Martin McCurdy Cassity
1915 - 1990 (74 years)
Generation: 1
1. Martin McCurdy Cassity was born on 19 Nov 1915 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Nov 1990 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Occupation: journalist
- Census: 1940, Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma
Notes:
Martin M. Cassity
Winnsboro – Services for Martin McCurdy Cassity, 74, Scroggins, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in Beaty Funeral Home chapel, Winnsboro, with the Rev. Joe Bass officiating.
Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
Mr. Cassity died Sunday in a Dallas hospital.
He was born Nov. 18, 1914, in Okmulgee and attended the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism, serving as city editor of the Blackwell Tribune from 1938-40.
He served as a cargo pilot during World War II and also was involved in the oil business, working for his father-in-law, the late oil pioneer Roy M. Johnson.
Mr. Cassity was postmaster of Ardmore, Okla., from 1956 t0 1968, and was promoted to postal supervisor in Dallas prior to his retirement in 1974.
He lived in Scroggins 15 years.
Mr. Cassity was a member of the Christian Science Church and of Rotary Club in Ardmore and Mount Vernon and was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by his wife, June Johnson Cassity, in 1987.
Survivors include four sons, Martin Cassity Jr., Ayer, Mass., Edward Cassity, Glenwood, Md., and George and Cassity and Bill Cassity, both of Dallas; a brother Galen Cassity, Tempe, Ariz.; a sister, Georgia Felt, St. Louis, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bill Cashman, Wesley Cassity, E.L. Evans, Alton Green, Andy Morrison and Keith Tolbert.
Honorary pallbearers will be Daryl Bishop, Red Benton and Travis Henry.
Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Tyler Morning Telegram, Tyler, Texas. Tuesday, November 20, 1990.
Died:
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. Martin Cassity. D.18 Nov 1990, Dallas County, Texas
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160079802/martin-m-cassityMartin married June Odessa Johnson on 4 Sep 1943 in Carter County, Oklahoma. June was born on 5 Jan 1923 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; died on 17 May 1987 in Scroggins, Franklin County, Texas; was buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]