You don't sound nosey at all - we all sit around an wonder what happend to people in our past.
Whiteaker was Pete and Eloise's last name. They left Seminole after the shooting. Gary was their oldest son - you might could find him???
Mrs. Sturgess went to church with my grandmother Geneva Ables and my mom and dad, David and Barbara Shrauner lived around the corner from the Sturgess'. The internet has made it a small world.