Charles Ellsworth Latham

December 22, 1910 - December 22, 2000

Charles Ellsworth Latham, age 90, of St. Louis, Missouri, passed away December 22, 2000, in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa on September 8, 1910 to Edgar Latham and Alice Berry Latham. Charlie was a member of Spencer United Methodist Church, the Boy Scouts and was a 32nd Degree Mason. He started "climbing poles" out of high school at age 16 for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and retired after 50 years as head of Traffic Engineering. He enjoyed the stock market, music, Roxie, gardening, reading, "puttering in the yard and garage", theater, movies and electronics. Survivors include his wife Betty Ann Callicott Latham whom he married in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1953. He is also survived by three children, Samuel Latham of Broken Arrow, OK, Dorothy Davis of Oklahoma City, OK, and Janice Fox of Lindsay, OK. He leaves behind six grandchildren, Mark Latham, Zachary Elkins, Lauren Elkins, Andrew Fox, Donald Anderson and Sharon Anderson; three great grandchildren, Aaron, Benjamin and Christopher Latham; and a great great granddaughter, Rebekah Latham. He is preceded in death by both parents; three brothers, Marion Latham, Winifred Latham and Samuel Latham; a sister, Alberta Touissant, and two sisters who were deceased before his birth. Charlie was the youngest of seven children. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 24, 2000 in the Boydston Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor George Lupton officiating. Arrangements are with B. G. Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma.