Pearl Lytle McCullough
Pearl Lytle McCullough was born at the family homestead north of
Medicine Lodge and attended Grandview school and Medicine Lodge public
schools. After she and R.R. (Rink) McCullough were married March 10,
1910, they established their home on the ranch in the Union Chapel
neighborhood. They became an integral part of the community, its
religious services at Union Chapel and friendly get togethers. May 7,
1927, another tornado ripped across the country 0 just twenty years
since Pearl's home in Medicine Lodge was destroyed by a tornado. The
place where the house had stood was literally wiped clean. A strange
roll of wire lay in the Gyp Hill area after the storm. Articles from
homes all over the area were found all rolled into one huge roll. Rink
and Pearl rebuilt their home and lived there until 1938, when they
moved into Medicine Lodge. Rink died January 1, 1951, and Pearl March
2, 1975. She suffered with arthritis and lived in a wheelchair as her
grandfather, John William Lytle, had done.
Pearl gave generously to many people and charities. The enterprise
dearest to her heart was the Highland Cemetery. In memory of her husband,
parents and grandparents, and larger family of more distant relatives,
she furnished gateways to the cemetery. The hedge around the cemetery
was her gift.. When the Avenue of Flags waves proudly "rest in peace"
to our beloved dead, it was her contribution which helped put it there.
She gave a memorial fund for continued care at Highland Cemetery where
her mortal remains rest beside her husband. She was proud to have been
a part of Barber County history.
Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 295
Written by Virginia Woodward Measday whose father, Darius Vernon Woodward,
was Pearl's first cousin, and with the aid of Juanita and Vernon Lytle of
Winfield.