Harold
Milner attended Altus Junior College from 1935-37, where he played
on the men’s basketball team. Harold met his wife, the former
Imogene Saunders, at Altus Junior College, where she was a fellow
student and Homecoming Queen candidate. His dedication to higher
education, and especially Western Oklahoma State College, has been
made evident through his family. All four of his children and all
his grandchildren of college age have been enrolled at Western. He
graduated high school at Prairie Hill (near Duke), where in later
life he served on the school board. Harold has been engaged in
farming and ranching pursuits his entire life and was a custom
combiner for many years. He sold insurance for Woodmen of the World,
where he was often the top salesman. He sponsored many Woodmen of
the World outdoor camps for young people, which have made his
influence a fond memory to many in the community. He has been a
deacon for 57 years in the Prairie Hill Baptist Church, and has
served as Sunday school superintendent and song leader. He has been
active in the Gideon’s since 1970, and particularly enjoys the
prison ministry. He says his greatest joy is bringing God’s word to
people. His lifelong example of hard work, hospitality, and the
simple pleasures of life, could be summed up in this statement about
himself: “When I work, I work. When I play, I play.”
