Maxine B. Ralph and William Dexter McNeely
WILLIAM DEXTER MCNEELY, son of SARAH RUTH COMPTON and WILLIAM DEXTER MCNEELY, was born December 21, 1921,7768 and died December 7, 1974.7768 He is buried in Beulah Cemetery, Colby, Thomas, Kansas.456
He married MAXINE B. RALPH on September 15, 1944 in Chandler, Alfalfa, Oklahoma.6738 She was born December 8, 1921,456 and died April 15, 2012.456 She is buried in Beulah Cemetery, Colby, Thomas, Kansas.456
Education
Maxine B. Ralph
- graduated from Quinlan High School, Woodward County, Oklahoma10664
William D. McNeely
- graduated from Quinlan High School, Woodward County, Oklahoma10664
Marriage Announcements and News
Cherokee Messenger, September 19, 194410664
QUINLAN COUPLE WED IN CHEROKEE
Marriage vows were exchanged in Cherokee Friday evening between Miss Maxine P. Ralph, Alhambra, Calif., and Pfc. William D. McNeely, of Quinlan, Ozark, Ala., son of Mr and Mrs. W. D. Quinlan. The wedding ring ceremony was read by the Rev. W. A. Keller, Christian minister at the parsonage, witnesses to the marriage were Mrs. Clara Smith of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mrs. Keller.
For her marriage, Miss Ralph wore a two-piece street dress in soldier blue crepe. Accessories were in black. She was graduated from the Quinlan high school and since her graduation has been operating a beauty parlor in her home town.
The groom also graduated from the Quinlan high school, following which he did three years work at Northwestern State Teachers College, at Alva, before entering military service. Pfc. McNeely has been in the service for the past 25 months and is stationed at Camp Rucker, Alabama.
Following a brief furlough which he will spend honeymooning, the groom will return to his work with the military forces of his country.
When the couple appeared at the parsonage door, the bride-to-be introduced herself by saying: "I am the grand daughter of Frank Ralph, if that means anything to you?" Well did it mean anything to us? It certainly did—just this: That 55 years ago her grandfather and the minister were schoolmates in a little country school in Harvey county Kansas.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 14, 19308991 | Union, Woodward, Oklahoma |
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| April 22, 19408992 | Union, Woodward, Oklahoma |
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