General Information

Birth
29 MAR 1894
Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma
Death
1 AUG 1993
Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas
Burial
Westville Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma

Notes



Nellie Woods Buffington

Birth

29 Mar 1894

Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA

Death

1 Aug 1993 (aged 99)

Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas, USA

Burial

Westville Cemetery

Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA

Memorial ID

36085194 · View Source

Memorial

Stilwell (OK) Democrat Journal

August 5, 1993

Submitted by: Wanda Elloitt

Services for Nellie Buffington Tennant, 99, Westville will be held today (Thursday) at Hart Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bill Buttram officiating. Interment will be in the Westville City Cemetery.

She was born March 24, 1894 in Westville, Indian Territory, to Thomas Calvin and Sarah Jane Woods and died Sunday, August 1, 1993 in Siloam Springs (Arkansas) Memorial Hospital.

She was a life-long resident of the Westville area, and a member of more than 50 years of the Order of Eastern Star and a member of the First Christian Church.

She was married in 1909 in Westville to Jay Buffington, who preceded her in death in 1948. She was married in 1949 in Lincoln, Arkansas to John Tennant who preceded her in death in 1965.

Also preceding her in death were her parents; two sons, Thomas Mitchell Buffington, and Owen (Hungry) Buffington; one grandson; five brothers; four sisters.

Survivors include one daughter, Faynelle Bowles, Westville; one son, Ernest Buffington, Baron; one step-son Roy Tennant, Westville; two grandsons, Admiral Jackie Buffington of Washington, D. C. and Gene Buffington, Westville; two granddaughters, Dr. Ann Leinn McLain, Blue Springs, Missouri and Dr. Cindy Buffington, Memphis, Tennessee; five great grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Forrest Woods, Stilwell and Oliver Woods, Westville.

Parents

Thomas Calvin Woods
- Father
1860 - 1956
Birth
17 DEC 1860
Arkansas
Death
15 AUG 1956
Burial
Baptist Mission Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma
Sarah Jane Thurman
- Mother
1869 - 1938
Birth
18 MAY 1869
Death
16 NOV 1938
Burial
Baptist Mission Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma

Spouse

Jay D. Buffington
- Husband
1889 - 1948
Birth
1889
Death
1948

Children