Cheney Lewis (Son) Battle was born on September 26, 1920 in Kemp, Oklahoma, the second child of James Calvin Battle and Jo Manilla Hedgecock. Cheney Lewis was very special. He suffered spinal cord damage from an accident in infancy, and he was never able to walk or have normal vision. But what he lacked in physical skills was overcome with a sharp mind and immense musical talent for playing the piano, guitar, and ukelele by ear. He was a self-taught individual and could converse with the best and brightest about a wide range of topics because he spent his day listening to various educational radio programs (that was before the days of television).
He was extraordinarily musical and the times he played the piano were quite special. He would do weekly piano/voice concerts at the piano. After his parents had died, Cheney Lewis went to live with his sister, Jo Eunice, in Panhandle, Texas. Once again he was involved in church, and he enjoyed participating in many of the musicals and programs at the Panhandle Methodist Church. It was in Panhandle that friends gave him the nickname of "Chief" because he was an inspiration to so many people. When he was young, the doctors predicted he would not live a long life, but love and good family care proved them wrong. Not only did he live a fairly long life, but it was a life which was fulfilled and where he helped fulfill the life of many others. Certainly Manilla and Calvin were the paragon of parents who gave the very best of care to a special son! Cheney Lewis died at the age of 65 on February 25, 1986 and was buried beside his parents and sister in the Highland Cemetery in Durant. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Obituary, Borger News Herald, February 26, 1986
C.L. "Chief" Battle, 66, died yesterday at Vida Neuva Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will be In Highland Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. in Durant, Oklahoma, under the direction of Smith-Fox Funeral Home, Panhandle.
He was born September 20, 1920 in Bryan County, Okla., and moved to Panhandle in 1954. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Panhandle. Blind for most of his life, he had a request radio show on KHUZ in Borger in the 1950s, until his health failed. He presented programs for civic clubs and social clubs all over the Panhandle. Survivors include two sisters, Jo Battle, Panhandle, and Marie Holland of Norman, Oklahoma.
He was extraordinarily musical and the times he played the piano were quite special. He would do weekly piano/voice concerts at the piano. After his parents had died, Cheney Lewis went to live with his sister, Jo Eunice, in Panhandle, Texas. Once again he was involved in church, and he enjoyed participating in many of the musicals and programs at the Panhandle Methodist Church. It was in Panhandle that friends gave him the nickname of "Chief" because he was an inspiration to so many people. When he was young, the doctors predicted he would not live a long life, but love and good family care proved them wrong. Not only did he live a fairly long life, but it was a life which was fulfilled and where he helped fulfill the life of many others. Certainly Manilla and Calvin were the paragon of parents who gave the very best of care to a special son! Cheney Lewis died at the age of 65 on February 25, 1986 and was buried beside his parents and sister in the Highland Cemetery in Durant. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Obituary, Borger News Herald, February 26, 1986
C.L. "Chief" Battle, 66, died yesterday at Vida Neuva Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will be In Highland Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. in Durant, Oklahoma, under the direction of Smith-Fox Funeral Home, Panhandle.
He was born September 20, 1920 in Bryan County, Okla., and moved to Panhandle in 1954. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Panhandle. Blind for most of his life, he had a request radio show on KHUZ in Borger in the 1950s, until his health failed. He presented programs for civic clubs and social clubs all over the Panhandle. Survivors include two sisters, Jo Battle, Panhandle, and Marie Holland of Norman, Oklahoma.
Cheney Lewis (Son) Battle was born on September 26, 1920 in Kemp, Oklahoma, the second child of James Calvin Battle and Jo Manilla Hedgecock. Cheney Lewis was very special. He suffered spinal cord damage from an accident in infancy, and he was never able to walk or have normal vision. But what he lacked in physical skills was overcome with a sharp mind and immense musical talent for playing the piano, guitar, and ukelele by ear. He was a self-taught individual and could converse with the best and brightest about a wide range of topics because he spent his day listening to various educational radio programs (that was before the days of television).
He was extraordinarily musical and the times he played the piano were quite special. He would do weekly piano/voice concerts at the piano. After his parents had died, Cheney Lewis went to live with his sister, Jo Eunice, in Panhandle, Texas. Once again he was involved in church, and he enjoyed participating in many of the musicals and programs at the Panhandle Methodist Church. It was in Panhandle that friends gave him the nickname of "Chief" because he was an inspiration to so many people. When he was young, the doctors predicted he would not live a long life, but love and good family care proved them wrong. Not only did he live a fairly long life, but it was a life which was fulfilled and where he helped fulfill the life of many others. Certainly Manilla and Calvin were the paragon of parents who gave the very best of care to a special son! Cheney Lewis died at the age of 65 on February 25, 1986 and was buried beside his parents and sister in the Highland Cemetery in Durant. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Obituary, Borger News Herald, February 26, 1986
C.L. "Chief" Battle, 66, died yesterday at Vida Neuva Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will be In Highland Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. in Durant, Oklahoma, under the direction of Smith-Fox Funeral Home, Panhandle.
He was born September 20, 1920 in Bryan County, Okla., and moved to Panhandle in 1954. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Panhandle. Blind for most of his life, he had a request radio show on KHUZ in Borger in the 1950s, until his health failed. He presented programs for civic clubs and social clubs all over the Panhandle. Survivors include two sisters, Jo Battle, Panhandle, and Marie Holland of Norman, Oklahoma.
He was extraordinarily musical and the times he played the piano were quite special. He would do weekly piano/voice concerts at the piano. After his parents had died, Cheney Lewis went to live with his sister, Jo Eunice, in Panhandle, Texas. Once again he was involved in church, and he enjoyed participating in many of the musicals and programs at the Panhandle Methodist Church. It was in Panhandle that friends gave him the nickname of "Chief" because he was an inspiration to so many people. When he was young, the doctors predicted he would not live a long life, but love and good family care proved them wrong. Not only did he live a fairly long life, but it was a life which was fulfilled and where he helped fulfill the life of many others. Certainly Manilla and Calvin were the paragon of parents who gave the very best of care to a special son! Cheney Lewis died at the age of 65 on February 25, 1986 and was buried beside his parents and sister in the Highland Cemetery in Durant. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Obituary, Borger News Herald, February 26, 1986
C.L. "Chief" Battle, 66, died yesterday at Vida Neuva Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Burial will be In Highland Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. in Durant, Oklahoma, under the direction of Smith-Fox Funeral Home, Panhandle.
He was born September 20, 1920 in Bryan County, Okla., and moved to Panhandle in 1954. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Panhandle. Blind for most of his life, he had a request radio show on KHUZ in Borger in the 1950s, until his health failed. He presented programs for civic clubs and social clubs all over the Panhandle. Survivors include two sisters, Jo Battle, Panhandle, and Marie Holland of Norman, Oklahoma.
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