Ferman Lefevers
LEFEVERS RITES HELD THIS P.M.
Deceased Well Known In Scholastic Circles Over County The Hugo Daily News
October 4, 1935 - transcribed by Ron Henson
Ferman Lefevers, 28, was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery this afternoon
following services which were held at the First Baptist church here. Mr.
Lefevers died in a Durant hospital following a long illness, Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was well known in scholastic and athletic circles in the state.
While attending school at the Southeastern State Teachers college he starred in
basketball and was all-state center one year in the collegiate circles. He then
came to Choctaw County where he began teaching at Grant. At that school he
coached several basketball teams which gained state recognition. He was also a
member of the independent Hugo Daily News basketball team of 1929-30, which
played games throughout Texas and Oklahoma. He is survived by his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isom Lefevers, his widow and one child.
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