Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ks/CowleyObits/10076 Surname: Carson, Leever, Kirkpatrick, Kratz ------------------------- >From the Winfield Daily Courier Winfield, Kansas (Cowley County) Saturday, May 26, 1984 Mary M. Carson, 102, died Friday morning at William Newton Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Highland Cemetery. Swisher Taylor & Morris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Carson was a resident of the Good Samaritan Center. She was born on Nov. 19, 1881, in Randolph, Texas, to Oliver and Sarah Jane Leever. She was educated in Randolph schools and married Edward Carson June 30, 1909, in Bonham, Texas. He died in 1960. They made their first home in Winfield and she lived here the rest of her life except for three years when she lived in Sedan. Mrs. Carson was a member of the Nazarene Church. Surviving are one son, Cecil, of Sunnydale, Calif.; two daughters, Evelyn Kirkpatrick, Ponca City, Okla., and Merle Kratz, Filer, Idaho; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Wednesday, May 30, 1984 Mary M. Carson Graveside funeral services for Mary M. Carson were conducted at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Highland Cemetery by the Rev. E. R. Houston. Swisher-Taylor and Morris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.