This obituary came out of the Cleveland County Herald (3/8/1917) On Friday morning about 5:30 the Death Angel came into Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Gardner's home taking the dear husband and father, leaving wife and five children to morn his death. He was 50 years, 5 months,13 days old. He was laid to rest in a cemetary near the home where he spent his whole life,his funeral conducted by Eld O. A. Ashcraft. A host of friends attended his funeral. He will be missed by those who knew him.