Individual Details

John Harris Creech

(17 Jul 1913 - 23 Mar 1993)

The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Saturday, March 27, 1993: Services for J. Harris Creech, former board member of the Oak Cliff YMCA, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dallas First Church of the Nazarene. Mr. Creech, 79, died of Parkinson's disease Wednesday at his Oak Cliff home. The Bethany, Okla., native graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany and moved to Dallas in 1948 to work for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as a district manager. Two years later, he established the J. Harris Creech Insurance Agency at Kiest and Hampton in Oak Cliff. Mr. Creech then went to work for Martin & Sons Insurance Agency in Duncanville. He served the Oak Cliff Y as a board member in the 1950s and '60s. Survivors include his wife, Geneva "Gebe' Creech of Dallas; a daughter, Rhonda Childress of Houston; a son, Rod Creech of Euless; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Events

Birth17 Jul 1913Ashley, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
Death23 Mar 1993Door Co., Wisconsin
RaceWhite
BurialUnknown; DOD March 24, 1993

Families

SpouseGeneva "Gebe" Murphy (1917 - 2015)
ChildRhonda Creech ( - )
ChildRodney Harris Creech (1939 - 2009)
FatherWilliam Harry Creech (1868 - 1934)
MotherMary Amis Johnson (1879 - 1965)
SiblingAstor Depew Creech (1897 - 1950)
SiblingEtta Lee Creech (1899 - 1984)
SiblingJessie Lynn Creech (1901 - 1981)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U. S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

2. 1930 Census Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma.

3. Social Security Death Index.

4. Ancestry.com, U. S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

5. Social Security Death Index.

6. Ancestry.com, U. S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

7. Find A Grave.