Tillman, Harry

Picher, Oct 21--Word was received by Picher Oklahoma relatives yesterday of the death of Harry Tillman, 38 years old, of Mineral Heights addition, Picher, who recently went to New Mexico in hopes of benefiting his health. Death was due to tuberculosis and occurred at Las Vegas New Mexico. The body will arrive in Picher tomorrow night. No funeral arrangements have been made. He is survived by his wife, and several children. He had been in the employ of the Eagle-Picher Mining Company, having been employed last as ground foreman at Picher Mine No. 22.

Picher, Oct 23--The body of Harry Tillman, 38 years old, who died in New Mexico Tuesday, arrived in Picher last night. Funeral services will be held at the home of a sister, Mrs. Celia Haggerty, 223 West Sixth Street, Picher, at 5 pm tomorrow. The Rev. W. E. Rowe, an evangelist conducting a series of meetings at the Union church, will officiate. The body will be taken to Seligman Missouri, at 7 am Sunday morning for burial. The funeral will be under the direction of the Green undertaking company.

Picher, Oct 24--Funeral services for Harry Tillman, 38 years old, a well known miner of the Tri-State district, who died Tuesday at Las Vegas New Mexico, were held at the home of a sister, Mrs. Celia Haggerty, 223 West Sixth Street, at 5 pm today. The body will be taken to Seligman Missouri, tomorrow for burial. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Tillman, five children, three brothers and three sisters. The children are Leonard Tillman, Lydia Tillman, Dorothy Tillman, Harry Tillman, Jr. and Harold Tillman, all residing at home. The brothers are: Jack Tillman, Wayne Missouri, Sherman Tillman, Seligman Missouri, and Charles Tillman, Rogers Arkansas; and the sisters are Mrs. Mary Shea of Forth Worth Texas; Mrs. Celia Haggerty of Picher; and Mrs. Hazel Neal, of Cove Arkansas. Note: Harry Tillman was the son of Richard David 'Dave' Tillman and Emma C. Reed Tillman. He was buried a few miles from Seligman Missouri, in Garfield Arkansas, in the Reed Family cemetery beside his mother.