Allen Jacob "Apple Jack" Minter

1926 - 2000  (73 years)

• Name	Allen Jacob "Apple Jack" Minter
  Nickname	Apple Jack
  Birth	8 Dec 1926	Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0FA376AD32FB4B4D8ACF738866DD13AEF2D4
  Death	7 Jul 2000	Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Burial	Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Texas, USA   [3]
  Notes	1950 US Federal Census: at 606B !!th St, Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma (both MINTER), Allen J (head, 23, born Oklahoma, bookkeeper, oil well cementing comany) and Eva J (wife, 19, born Arkansas, clerical work, oil well cementing comany). From findagrave.com: Source: Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Oklahoma HOUSTON -- Services for A.J. Minter, 73, Houston, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Second Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Memorial Oaks Cemetery under the direction of Memorial Oaks Funeral Home. Born Dec. 8, 1926, in Ardmore to Willard and Mae Minter, Minter, known as "Apple Jack," died July 7, 2000, in a local hospital. Minter earned his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and also attended the University of Oklahoma. He was the owner and operator of seven different businesses ranging from the food industry to accounting, including American Plating Co. of Texas. He was a member of the National Association of Metal Finishers, the Texas Association of Metal Finishers and the Petroleum Club. In Oklahoma, he was a member of the Lions Club, Elks Lodge and Rotary Club in Duncan. In 1983, Minter was inducted into the Conoco AAU Hall of Fame for playing with Halliburton Cementers from 1950-55. He received the award for longest shot at 68 feet. He is survived by his wife, Eva Minter, Houston; a daughter, Alyson Chensasky, Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Gary Allen, Sugarland, Texas, and Steve Patrick, Houston; a brother, James Kirby, Duncan; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Elbert Earl, on Jan. 17, 1973. Bearers will be Jim Hayes, Jack Manning, Frank Vetter, Nick Knutson, Ed Hansen and Charles Giammalva. Honorary bearers are Glen Slaven, Jim Miller, Carl Schmidt, Willard Langley, Sammy Giammalva, Fred Ferguson, Ciro Lampasas, Stan Kalsizewski, Brett Rice and Michael Palmara. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home.
  Person ID	I5417	America
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Willard Jennings Minter,   b. Feb 1897, Missouri, USA d. 1975, Oklahoma, USA (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Mae FORBES,   b. 1903, Oklahoma, USA d. 1977, Oklahoma, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1926	Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F2519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Jane TURNER,   b. 1930, Arkansas, USA d. 2010, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1949	Bryan, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Steve Patrick Minter   2. Gary Allen Minter   3. Alyson K Minter
  Family ID	F4071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Dec 1926 - Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] 1930 US Federal Census. [S74] SSDI at Ancestry.com, Nov 2014 and later. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S346] Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 at ancestry.com.