Mrs. Eliza Ward Casey had her 99th birthday (Celebration) at the Spiro, Oklahoma nursing home on May 29. She was born in Skullyville, Indian Territory on May 29, 1878. She is half Choctaw with roll number 7029. Her parents were Joseph and Lula Ward. There were three boys and four girls in the family.
The only surviving sister is Mrs. Lula Lester of Spiro.
Eliza and her sister, Rebecca, attended New Hope Academy during 1892 and for several years later. She married John Fletcher Casey in 1901 and they built a home near Murray Spur where she lived until a few years ago. Her husband died in 1953. They had six children: Sumler Casey of Williams, Oklahoma; Duel Casey of Spiro; Vanard Casey of Williams; Harvey Casey of Long Beach, California; Myrtle Standridge of Eufaula, Oklahoma; and Bernice Brogan of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She has 12 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
Those with her for her birthday were Myrtle Standridge; Bernice Brogan; Evelyn and Vanard Casey; Laura and Mike Broadwater; Garlena and Mike Vickers and Michael and Todd; Linda Peacock and Clair and Clint; Loretta and Roger Babbitt and Courtley; Betty and Lindy Arnold and Chad; Eunice Ward; Bernice Wood; Juanite Schumsher, Tennie Davidson; Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kelsey; Sumler Conrad; and Mamie Lewis.
Social Security Death Index
Born: May 29, 1878, Oklahoma
Died: March 1979
Last lived in Spiro, LeFlore Co., Oklahoma
