Family about 1914, Arthur and Mora (Taylor) White standing with
first child Lee Erastus White. Photo 2 Mora
with Emery White, Lee Erastus in center and Arthur holding John or Jack White.
Taken about 1920. Photo 3 My
Father, Lee Erastus White, in a photo taken in front of Police station in New
Mannford Oklahoma in 1969. All of his equipment and uniform he purchased
himself on a salary of about $150 per month. He also purchased and
equipped his own squad car until 1971. He was also a Creek County Deputy
Sheriff. Was Town Marshall of Mannford from 1952 until 1976 and Creek
County Deputy from 1953 until 1976. His badge number and call sign was
Mannford 1, which was retired with him. He was an honorary Creek County
Deputy until his death in Dec 2000. Photo 4 Lee White at his home in Old Mannford showing off the new pistol he recently purchased in 1960.
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