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Johnnie Phillip GREGORY, Jr.

Johnnie Phillip GREGORY, Jr.



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  • Person ID I1131  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2026 

    Father Johnnie Phillip GREGORY,   b. 14 Sep 1925, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1995, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Helen Irene BREZNY,   b. 18 May 1927, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 2015, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 23 May 1948  St. Wenceslaus Church/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    GREGORY, Johnnie<br>
BREZNY, Helen
    GREGORY, Johnnie
    BREZNY, Helen

    Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
    Histories
    BREZNY Family, The
    BREZNY Family, The
    By Jerry and Ann SUVA (From information compiled by Cecelia (POSPISIL) HULL)
    Family ID F377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sandra Kay SELLE 
    Children 
    >1. Kristy Michele GREGORY
     2. Kyle Phillip GREGORY
    Family ID F420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2026 

  • Documents
    1950 Federal Census of Oklahoma, Lincoln County, Prague
    Enumeration District No. 41-34
    Sheet No. 9

  • Notes  At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000.
      My parents were married on May 23,1948 at St Wenceslaus Church here in Prague.

    2. [S919] Obituary of Helen Irene GREGORY, https://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/miscobit/gregoryhib.html.
      HELEN IRENE GREGORY
      1927 - 2015

      Helen Irene Brezny Gregory was born on May 18, 1927, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 87.

      Helen, the daughter of Charles Joseph and Rose Mary Ruzicka Brezny, Sr., was a resident of Prague.

      She married Johnnie Phillip Gregory, Sr. on May 23, 1948, in Prague, and they remained married until his death in 1995.

      She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.

      Helen enjoyed reading, crocheting, doll making and baking Kolaches.

      Helen’s parents, husband and three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
      Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Johnnie and Sandra Gregory, Jr., of Choctaw and Tommy and Debra Gregory of Claremore; daughters and son-in-law, Kathy Crosson of Prague and Mary and Don Conner of Meeker; grandchildren, Jillian Michelle Gregory, Michael Joseph Gregory, Kyle Gregory, Kristy Birchfield, Jerry Orr, Jennifer Messer, Christopher Crosson, Erin Brown and Jeremy Coleman; great grandchildren, Zack Coleman, Zoie Coleman, Benjamin Brown, Dustin Orr, Gregory Orr, Dalton Messer, Kylie Messer and Paisley Crosson; great great grandchildren, Channin Orr and Grayson Orr; other family and friends.

      A wake service will be held on Monday, March 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague.

      Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Prague with Father Long Phan officiating.
      Interment will follow at the Catholic Cemetery in Prague.

      Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague.

    3. [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995.
      Name: Johnnie Phillip Gregory
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1926
      Spouse's Name: Helen Irene Brezny
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 21
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1927
      Marriage Date: 23 May 1948
      Marriage Place: Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
      Marriage Place (Original): Prague


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