Laura Belle (Courtney) Hock (1928 - 2014)

Born 13 Feb 1928 in Washita, Murray, Oklahoma

Ancestors

Died 31 May 2014 at age 86 in Davis, Murray, Oklahoma

Biography

Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, with Pastor Willard McCartney, Jr. officiating. Services were under the direction of Hale's Funeral Home of Davis Laura's parents were the late Walter Cleve and Alberta Blanche (Riley) Courtney. She grew up in west Texas in the Loraine area. She worked as a cook in various restaurants. Laura and her husband moved to Davis in the late 1970s to care for her parents. In her spare time she enjoyed quilting, sewing, and, most importantly, caring for her family. Survivors include two daughters, Connie Duvall and husband Jack, Grand Prairie, Texas; and Katy Morgan and husband Leon, Arkansas; one brother, Bill Courtney and wife Martha of Sulphur; sister-in-law, Velta Courtney of Roff, Oklahoma; and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Laura was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Virgil, daughter Marsha, and three brothers Jim, Wayne, and Kenneth Courtney.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4L-D4L : accessed 13 May 2017), James M Courtney in household of Will F Delk, Maguire, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 3B, line 98, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1932; FHL microfilm 2,341,666.