Jasper Harold Emmitt Jr.

Mr. Jasper Harold Emmitt Jr. Mr. Jasper Harold Emmitt Jr., 73, formerly of Bartlesville, died at 7:13 A.M. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at the Clarehouse in Tulsa. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bartlesville with Pastor Leon Hargrove of the Fellowship Community Church in Oologah officiating. Masonic rites will be accorded by the Bartlesville Masonic Lodge # 284 AF & AF and services are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to Clarehouse, 7617 S. Mingo, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74133. Mr. Emmitt was born at Earlsboro, Oklahoma on September 3, 1940 the son of Jasper Harold Emmitt Sr. and E. Mildred (Dunn) Emmitt. He moved to Bartlesville with his family when he was nine years old and he attended Washington Elementary School, Central Junior High School and College High School. He loved to fish, hunt and race motorcycles. He was active as a cook in the family restaurant in Bartlesville, known as Jack’s Café, and later served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a cook with the rank of an E-6 Sergeant. He later worked in the Bartlesville area at a fertilizer plant, sold insurance, and had been employed with the City of Bartlesville and with Ford Motor Company. He later returned to family restaurant as a cook until becoming a carpenter in 1973. He was active with Oak Ridge Construction Co. until his retirement in 2006. He was married to Earline Louise Pennington in Crossett, Arkansas on July 15, 1966. They made their home in Bartlesville for a number of years and later made their homes in Collinsville, Oologah and most recently in Owasso. He was a member of the Fellowship Community Church at Oologah, a member of the Bartlesville Masonic Lodge # 284 AF & AM and the Tulsa Scottish Rite. He was also active in the Masonic Lodge fishing tournament, attending the Grand Lodge at Guthrie and loved to cook at the Bartlesville Lodge’s monthly benefit breakfasts. Mr. Emmitt is survived by his wife, Earline Emmitt of the home in Owasso, two sons, Jasper Harold Emmitt III and his wife Tamra of Owasso and Kenneth Wayne Eddins and his wife Amy of Carthage, Missouri, one brother, Richard “Rick” Emmitt and his wife Carol of Bartlesville, and three grandchildren, Levi Eddins, Aubrie Emmitt and Amanda Eddins and one great grandson, Aiden Eddins. He was preceded in death by his parents. PDF Printable Version

Jasper Harold Emmitt Jr.

September 3, 1940 - July 30, 2014