Clarence Richard Nobles Sr.

Clarence Richard Nobles Sr., of Hartshorn, Oklahoma, formerly of Green River, passed away at the age of 89 on May 22 at the VA Hospital in Maskogee, Oklahoma of heart disease.

Born Feb. 1, 1932 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to Thomas and Lola Nobles. Siblings include LaVerne, Roger, Lola Mae, Shirley, Jack, Tommy and Lewis. Jack is the only surviving member.

Clarence was born in a time of coal mining and share-cropping in rural Oklahoma and Arkansas.

The family moved many times in his childhood. Being without phone service, his father would show up one day with a wagon and move the family to a new loca...