Individual Details
Mont Lee Winford
(28 Jun 1908 - 6 Jul 1995)
According to a tree on FamilySearch, Mont married Augusta E. Jepson on 17 Jul 1927 in Eufala, McIntosh Co, OK. There is a 2nd marriage for her with no date. She was only 17 when she married Mort the first time.
Augusta's family in 1920
Porter Twp, Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK, Hh 603
William Jepson, 33, b. IL, Brakeman, Railroad
Hazel, wife, 26, b. Iowa, father born Denmark, mother b. Iowa
Augusta, dau, 9, b. OK
William son, age 1 year 8 months, b. OK
1930 Census. Muskogee, Muskogee, OK, Hh 5
Mont Winford, 21, married at 19, b. AR, Laborer, Garage
Augusta, wife, 19, married at 17, b. OK
Mont L., son, age 1 year, 7 months, b. OK
1940 Census. Muskogee Ward 2, Muskogee, OK, Hh 146
Mont Winford, 31, b. AR, Truck Driver, wholesale flour mill
Augusta, wife, 29, b. OK as were all the children
Mont Lee, son, 12
Billie George, son, 9
Paul David, son, 4
Sandra Kay, dau, 8 months
Did they divorce and remarry? Marriage License in Benton Co, AR for Mont Lee Winford of Tulsa, OK, age 40 and Augusta E. Winford of Tulsa, age 38. Married by Marshall Bennett, JP, on the same day - 8 Dec 1848.
Mont Lee is buried Lone Elm Cemetery, Claremore, Rogers Co, OK
August Estell Jepson is shown as having married twice - also to Clarence Bunn. She is buried Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee Co, OK, near Clarence. She was born 7 Dec 1910 and died 14 Mar 1978, Muskogee. Clarence E. Buun was born 1 Jul 1896, d. 12 Oct 1968. He has a military stone - World War I, Cook, Base Hospital 87 - a note on FindAGrave says he was a cook for the Women's Army Corps. Her name was Bunn at the time of her death. FamilySearch has a year of her marriage to Clarence E. Bunn as 1962.
Son Billy George was born 24 Jul 1920, died 11 Jul 2008, Sperry, Tulsa Co, OK.
Find A Grave Memorial# 28483826
Funeral Services for Billy George Winford, 77, of Sperry, were held on Monday, July 14, 2008 in the First Baptist Church in Sperry.
He was born on July 24, 1930 in Muskogee to Monte Lee and Augusta Estella (Jepson) Winford. He died on July 11, 2008.
The Rev. Andy Anquoe officiated and burial was in the Rest Haven Cemetery at Sperry. Arrangements and services were entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home of Sperry.
To know Bill is to know who and what he loved. He loved fishing (especially in Port Aransas); OU football; the farm and all of the cows, ducks, chickens, peacocks, rabbit, and you name it; a good game of cards, anything from Yahtzee to SkipBo to Bridge; the garden, every tree or anything that could possibly be a tree; Boston Terriers (Lady and April); the Fourth of July; family parties; his family; his kids; spoiling his grandkids and great-grandkids; and most of all the light of his life, Kaye, his "Honey" who he fought so long and hard to stay here for, to blow kisses to, to joke with, to laugh with and to love.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Cutter Price and his parents, Monte and Augusta Winford.
Daughter Sandra Kay was born 3 Aug 1939 and died 14 Nov 2013 - she is buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee. Sandra married Donald R. Brown, b. 20 Apr 1930, d. 27 May 2006. They have a joint gravestone.
Events
Birth | 28 Jun 1908 | Arkansas | |||
Death | 6 Jul 1995 | Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma | |||
Marriage | Alice Evelyn Castleman |
Families
Spouse | Alice Evelyn Castleman (1933 - 2003) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Father | William Lewis "Bud" Winford (1881 - 1977) |
Mother | Ula Stevenson (1888 - 1948) |
Sibling | Bill George Winford (1909 - 1959) |
Sibling | Alice M. Winford (1910 - ) |
Sibling | Lucy Jane Winford (1913 - ) |
Sibling | Helen L. Winford (1916 - ) |
Sibling | Eula Eloise Winford (1919 - 2006) |
Sibling | Bonnie Inez Winford (1921 - 2003) |
Sibling | Marguerite Elizabeth Winford (1923 - ) |
Sibling | Anna Sue Winford (1925 - 2019) |