Marlow Cemetery

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 20, May 14 – 20, 2026
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Prompt: At the Cemetery

 If my Mother’s family had a family cemetery, it would have to be the Marlow Cemetery in Marlow, Oklahoma.  My Mom’s family has lived in that area since it was Indian Territory. I remember even as a child visiting the cemetery, not often as we lived in Texas. We didn’t go on most visits back to Oklahoma or at least, I didn’t. Now I wonder if some of the times that I was playing with cousins and my parents left, if they had gone to visit the cemetery. There are 17 of my relatives buried in Marlow Cemetery, however it a very large cemetery with over 10,000 graves.  It is still an active cemetery, so I can imagine there are other families who might consider it their family cemetery.

 My Mother’s family:

 Grandparents, Thomas Osa McCarl (904-1975) and Gladys Mamie Sample McCarley (1914-1995)

 Great Grandparents, Sidney E. (1873-1958) & Mattie Niblett (1871- 1968) McCarley.

 Grandaunt & uncle, Carl Henry (1906-1981) and Opal Mary Collier (1814-1991) McCarley.

 Grandaunt & uncle, Sidney Floyd (1909- 1996) & Dorothy B. Forth 1911-2003) McCarley.

 Granduncle, Wilbern Newton McCarley (1911-1990)

 Great Grandaunt & uncle, Walter Leslie (1881-1961) & Anne Robinson (1891-1962) McCarley.

 1^st cousin, 2x removed, Earnest Edwin (1911-1985) & Ollie Marie Smith (1912-2009) McCarley.

 Great Grandaunt & uncle, Tilmon Andrew & Tressie Evelyn Fowler Niblett

 My Father’s family:

 Aunt & Uncle, Don & Opal Golightley Sorrels.