This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Donaldson, Wright, Marshall Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7097 Message Board Post: Taylor William Donaldson, Hensley Nursing Home, father of Mrs. Van Wright, Cheyenne, died Friday at the Sayre Hospital following an extended illness. Services were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Church of Christ with Don Hicks, McAlister, and Lendal Bolin ministers officiating. Born June 29, 1884 in Magazine, Arkansas, Mr. Donaldson was married to Lula Marshall at Magazine, Arkansas, June 12, 1910. They came to Berlin community in 1929 and in 1947 moved to Sayre. He has been an active member of the Church of Christ for over 60 years. He was an avid sports fan receiving the Sayre All Sports Award Sweater one year. He had been edmployed with Hullum Hardware before retirement. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Batchelor, Hall, Brooks Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7096 Message Board Post: Joe HenryKing, 48 assistant city superintendent, died Monday nigh in Stillwater Municipal Hospital, September 12, 1966. Leukemia ended an illustrative career in education for King, who served as Perry High School superintendent last year before resigning to return to Stillwater. Funeral services for King were held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. James R. Struthers officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery, under direction of Strode Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Vernon Johnson, K.T. Gallagher, Dr. Helmer Sorenson, Kenneth Rhea, Gus Friedeman, Dr. Ware Marsden, Bob Powell and Marion Smith. Memorial contributions may be made to the Stillwater High School Scholarship Fund or the Oklahoma Medical Research Association. King was born April 16, 1918 in Reydon, Oklahoma, the son of Joe B. and Jennie Batchelor King. He was married to Lorene Hall in Oklahoma City July 29, 1939. Following teaching duties in Garber and at Drummond, the latter as principal, King came back to Stillwater in 1945, where he had received his degree at OSU and served as junior high speech and geography teacher until 1952 when he was named principal at Jefferson and Will Rogers Elementary schools. He later was named Stillwater elementary school coordinator, and also taught several courses at Oklahoma State can Education, had served as president of the Stillwater Education Association, a life member of Oklahoma Education Association, and was a member of the State and National Elementary Principals' Association. King is survived by his wife of the home, 3825 N. Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Deanna Brooks, a Stillwater teacher and Janis of the home, a Stillwater high school senior. Also surviving are his parents and a brother, Frank. (This was copied as printed in the paper.) Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hooper, Thompson, Nail, Coon Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7095 Message Board Post: Services were held Saturday, 2:00 p.m. January 22, 1966 at the St. Paul Methodist Church, Amarillo, Texas for Bart M. Hooper, who passed away from a lingering illness on Tuesday, January 18, 1966 in Amarillo. He was born March 4, 1916 at old Hamburg and was married to Miss Billie Thompson of Perryton, Texas in 1949. He leaves his wife, and three daughters, Deane, Denisse, and Donna Rae of the home, a sister Mrs. Ruth Nail of Perryton, Texas; 4 brothers, C.L. and Ross Hooper of Amarillo, Bailey Hooper of Cheyenne and Luther Hooper of Reydon and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, J.P. and Lonnie C. Hooper, 2 sisters Jewel Coon and Rae and 3 brothers, Tobe, Ack, and Doc J.B. Hooper. Rev. A.B. Cockrell and Rev. Weidon Butleer officiated with the Madrigal Singers from the David Crockett Junior High School singing. The Honorary Pall Bearers were from the Production Department of Pantex where he worked. Interment was in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. The sympathy of the Reydon community is extended to the bereaved as he spent the first years of boyhood and manhood here. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mercer, Davidson, Rogerss, Headen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7094 Message Board Post: Fred Elkmo Mercer, 706 East Sission, Sayre, Oklahoma died suddenly ay his home Sunday after an extended illness. Services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the First Christian church with Rev. Kenneth Garrison officiating. Born July 7, 1893 at Commerce, Texas, Mr. Mercer resided there until entering service in the US armed forces he moved to Sayre in 1926 from Dallas, Texas. He was married September 17, 1920 to Ora Lee Davidson, McKinney, Texas. He was a former member of the American Legion and a member of the Christian church fifty years. He was formerly a cement and concrete construction worker. Survivors are his wife of the home; two daughters, Mrs. J.C. Rogers, Cheyenne, Mrs. Jean Headen, Dallas, Texas; three sons, Fred, Jr., of Hereford, Texas, Jack of Sayre, James Lee of Pomona, California; 14 grandchildren; five brothers, Walter of Greenwood, Ind., Mike of Plainfield, Ind, Jim of Corpus Christi, Texas, Sam of Venzuela, South America, E.D. of Charlotte, Norh Carolina. Interment was in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral service. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1966

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mitchell, Repass, Madden Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7093 Message Board Post: Services for Dick Mitchell, a pioneer western Oklahoma news paperman will be in Clinton at the First Christian Church Friday at 2:00 p.m. He passed away Wednesdaay afternoon. Mr. Mitchell's colorful newspaper life in western Oklahoma began at Grand, county seat of Day County, where he and his brother E.L. Mitchell established a weekly newspaper. The Caanadian Valley Echo. In the reorganization of Oklahoma after statehoodd in 1907, Day County was left off the map and Grand was no longer a county seat town. The Mitchell's came to Cheyenne where Dick established the Roger Mills Sentinel. When Strong City showed signs of becoming quite a city he moved there and operated a newspaper. Later he moved to Clinton where he established the Clinton Chronical. Later he published the Arapaho Bee in Arapaho. Dick Mitchell was one who stood by his friends with all of the force of his newspaper. He was a goods thinker and a good writer. His weekly column "Dicktaphonees" contained pertinent paragrapsh on issues of the day. His wit expressed in the paragraphs made this column quite interesting. While in Cheyenne Dick Mitchell married Myrtle Repass, a teacher from the Grimes community. After her deaath and while residing in Clinton he married Mrs. Madden who died several years ago. In his later years he resided with his daughter, Ione, Mrs. Rex Madden in Clinton. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murry, Mode, Webb Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7092 Message Board Post: Otis L. Murry, who was born September 20, 1919, at Paden, Oklahoma passed from this life July 7, 1966, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, after a lingering illness. He went to school at Rocky in the late 20's and 30's. He was preceded in death by his Mother and two sisters in December 1929, one brother in September, 1934, and a brother in January 1933, and his father in December, 1958. Survivors are 3 daughters and 2 sons of San Jose, California. Two sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Ruby) Mode and Mrs. Rife (Gertie) Webb of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and James P. Murry of Fresno, California. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery, Wednesday, July 20, 1966. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patterson, Bradshaw, Fox, Wilhelm, Anderson, Gray Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7091 Message Board Post: Died Sunday, March 27, 1966 in San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Jewel Gray Patterson of 5101 Arcadia St., wife of the late Earl S. Patterson. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. Lyle Bradshaw of San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. Herbert L. Fox of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Wilhelm of Jena, Louisiana, and Mrs. J.H. Anderson of Hacienda Heights, Caliofornia; two brothers, D.H. Gray of Garden Grove, California and H.I. Gray of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; also one grandson. Remains will rest at the Henry W. Woody Funeral Home, 25th St. and Jefferson Ave., until 12 noon Thursday, then at St. James Methodist Church, where services will be conduted at 2 P.M. Interment in Oakwood. Jewel Patterson, daughter of the late Arthur and Mattie Gray old timers in Roger Mills, attended the Old Rankin school later attended the Cheyene High school. She made Reydon her home until she was called to the bedside of her husband, who was in a (TB) sanatarium in the east. She spent 34 years in Virginia, raised two fine daughters. Very faithful to the Methodist Church, was the leading Solist. She was called upon by other churches to help present special prgram she helped the Baptist present thrir programs, many times always faithful as if her own. She lead a full life doing for others. She was ready to meet her lord. Many friends and love one will miss this one. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phipps, Scrivner, Phillips, Rutan, Mallett, Bolander, Robins, Ninkovich, Tieman, Raber Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7090 Message Board Post: John W. Phipps, 63, died at Colorado, General Hospital Friday from pneumonia. Mr. Phipps had spent some time in the local hospital lately and had just entered the Denver hospital. John Wesley Phipps was born July 1, 1903 at Rankin, Oklahoma the son of Ernest C. and Emma Scrivner Phipps. He came to Las Animas with his parents in a covered wagon when he was 12 years old. He was first marriewd to Angela Phillips, who died in 1955. On March 8, 1957 he married Mrs. Feryl Rutan at Grand Junction. He had lived at Cripple Creek for years where he worked as a miner in the Golden Cycle and the other gold mines. He had also sold mining supplies and had done some uranium mining. He returned to Las Animas in 1962 and had helped Fred Stough at his ranch south of Las Animas where he ran a few head of cattle. Besides his wife, Feryl, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Emma Mallett of Bent County Nursing Home; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ella Bolander, Independence, Missouri; two step children, Jack Rutan, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Geraldine Robins, Louisville, Ohio; one brother, Bert Phipps, Watsonville, California; three sisters, Mrs. Pauline Ninkovich, Menlo Park, California; Mrs. Ina Tieman, Aurora, Colorado, and Mrs. Anna Raber, Oakland, California, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Powell Griffy Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wesley Schlotzhauer, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Mrs. Forrestine Odell sang "In The Garden" and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Iola Woods was the organist. Casket bearers were Leo Huff, George Tull, Lloyd Adams, C. Frank Brown, Efton Lockhart and Jack Meinert. Burial was in the Las Animas Cemetery with Powell-Griffy Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Cranmer, Tracy, Whittington Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7089 Message Board Post: Mrs. Julia Reeves, 67, of 1931 Van Buren, died at 12:12 am September 7, 1966, in Hill Haven Convelescent Hospital, in Amarillo, She was born in Cheyenne and attended high school here. She taught school for several years in this county and later in New Mexico and Texas. She had lived in Amarillo for 22 years. Mrs. Reeves was a member of the First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Marion F. Reeves; a daughter, Mrs. Margie Rae Cranmer of Groom; a son, Frank Reeves of Titusville, Florida; two brothers, Henry Tracy of Tuttle, Oklahoma; and Edward B. Tracy, of Cheyenne; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Whittington, of Harrfah, Oklahoma; and five grandchildren. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Snowden, Berry, ailors, Hugg, North, Whitten, Jay, Cupp, Ratliff, Burch, Mullin, Russell, Staton, Berringer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7088 Message Board Post: Services were held Tuesday, July 19, 1966 for Alvin Leroy Snowden, who died Saturday July 16, 1966, in a Shamrock, Texas hospital after a prolonged illness. Rev. Isaac Snow officiated at the 2:00 p.m. services held at the Assembly of God Church. Alvin Leroy Snowden was born August 4, 1912, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma to Eli Ransom and Ava V. Snowden on October 12, 1934; he was married to Margie Belle Berry at Sayre, Oklahoma. They lived for a while in Reydon, Oklahoma, making their home in Erick in 1949, where they have resided until the present time, Mr. Snowden was converted in January of 1963. He was a farmer. Survivors include the wife of the home, four daughters, Ava Sailors and Donna Hugg of Lefors, Texas. Margie North and Rose M. Whitten of Erick. One son, Ransom of Erick. Five sisters, Dessie Jay, Elk City, Maudie Cupp, Eva, Oklahoma. Zell Ratliff, Oklahoma City, Lola Burch, Glove, Arizona, Norma Mullin, Delta, Colorado. One brother, Floyd Snowden of Spokane, Washington. Three half sisters, Millie Russell, Independence, Missouri, Bertie Staton, Wichita Falls, Texas, Mamie Berringer, San Angelo, Texas and one half-brother, Lawrence Snowden of Sample, Kentucky and 15 grandchildren. Pall bearers were J.P. Jones, J.B. North, Albert Lusby, Harley Swearinger, Joe Lawson and Carl Davis. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shimault, Jackson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7087 Message Board Post: Eldon L. Shimault, 58-year old Elk City resident of 911 West second. Died Sunday March 6th, 1966 in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday March 9th, 1966 in the First Christian Church with Bro. Hugh Collett officiating. Burial was in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City. Mr. Shimault was born February 29, 1908 in Elk City and made his home here all his life. He was married to Velma Jackson December 24, 1927. Surviving are his wife of the home, one son, Jerry of Norman, Oklahoma, one daughter, Judi, a student at Panhandle A & M Three brothers, Albert and Charlie, both of Elk City and Frank of Dearborn, Michigan, one grandchild, J.L. of Elk City. In Loving Memory of our dear brother-in-law. Theres an open gate at the end of the road Through which each must go alone, and there in a light we cannot see our Father claims His own. Beyond the gate our loved one find happiness and rest, and there is comfort in the thought that a loving God knows best. Eldon was more than a husband and father to his family and a brother to us. We will miss him. Through all his pain and suffering he could always smile and be cheerful to us and we suffer a great loss. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turbyfill, Rowe, Thomas, Barber, Calhoun, Shaws Bates, Ashley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7086 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Effie Maine Rowe Turbyfill, Sayre, who died Sunday in the Sayre hospital were held Tuesday in the Sayre Freewill Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Clyde Hammer and Rev. J.L. VanWinkle officiating. Mrs. Turbyfill was born March 25, 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky and in 1902 was married to James Rowe at Watonga. After his death in 1947 she married Hullum Turbyfill. She came to Oklahoma with her parents as a small child and settled near Hennesey and came to Beckham county in 1941 and has resided there since. She was preceded in death by her husband and one son., Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edith Barber of Cheyenne, Mrs. Thelma Calhoun of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Junita Shaw, Snyder; three brothers, Leslie Thomas, Beaver City, Jimmie Thomas, of California and Mack Thomas, Covina, California; two sisters, Maggie Bates of Corvalis, Oregon, Mrs. Ella Ashley, Corvalis, California; 14 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Burial was in the Sayre Doxey Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Lloyd Martin, Frank Barber, Wayne Barber, Joe Merritt, Carl Brown and Harley Blundell. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Welsh, Martin, Morris, Stevenson, Harv ard, White, Graves Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7085 Message Board Post: Mrs. Lillian Welsh was born April 15, 1886 at Caril Caria, Texas. She came to Roger Mills County, with her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. John Buchanan Martin, at the age of 14, where she later met and married Emmett Morris in 1907. To this union 4 sons and 2 daughters were born. They were engaged in ranching and farming business west of Cheyenne for in 1907. To this union 4 sons and Beutonville, Arkansas, back to Cheyenne, to New Mexico and later to Fresno, California. Her husband preceded her in death 28 years. In 1934 they moved from in 1947. She later married Dan Welsh and they moved to Palacias, Texas where they resided until her death February 6, 1966 after a lengthy illness of 2 months. She was a member of the Church of Christ and was faithful to her church, home, family and friends. Her services and burial were at Palacias, Texas. She left to mourn her passing, her husband Dan, 4 sons and wives, her children: James, Atwater, California, Alice, Yokima, Washington, L.D., Grimes, Oklahoma, John, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Amy, Keruns, and Bob, Yuma, Arizona, 8 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and five sisters, Minnie, San Bernardino, California, May Stevenson, Bristow, Oklahoma, Jewel Harvard, Lessie White, Oklahoma City and Ethel Graves of Macon, Georgia. Besides a host of other relatives and friends. (This obituary is copied as printed in paper.) Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wright, Burgess, Burns, Barker, Bailey, Arnold Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7084 Message Board Post: Josie Lee Burgess, oldest daughter of the late Calvin and Doral Burgess, born May 29, 1892 at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, departed this life December 23, 1965 at Sayre Hospital after a short illness at the age of 73 years, 6 months and 24 days. On July 3, 1907, she married Asa R. Wright. To this union to daughters were born, Dora Barker and Mabel Arnold. Asa and Josie moved to Old Rankin in 1908, made their home in Reydon except a few years they livin New Mexico. She was a member of the Baptist church. She was preceded in death by her husband, father, mother, one sister and 5 brothers. She leaves to mourn, two daughters of Reydon, 2 grandchildren, Erma Lea Burns of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Roy E. Barker of Reydon, 6 great grandchildren, Billy Earl, Doran and Cheyl Burns, of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Gene, Ramona, Michael Barker of Reydon; two brothers-in-law, Hoy Wright, Reydon, Lawrence Bailey, Guthrie, Oklahoma, and a host of nieces and nephews, and a multitude of friends. As God looked down from His Heavenly home, He saw a mother grieving her heart away. She moaned, Lord, I can't stand this My mate has gone today. Then God put His arms around her, And called the mother so dear, To rest with father in Heaven above. Relatives attending from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Glen Forbes, Kingfisher, Oklahoma; Mrs. Larry Colton, Edmond, Oklahoma; Mr. Lawrence Bailey and son, Guthrie; Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Lail, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs. June Eshelman, Pawnee, Oklahoma. Interment in White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White, Harrelson, Green, Crandall, Baggett, McKay, Taylor, Bernardi, Sharum Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7083 Message Board Post: Warren Leslie White was born February 28, 1913 at Dustin, Oklahoma. He departed this life on February 21, 1966. His father Sidney Warren White, and one infant brother, William Joseph White, preceded him in death. He is survived by six children; Wanda Mae Harrelson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dorothy Faye Green of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Melva Jean Crandall of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, Leslie Warren White, Clinon, Oklahoma, Dale Wayne White, Cheyenne, Oklahoma and Harry Sidney White of Cheyenne, Oklahoma. His mother, Mrs. Ida White of Butler, Oklahoma, Edna Jane White of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Baggett, Butler, Mrs. Gladys McKay, Elk City, Mrs. Ray Taylor, Elk CFity, Mrs. Mary Jo Bernardi, Detroit and Mrs. Dalton Sharum of Pampa, Texas; Two brothers, Clifton White of Dumas, Texas and Clarence White of Perry, Oklahoma; 22 grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday, February 23, 1966 at the Cheyenne Baptist church with the Rev. Robert Webb officiating. He was interred in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with Scroggins Funeral Home handling the arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7082 Message Board Post: Gregory Kim White was born January 15, 1957 at Shattuck, Oklahoma, the son of Betty Edgington White and Jack Willis White. He was baptised March 21, 1965 a member of the Baptist Church of Pampa, Texas. He was also a member of Cub Pack 4 of Pampa. He is survived by his parents of Pampa, 1 sister, Betty Katherine White; 1 brother, Paul Mark White and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment in Fairview cemetery, Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Trent Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7081 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Miss Nola Trent who died in the Community Hospital Thursday August 2, 1973 were held Sunday August 5, 1973 at Martin Home Chapel in Elk City with Rev. Billy Parvin officiating. Burial was at Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Miss Trent was born August 21, 1895 in Sneedville, Tennesee. She was 77. She was a member of the Hammon Baptist Church. She came to Roger Mills County with her parents in 1906 and lived in the Hammon area until moving to the Hodges Nursing Home several years ago. She is survived by a brother Dana H. Trent of Altus, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Summit, Gilliland, McCullough Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7080 Message Board Post: George Daniel Summit was born in Leroy, Illinois, in 1877, he came to Oklahoma with his parents as a young man in 1894. In 1900 he filed on a claim near Roll in Roger Mills County where he lived until 1946 when he moved to Elk City where he residsed until his passing. He was united in marriage to Lettie Alma Gilliland in 1904. She preceded him in death in 1951. One grandson, Eddie Summit, also preceded him in death. Survivors include one daughter, Bertha Maude McCullogh of Elk City, Oklahoma, one son, Lester George Summit of Oklahoma City, five grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildrehn, other relatives and a host of friends. Interment in Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shirley, Wells, Kos, Brewer, Carmichael Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7079 Message Board Post: William Lester Shirley, Route 3, Sayre died in Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City, Friday following an extended illness. Services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Berlin school auditorium with Rev. Elbert Johnson officiating. Born October 9, 1898 in Missouri, Mr. Shirley moved as a child with his parents to the Berlin community in 1907 and has been a resident there since. He was married May 18, 1927 to Louise Hester in Shawnee. He has been a member of the Methodist church 33 years and is a member of the Sayre Masonic lodge. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons. Survivorsw are his wife of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Mark Wells, Pasadena, California, Mrs. John Kos, Norwalk, California; one son, David of Borger, Texas, 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Elk City, Mrs. Frank Carmichael, Sayre. Interment will be in the Berlin cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral service. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rorabough, Roberts, Plummer, Dickason, Anderson, Mason Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7078 Message Board Post: Lloyd Otis Rorabough was born October 21, 1910 at Crawford, Oklahoma. He departed this life January 21, 1966 near Crawford, Oklahoma. His parents, James David Rorabough and Martha Roberts Rorabough preceded him in death. He was united in marriage in 1941 to Opal Plummer at Lovington, New Mexico. He was a veteran of World War II. A war prisoner and a holder of the Purple Heart. He made a profession of faith in Christ as his Savior. Survivors include: His wife Opal of Crawford; 3 sisters, Mae Dickason, Rula Anderson and Bonnie Mason; and a host of other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK