ROAM E. STEVENS. Roam E. Stevens, aged 50 years, 8 months and 27 days, passed away at his home in Esther at 6:30 a.m. Monday, November 29, 1948, where he had lived many years. He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie McDowell, who with three children, Roam, Jr., of Ferguson; Miss Frankie Mae Stevens and Mrs. Virginia Smith, both of St. Louis survive. He is also survived by three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Luther Halbrook, of Chetopt, Kansas; one brother, Henry Stevens, of Butte, Montana. The body lay in state at the C. Z. Boyer Funeral Home in Desloge until Wednesdy when it was taken to the Methodist Church in Esther, of which he was a member. Funeral Services were conducted by Rev. Janes Sweat, assisted by Rev. J. L. Presser, a retired Baptist minister. Interment was at Parkview Cemetery. [Source: local newspaper clipping/undated]