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WEWOKA POST OFFICE
www.livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-wewoka-ok
T
he historic post office in Wewoka, Oklahoma houses New Deal artwork. The oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Historical Background of Wewoka,” was
completed by Marjorie Clarke and installed in the post office lobby in 1941, where it is still viewable today.
115 WEST 2ND STREET • WEWOKA, OK
NOTABLE PEOPLE

LEE P. BROWN, the first African-American mayor of Houston, Texas,
was born in Wewoka in 1937 to sharecropper parents. He served as public
safety commissioner of Atlanta, Georgia and police chief in Houston. of the 80 Most Influential People in sales and marketing according to Sales and
Marketing Management magazine. Born in Wewoka; graduated high school
in nearby Seminole, OK.

OLETA
servant
JUANITA KIDD STOUT , the first African-American woman elected
as judge in the United States, was born in Wewoka. She graduated from a
segregated high school in Wewoka at the age of 16. She spent a significant part
of her career as a judge in Philadelphia. She regularly returned to Oklahoma,
spending time in Tulsa for summer breaks. In addition, she was the first black
woman to serve on any state's supreme court. She is buried at the Westwood
Cemetery in Wewoka.
CRAIN ,
African-American military officer and federal civil

DALE DOUGLASS , professional golfer and current member of the
Champions Tour was born in Wewoka. He joined the professional tour in
1960.[17]

JAMES COODY JOHNSON was a prominent African-American
lawyer practicing in or near Wewoka in the early 20th century. He testified
before the U.S. Supreme court. As a Creek speaker, he served as an interpreter
for the noted Judge Isaac Parker.[18] For a time, he lived about 5 miles north of
Wewoka. He sponsored an annual circus near his house. The J. Coody Johnson
office building in Wewoka is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[19]

WILLIAM SHAFFER KEY (1889 - 1959), American military
officer, lived in Wewoka prior to World War I.[1]}

VANCE TRIMBLE (b. 1913), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize
winner. Lived briefly in Wewoka 1929 - 1931; then retired to Wewoka after
his wife died in 1999.
SAMUEL LAFFOON 1st lieutenant Oklahoma National Guard.
Wewoka, Oklahoma
Early 20th Century

GIL MORGAN, professional golfer and current member of the
Champions Tour was born in Wewoka. He joined the professional tour in 1972
and won seven events between 1977 and 1990. His more prominent success
has been in the Champions Tour where he has won 24 events, including the
Tradition title in 1997 and 1998, and the Senior Players Championship in
1998.

DON E. SCHULTZ (b. 1934), most notable for his research and
writing on Integrated Marketing Communications and considered the "father"
of that discipline. Longtime faculty member of Northwestern University, and one
Oklahoma Historical Society