R.C. Ragsdale
Collinsville - Rupert C. Ragsdale, 60, a descendant of early pioneers of Collinsville, died Friday at his home in Elk City, Okla., following a heart attack.  The body will be returned to Collinsville for burial, with George H. Stephenson, minister of the Church of Christ, conducting services at
2 p.m. Sunday.  Interment will be in Colllinsville cemetery.
Born December 9, 1883, in Collinsville, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Ragsdale, his father being a settler of this county before the town of Collinsville was established.  He was a graduate of Collinsville high school and in 1917 married Miss Edna Harbison, daughter of former Senator J.H. Harbison, also a pioneer of this section.  For the past 15 or 20 years he has been engaged in cattle ranching near Elk City.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Jimmie Ragsdale; two brothers, Earlin Ragsdale of Elk City and Herman Ragsdale of Collinsville, and a sister, Mrs. Eula Pearce of Terrell.