James Harrison Noble Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for James Harrison Noble will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2015, at the Alva First Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Hook and Pastor Mike Taylor officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. The family will be present at the funeral home Thursday, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. James Harrison Noble, son of the late William Henry and Nellie Marie (Ely) Noble, was born June 28, 1921, in Cheyenne Valley, Oklahoma, and passed away November 30, 2015, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 94 years, 5 months, and 2 days. After James graduated from Cheyenne Valley High School he attended Northwestern State College where he earned his degree in education. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II, went through officer training school in Chicago, then was assigned to Landing Ship Tank 293 where he earned the rank of Lieutenant. He recently took the Flight of Honor to Washington D.C. to honor World War II veterans. After the war, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Virginia Greer in Alva. He taught school for several years in Kansas. They later moved to Alva where he farmed and ranched NW of Alva for many years until moving to the Homestead Retirement home 5 years ago. He was a member of the Alva First Baptist Church. James served as Sunday School Supt for several years. James took pride in providing quality care of his cattle. He taught this same devotion to his grandchildren. Family gatherings often included feeding cattle, moving cattle and working cattle. The grandchildren were always invited to go feed the cattle. His farming operation include wheat production which in turn led to the wheat harvest with his sons, John and Larry and daughter, Joy being the harvest hands and truck driver. Susan and Eleanor kept the crew fed and somehow the wheat always got harvested. In his later years he harvested with the Sneary family as they helped each other. He was a past board member of the Woods County Cattlemen’s Association and the Woods County Mineral Owners Association. James took great pleasure in spending time with his children and grandchildren James was an early riser and he expected you to do the same if you were at his house. He loved to ride horses and enjoyed playing cards and dominoes. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor; one son, John Noble; three brothers, William Noble, Allen Noble, and Boyd Noble; and four sisters, Mary Violet Noble, Grace Stambaugh, Rosalee Brakely, and Mildred Thompson. James is survived by one son, Larry Noble and wife, Carol, of Flower Mound, Texas; two daughters, Joy Rhodes and husband, Jim, of Fairview, and Susan Scott and husband, Danny of Alva; eight grandchildren, Lance and Meagan Rhodes, both of Fairview, Amanda Good of Annapolis, Maryland, Zachary Good of Norman, John Noble of Midland, Texas, Kayla Noble of Timor-Leste, and Sarah and Rachel Noble, both of Flower Mound, Texas; one brother, Charlie Noble of Yale; one sister, Lois Murdoch of Tyler, Texas; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Alva First Baptist Church or the Wounded Warriors Project. Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com. The service may be viewed live on the web at http://citylinktv.com/channel/alva-marshall-funeral-home/

James Harrison Noble

June 28, 1921 - November 30, 2015