Charles Nathaniel Raibourn and Lurland Elmo Littlefield
Husband Charles Nathaniel Raibourn [51421]
Born: 2 Jun 1914 - Cordell, OK Christened: Died: 14 Dec 1997 - Norman, OK Buried: - Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Comanche County, OKMarriage: 22 Feb 1936 - [MRIN:17140]
Wife Lurland Elmo Littlefield [51420]
Born: 23 Apr 1917 - Fletcher, Comanche County, OK Christened: Died: 5 Feb 2008 - Eden Gardens, Rock Hill, SC Buried: - Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Comanche County, OK
Father: James Elmo Littlefield [40088] [52130426] (1891-1984) Mother: Anna Bell Graves [40110] (1897-1967)
Children
1 F Marian Raibourn [52669]
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Bernard A. May [52670] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:17610]Spouse: ? Wooldridge [54816] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:18448]
2 F Gail Raibourn [51422]
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Allen L. Blancett [51423] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:17141]
3 F Donna Raibourn [52671]
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Kenneth M. Byers [52672] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:17611]
General Notes: Husband - Charles Nathaniel Raibourn
from Glenn Gohr
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Birth: Jun. 2, 1914
Death: Dec. 14, 1997
Charles Nathaniel Raibourn, 83, retired businessman, died Sunday, December 14, 1997, in Norman (OK). Mr. Raibourn was born June 2, 1914, at Cordell, Oklahoma, to Jasper Dennis Raibourn and Martha Jane Tilley Raibourn. He grew up in Covington, Oklahoma and graduated from Covington High School. He attended Oklahoma A&M College (OSU) and later George Washington University, DC. He worked as a Linotype operator for The Covington Record, The Fletcher Herald and The Anadarko Daily News.
He married Lurland E. Littlefield of Fletcher, Oklahoma on February 22, 1936. In 1937 he moved to Washington, DC to work for the Government Printing Office as a Linotype operator typesetting the Congressional Record. In 1942 he patented a metalworking machine which tripled the production rate of stainless steel electrodes used to mount the quartz crystals in walkie-talkies and aircraft radios. During World War II he formed Victory Machine Shop and manufactured the electrodes under contract for the US Army Signal Corps. He was granted an award by the U.S. Government for his contribution to the war effort.
After World War II he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory as a precision machinist. While there he worked on a team that installed one of the first radar systems in Orlando, Florida. In 1947 he formed All-Weather Aluminum Awnings, Inc. (later expanded as Air-Lux Awnings and Storm Windows, Inc.) a Washington, DC corporation with manufacturing plants in Silver Hill and Clinton, Maryland. He held the patents for the awning design and engineered the equipment for their production. He retired after 25 years as president of the company.
He was an active member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, DC from 1947-1981. He was a deacon since 1963 and served as Chairman of the Board of Deacons. He was also a leader of the Youth Training Union and a teacher of the men's Sunday School class. He was an active member of The Gideons International and Volunteers of America, and was a long-time member of the Clinton, Maryland Lion's Club.
He was a licensed private pilot with an instrument rating and a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. His log book showed he flew his Cessna 182 well over 600 hours, plus many other pleasant trips not recorded, from Hyde Field in Clinton, Maryland to Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, South Caroline, Ohio, Illinois and Virginia to visit family, and on vacation trips to Niagara Falls and island hopping in the Bahamas.
In 1981 Mr. Raibourn moved to Norman. He taught two years at Moore-Norman Vo-Tech. He was a member of Norman First Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon. He enjoyed traveling all over the United States, Canada, Mexico, throughout Europe, Scandinavia, and the Near East. He had been a member of the Good Sam Club.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Lurland; three daughters, Marian R. Wooldridge of Waxhaw, NC, Gail R. Blancett and her husband, Allen L. of Aiken, SC, and Donna R. Byers and her husband, Kenneth M., of Franktown, CO; two sisters, Rosa Mae Pope of California and Leona Estes of San Antonio, TX; one brother, Roy Lee Raibourn of Alexandria, Virginia; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and four brothers: Edward, Robert, Clarence and Benjamin Raibourn.
He will be remembered with love and admiration by his family and close friends for his ingenuity and inventive mind and the numerous devises he engineered--always with an eye toward finding a more efficient way to do a job.
Family links:
Parents:
Jasper Dennis Raibourn (1867 - 1923)
Martha Jane Tilley Raibourn (1876 - 1953)
Spouse:
Lurland Elmo Littlefield Raibourn (1917 - 2008)
Siblings:
Henry Edward Raibourn (1896 - 1968)*
William Monroe Raibourn (1897 - 1899)*
Robert Riley Raibourn (1900 - 1993)*
Roy L. Raibourn (1903 - 1903)*
Clarence Ozyro Raibourn (1905 - 1988)*
Rosa Mae Raibourn Pope (1907 - 2000)*
Benjamin West Raibourn (1910 - 1938)*
Joseph Christopher Raibourn (1913 - 1913)*
Charles Nathaniel Raibourn (1914 - 1997)
Leona Deane Raibourn Estes (1917 - 2000)*
Roy Lee Raibourn (1921 - 2007)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Fletcher Cemetery
Fletcher
Comanche County
Oklahoma, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 34.82406, -98.22132
Created by: Gail Raibourn Blancett
Record added: May 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52131032
General Notes: Wife - Lurland Elmo Littlefield
from Glenn Gohr
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Birth: Apr. 23, 1917
Death: Feb. 5, 2008
Lurland Elmo Littlefield Raibourn, 90, died February 5, 2008, at Eden Gardens, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Mrs. Raibourn was born April 23, 1917, at Fletcher, Oklahoma, to James Elmo and Anna Belle Graves Littlefield. She grew up in Fletcher and graduated in 1935 from Fletcher High School and attended Oklahoma State Teachers College in Edmond, Oklahoma
She married Charles Nathaniel Raibourn of Covington, Oklahoma, on February 22, 1936. In 1937 they moved to Washington, DC where she was an active member of Capitol Hill Metropolitan Baptist Church from 1938 until 1981. She was a deaconess since 1963 and was also a leader of the Youth Training Union. She was active in the Clinton, MD, Homemaker's Club, served on the board of the Christian Women's Club, was a member of the Art Guild as an avid watercolor and oils artist and was a long-time member of the Lady Lion's Club. During the Vietnam War era she served as a volunteer at the Andrews Air Force Base Hospital in Camp Springs, Maryland.
In 1981 Mrs. Raibourn moved to Norman, Oklahoma, where she was a member of Norman First Baptist Church and she served as a deaconess and taught English, cooking and sewing in the Friendship International program. She was very involved in the Norman Firehouse Art Center where she was known for her watercolors. She was a member of the Good Sam Club and enjoyed traveling with her husband all over the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, throughout Europe, Scandinavia and the Near East. In 2003, Mrs. Raibourn moved to Aiken, South Carolina and was known for her watercolor art at Cumberland Village where she resided. She was a member of Aiken First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Marian R. May and her husband Bernard A. of Ft. Mill, South Carolina, Gail R. Blancett and her husband, Allen L. of Aiken, South Carolina, and Donna R. Byers and her husband Kenneth M., of Franktown, Colorado; two sisters, Athalea "Lee" Strickland (Mrs. William H.) of Norman, OK, and Ann Coleman (Mrs. Robert E.) of Cincinnati, Ohio; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles N., her parents and one brother, Lloyd R. Littlefield.
She will be remembered with love and admiration by her family and close friends for her creative abilities and her devotion to her family, friends and church.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to The Seed Company, a Wycliffe Bible Translators affiliate, 3030 Matlock Rd., Suite 104, Arlington, TX 70615; of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, for Alzheimer's research.
Family links:
Parents:
James Elmo Littlefield (1891 - 1984)
Anna Bell Graves Littlefield (1897 - 1967)
Spouse:
Charles Nathaniel Raibourn (1914 - 1997)*
Siblings:
Lurland Elmo Littlefield Raibourn (1917 - 2008)
Lloyd Roland Littlefield (1918 - 1977)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Fletcher Cemetery
Fletcher
Comanche County
Oklahoma, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 34.82406, -98.22132
Created by: Gail Raibourn Blancett
Record added: May 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52131126
Notes: Marriage
from Glenn Gohr
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52131126