{"id":23087,"date":"2023-02-11T19:04:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T01:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=23087"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:29:16","slug":"obituary-victory-harold-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=23087","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Victory, Harold Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1930<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Harold Dean Victory<\/h1>\n<h3>February 6, 1912 &#8211; May 11, 1985<\/h3>\n<p>Harold Dean Victory died Saturday night, May 11, 1985, in a Gladewater, Texas, nursing home after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>Born Feb. 6, 1912, in Vivian, Louisiana, he finished high school at Perry, Okla., in 1930, and attended Oklahoma State University. <\/p>\n<p>In 1932 he moved to Gladewater as a member of a pioneer family. He was office manager and secretary-treasurer of the Spencer-Harris Machine and Tool Co. in Gladewater from 1938 to 1958, when he became manager of the Gladewater Federal Savings and Loan Association. He retired in 1977. <\/p>\n<p>He was a former treasurer of the First Baptist Church and a deacon. He was past president of the Gladewater Board of Education, serving from 1952 to 1967. In 1957, he was chairman of the Gladewater Gilmer-Aken Grassroots Study of Public Education. He was past president of the Gladewater Lions Club and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He served as president and secretary-treasurer of the Gladewater Public Library board and was a member of the library board for more than 40 years, serving longer than any other member. He was a longtime member of the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce and served on the City Appeals Board.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include one son, Dr. Harold Dean Victory Jr. of Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p>Services for Harold Dean Victory, 73, of Gladewater, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Aultman officiating.  Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery in Gladewater, Texas.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23265,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23087\/revisions\/23265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}