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ShawneeOK.org. Shawnee (Meskwaki: Shânîheki[4]) is a city in and the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 29,857 in 2010, a 4.9 percent increase from the figure of 28,692 in 2000. [6] The city is part of the Oklahoma City -Shawnee Combined Statistical Area and the principal city of the Shawnee ...
After Thorpe's funeral was held at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma, [148] his body lay in state at Fairview Cemetery. Residents had paid to have it returned to Shawnee by train from California. [149] The people began a fund-raising effort to erect a memorial for Thorpe at the town's athletic park.
Charles John " Tim " Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning more than four decades, Holt is best remembered for his roles in the films The Magnificent Ambersons (1942 ...
Yvonne Chouteau. Myra Yvonne Chouteau ( / ʃuːˈtoʊ /) (March 7, 1929 – January 24, 2016) was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons" or Native prima ballerinas of Oklahoma. She was the only child of Corbett Edward and Lucy Annette Chouteau. She was born March 7, 1929, in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1943, she became the youngest dancer ...
Glen Doris Wolfe (June 24, 1939 – September 29, 2015) was American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 1975 to 1977, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 1978 to 1990, and Georgia Military College in 1991. At Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, he led his teams to a record of 110–18 ...
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Granville Oral Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009 [1][2]) was an American Charismatic Christian televangelist, who was one of the first to propagate Prosperity Gospel Theology. He was ordained in the Pentecostal Holiness Church from 1936 to 1947 and in the United Methodist church from 1968 to 1987, when his credentials were revoked.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, [1] the only child of Leroy Gordon Cooper Sr. and his wife, Hattie Lee née Herd. [2] His mother was a school teacher. His father enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, and served on the presidential yacht USS Mayflower. After the war, Cooper Sr. completed ...