Thomas Dunn Finney^[1]

1899 - 1968  (69 years)

• Name	Thomas Dunn Finney
  Born	21 Feb 1899	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee   [5]
  	Address: Waterloo St.
  	In the 1910 census, Thomas is enumerated in his grandmother's home (his mother's mother) along with his mother. Both the father and the grandfather have died. Also present is an aunt and her family.
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee   [6]
  	registered for WWI draft
  Occupation	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma   [7]
  	assistant State Attorney General
  Residence	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma   [7]
  	Address: 1917 NW 23rd
  Census	8 May 1940	White Township, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [8]
  Elected	22 Dec 1942	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [9]
  	State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 19th Senate Session in a special election to fill an unexpired term
  Elected	Nov 1944	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [9]
  	State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 20th Senate Session
  Elected	Nov 1946	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [9]
  	State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 21th Senate Session
  Died	14 Jun 1968	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [2, 4]
  	Death certificate says 14 Jun 1968. Elsewhere, I have seen 16 Jun 1968.
  Buried	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee   [2, 10]
  	Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried in Idabel, Oklahoma, even though they have a stone there.. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney. Remains were released to a funeral home in Idabel, however, for burial. FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23664563
  		Headstone - Tom and Bettie Higgs Finney Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried here. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney.
  Person ID	I2919	Scott Dickson's Family
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	William Keeling Finney,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Dunn,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bettie Higgs,   b. 24 Nov 1903, DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas ,   d. 25 May 2000, Edmond, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma  (Age 96 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1924	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma   [11]
  	For some reason, the marriage record calls Aunt Bettie Bettie Jane. No one can ever recall her having any sort of middle name. None of her sisters had middle names.
  Children	1. Thomas Dunn Finney, Jr.,   b. 20 Jun 1925, Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma ,   d. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery Co., Maryland  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Feb 1899 - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee Census - Address: Waterloo St. - 21 Apr 1910 - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee Military - registered for WWI draft - 12 Sep 1918 - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee Married - 15 Mar 1924 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Occupation - assistant State Attorney General - 1938 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma Residence - Address: 1917 NW 23rd - 1938 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma Census - 8 May 1940 - White Township, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Elected - State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 19th Senate Session in a special election to fill an unexpired term - 22 Dec 1942 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Elected - State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 20th Senate Session - Nov 1944 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Elected - State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 21th Senate Session - Nov 1946 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Died - 14 Jun 1968 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma Buried - - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Lida, Faver, Bettie, and Tom
  		Tom Finney - Uncle Tom

  
  

• Notes

  h2 DEATH: Noted in Daily Oklahoman, 16 Jun 1968, Tom Finney, 69, longtimeattorney, state majority leader, rites on Sunday.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Obituary of Tom Finney, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma. [S940] Texas Death Certificate, Thomas Dunn Finney; Paris, Lamar Co., Texas; File 51004; 14 June 1968. [S943] Tennessee Birth Certificate, Thomas Dunn Finney; Delayed; D-433375; Born 21 Feb 1899, Issued 22 Jun 1954. [S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Thomas Finney; 487-10-9745; Missouri (Before 1951). [S942] 1910 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., TN, Lawrenceburg; ED 80; Sheet 8-A; Dwelling 141, Family 147; Mrs. Thomas Dunn. [S705] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 23 December 2014; Tom Dunn Finney, Lawrenceburg ,Tennessee. [S688] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, 23 December 2014; Thom. D Finney, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [S680] 1940 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, White Township; ED 45-32; sheet 15-B; dwelling 268; Thomas D. Finney; 22 July 2012. [S806] Oklahoma Almanac, pages 761-762. [S641] Find A Grave, 23 December 2014; Thomas Dunn Finney; Thomas Dunn Finney; 23664563; Sandie Manning Lambert. [S1069] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, 27 March 2017; Bettie Jane Higgs to Thomas Dunn Finney, 15 Mar 1924, Idabel, McCurtain Co.