This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Davidson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6940 Message Board Post: IDENTITY OF DROWNED COUPLE FOUND Identity of a couple who are supposed to have been occupants of a vehicle which plunged over a washed out span of the bridge across the North Fork of the Red River south of Sayre last Friday have been found. Appparently they were a pair of newlyweds driving from California to Indiana. Saturday about noon, the body of a negro woman was found in the river, but she had no identification on her. She was wearing an engagement and wedding ring. Monday, W.F. Fritts, a farmer of near Carter, found an overnight case, a man's billfold, a man's shoe and a pillow case on the south shore of the river near Sayre, downstream from the bridge which washed out in Thursday night's flood. Inside the billfold was a driver's license issued to Robert Grady Brown, 38, a negro of 602 Pleasant Avenue, Michigan City, Indiana. Sheriff's officers called the office of that railroad in Michigan and learned that Brown had left there aout April 30, 1951 on his vacation. He said he was going to California to marry a beauty operator. He was due back to work last Saturday, and had not returned yet. In the medicine bag, two medicine bottles was found, one of which had a label on it which showed it was filled for Wanzette Davidson by a drug store in Richmond, California. It was filled on May 1st, 1951. The time of the accident about 4 a.m. Friday tallies with the possibility that the occupant of the death care were heading for Indiana in time to get there Saturday. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 24-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Clar, Cochran, Hullum, Boren Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6939 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Mrs. Guy Davis will be held at the Church of Christ in Cheyenne, Thursday afternoon, May 24, 1951 at 2:30 o'clock. Albert Trent, minister of Sentinel, Oklahoma and W.D. Stewart, Jr., minister, of Cheyenne will have charge of the services at the church. Committal will be in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Mrs. Davis died at her home in Cheyenne early Tuesday morning following a serious illness of about two months. Althourh Mrs. Davis had been ill her condition was not considered serious until about the first of April when she went to Oklahoma City for medical examination. There it was found she was suffering from cancer which had already entered the lungs and attending physicians announced that she could not live. Her son, Dr. Guy Clark Davis, who is a physician and surgeon at Atlanta, Georgia, was called to Oklahoma City, who, after making a study of the X-rays, agreed with the specialists in the diagnosis. Her condition became critical last Saturday and she gradually grew weaker until the end came. Following the diagnosis Mrs. Davis returned to her home in Cheyenne. Her daughter, Mrs. A.B. Cochran, came from her home in Louisiana and stayed with her mother continuously during the last six weeks of her life. Mrs. Davis faced the reality with great calmness. She continued her normal course in life, receiving visits, messages and gifts from friends and relatives with gratitude. During the six-weeks of time preceding her death, her life was a great blessing to all with whom she came in contract. She was a wonderfull exemplification of the passing of a great Christian from life. Mrs. Davis was among the most active residents of Cheyenne. In the Church of Christ she was a teacher in the Bible school; in the Order of Eastern Star she had held all of the offices of the local Chapter ande had served as District Deputy President for the district, and was Grand Representative to Scotland, in thed Platonic Club she had held all offices and served as parliamentary in the Fourth District, office she voluntary gave up; in the Auxilliary to the Campbnell Cross post of the American Lgion she had held all the offices and was chaplain at the time of her death; she had also held the various offices in Roger Mills County Auxiliatry to Rural Mail carriers. Mrs. Davis was active in the work of the Red Cross and during World War II carried on the responsibility of the knitting divisions of this work for the Roger Mills County Chapter. She continued her activity and interest in Red Cross, to her final days. Mrs. Davis, as Miss Callie Clark, began teaching in Roger Mills County at the age of sixteen years immediately after completing the eighth grade. She continued her education along with her teaching until she received a degree in Home Economics from Southwestern College of Weatherford, Oklahoma. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma. She taught in Roger Mills County thirty-two years, nineteen years of which were in Cheyenne where she was Home Economics instructor in high school for many years. One of her great pleasures was the visits and mesages she received from fromer pupoils during her serious illness. Combined with her many activities aned services for the general pubolic, Mrs Davis was a great home woman. She was devoted _____(can't read) selfishly to make a real home, for the members of her family and to provide the best in training and education for her cfhrildren. Mrs. Guy Davis, Callie Dove Clark, was born at Smithfield, Texas, January 12, 1892, and passed away at her home in Cheyenne, Oklahoma May 22, 1951. In 1899 she moved with her parents to Norman, Oklahoma. In 1909 she moved with them to Roger Mills County where they resided near Berlin until 1917 when the family moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma. On June 27, 1920, she was married to Guy Davis at Weatherford, Oklahoma. Immediately they came to Cheyenne where she resided continuosly until her death. To this union two childdren were born: Juanita Marie, now Mrs. A.B. Cochran of Raysville, Louisiana and Guy Clark Davis of Atlanta, Georgia. Relatives other than the husaband and two children who survive include four grandchildren, Guy Stephen and Gary Lee Davis, and Alan Davis and Christina Jane Cochran; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Hullum of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. Marion Boren of Clinton, Oklahoma; and four brothers, C.A. Clark, Wichita Falls, Texas, Paul Clark, Kankakee, ! Illinois and Chris Clark of Los Angeles, California. All of these except Chris Clark were present at the time of her passing. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 24-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hammon Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6938 Message Board Post: Tip Hammon, Hammon, died in an Elk City hospital Monday, May 21, 1051 after an illness of several years. Mr. Hammon became seriously ill Saturday. Hammon hads served the city of Hammon as post master for a number of years and for the past three years had served as rural mail carrier. He was a veteran of Word War I and was a charter member of the Hammon American Legion Post. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 24-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roberts, Riley, Kopp Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6937 Message Board Post: Mrs. Joe Riley of Cheyenne has received word of the death of her nephew, Mark Roberts, who passed away at his hom in Artesia, California Monday, April 30, 1951. He was a son of the late Kay Roberts and Mrs. Mary E. Roberts who resided for many years in Crawford in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. ROBERTS (Artesia) Services for Mark Nathan Roberts, 53, of Norwalk Blvd., who died Monday at his home, will be tomarrow at 10:30 a.m. in the Gallangher and De Young Chapel, Bellflower. He was born in Neosho, Misssouri, and had lived in Long Beach prior to coming to Artesia eight years ago. He was a member of the Long Beach Lodge of Eagles. Surviving are the widow, Maudie; mother, Mary E. Roberts of Artesia; son, Tarrel K. of Anaheim; sister, Mrs. C.D. Kopp of Santa Maria. Interment will be in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whitfield. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 17-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cutrright, Music, Powers, Robinson, Marriott, Holloway Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6936 Message Board Post: Forrest D. Cutright was born in Helvicia, West Virginia, September 29th, 1884. He moved to Elk City March 8, 1907, and moved to Reydon in January 1934. He died April 15, 1951. He was married to Sarah E. Marriott in Cordell, August 11th, 1916. To this union one child was born, Sylvaria Cutright Holloway. Those who remain to mourn his passing are his wife and daughter and one grandson, Jerry, three sisters and six brothers. Those who attended the funeral were Harry Cutright, Odessa, Texas; Ura Cutright, Granite; Coy Cutright of Oklahoma City; Ruthl Cutright, Elk City, Don Cutright, Dill City; Mrs. Johnnie Music, Elk City; Mrs. Nina Powers, Elk City; two nephews, Marshall Cutright, Amarillo, Texas; Clifford Music , Dill Ciy. His brother, Cecil Cutright, Tomasina and sister, Mrs. Elmo Robinson, Paris, Arkansas, were unable to attend. Rev. J.L. Davis and Rev. H.Woodard officiated at the Methodist church services, with the Moore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Interment was in the White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 17-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vincent, Scott, Overstreet, Bailey, Kendall, Palmer, Jackson, Reed, Jordan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6935 Message Board Post: Funeral services for J.E. Vincent will be held at the Baptist Church in Cheyenne Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Mr. Vincent died at his home in Chyennne early Wednesday morning at the age of 83 years. He had beeen a resident of Roger Mills County for several years. He was the father of Attorney J. Scott Vincent, C.E. Vincent, Marvin Vincent, and Frank Vincent, all of Cheyenne. His wife of Cheyenne, and four daughters also survive. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 26-Apr-1951 Funeral services for James Edwin Vincent, retired Cheyenne rancher who died April 25th, 1951 in Cheyenne hospital were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Cheyenne Baptist Church with the Rev. Ted Cox officiating. He was born November 20, 1867 at Sparta, Tennessee and was married March 10, 1895 at Weatherford, Texas, to Wilda Scott. They came to western Oklahoma in 1911 and settled at Strong City, later moving to Cheyenne. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Wilda Vincent of the home address; four daugters, Mrs. E.B. Overstreet, Amarillo, Texas; Mrs. P.M. Bailey of Portales, New Mexico; Mrs. Vernon Kendall of Sayre; Rose Palmer of Amarillo; four sons, J. Scott, Frank, Clarence, and Marvin Vincent, all of Cheyenne; two brothers, Will Vincent of Weatherford, Texas and Fred Vincent of Fort Worth, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Jackson of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Maggie Reed of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Jesssie Jordan of Enniss, Texas; 11 graandchildren and five geat grandchilddren. Burial was in Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Casketbearers were Bill Kendall, Bill Overstreet, Clarence Lee Vincent, Jackie Gillette, Wally Vincent and John J. Burns. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 3-May-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Butler, Watkins, Elmoer, Mitchell, Hensley, House, Frazler, White, Spauling, Phillippi, Smith, Deadorff, Beel Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6934 Message Board Post: Lucy Elzady Watkins was born May 12, 1886 at Elsey, Mo., and passed away Friday, April 13, 1951 at her home in Reydon at the age of 64 years and 11 months. She joined the Methodist church at the age of 15 and lived a consecrated Christian life. She gave her life working and praying for her children and grandchildren. She was married to Benjiman Jobie Butler Match 26, 1907. He died in 1918 in Missouri. To this union four children were born, Barnard Jobie, who died in 1935; Bennet Bee of Oklahoma City; Isthma Glatha Deardorff of Los Angeles, California, and Dalphne Merial Sanford of Reydon. She was married to R.S. Davis at Hatfield, Arkansas May 22, 1921. He preceded her in death in 1946. To this union three children were born, Sylvanus Ruth Phillippi of Los Angeles, Freda Etne and Gurney Louoden, who died in infancy. She leaves to mourn her departure besides her children, 10 step children whom she loved as her own. They are Olin Z. Davis, St. Louis, Mo.; Omer Davis, Lamoor, California; Omie E. Emoer, Carlton, Oregon; Dorotha Michell, Firebaugh, California; Callie Hensley, Downey, California; Sherman Eugene Davis, Glendale, California; Rachel House, Hatfield, Arkansas; Jessimore Frazier, Medford, Oregon; Alma White, Southgate, California; Emma Spauling, Anaheim, California; Joy Watkins, Butler, California; and Tom Watkins, Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. Davis moved from Arkansas to Berlin, Oklahoma in 1929 and moved to the Reydon community in 1932. She was active in her church and the Rebekah lodge. Services were conduted Monday, April 16, 1951 by Rev. J.L. Davis, assisted by Rev. Horace Woodard. Burial was in Crane, Mo., Wednesday. The Reydon Rebekahs performed their burial ceremony in her honor. Relatives from a distance that attended the funeral included her sister, Mrs. Howard Phillippi, Eugene Davis, both of Glendale, California; Miss Dorothy Watkins Green, Sam and B.H. Watkins of Elsey, Mo.; James and Luke Watkins of Springfield, Mo.; Henry Watkins of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. H.L. Smith and children of Canadian, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Townsley and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Males and daughter of Crawford,; Bennett B. Butler of Oklahoma City and Miss Coletta Butler of Tecumseh. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 19-Apr-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell, Craig, Robison, Davis, Thompson, Gamble Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6933 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Bell will be held Thursday afternoon, April 191, 951 in the Durham school auditorium after which committal will be in the Fairview cemetery, Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Mrs. Bell died Friday, April 13, 1951 at Rock Point, North Carolina where she has been critically ill for several months. Mrs. Bell was a pioneer of the Durham community, where she had resided for more than thirty five years. Mrs. Bell had a wide range of friends all ovr Roger Mills County which she had made during her many years of work as a sales lady. She was a member of the Church of Christ. The body will arrive at the Scroggins Funeral ome in Cheyenne Wednesday. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Craig, Winton, N.C., Mrsw. Buena Robison, Warsaw, Va; two sons, Dr. Orville E. Bell, Roky Mount, N.C. and Albert E. Bell of Durham, Oklahoma; her father I.E. Davis of San Angelo, Texas; three brothers, Guy Davis of Cheyenne, C.C. Davis of Albuquerque, N.M. and Fred Davis of Oieto, N.M., two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Thompson, Austin, Texas and Mrs. Lenota Gamble of San Angelo, Texas. Her husband preceded her in death. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 19-Apr-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks, Gantz, Azevedo, Carey, Call Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6932 Message Board Post: Funeral services were held from the Evans Funeral Chapel in Patterson, California on Tuesday March 27th, 1951 for Benjamin Franklin Hicks, who died in a Stockton hospital after a long illness. Hicks was a native of Bath County, Kentucky, was sixty seven years old and had lived in Patterson since 1932. He is survived by his widow, Flora, and eleven children, Mrs. Winifred Gantz, Boyd, Roy, Warren and James D. Hicks, all of Patterson, and Mrs. Rae Azevedo, Fioyd and Quentin Hicks of Modesto; Knneth Hicks of Los Banos and Mrs. Erma Carey of San Francisco, and Frankie, also of Patterson. Also surviving him are thirty-two grandchildreen and eight great grandchildren. Two brothers, Earl Hicks of Patterson and Henry Hicks of Crawford, Oklahoma, and one sister, Mrs. Pearl Call of San Francisco. Rev. H.D. Johnson, Modesto, conducted the funeral services. Interment was in the Patterson cemetery. Eight sons served as pall bearers. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok 12-Apr-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dodson, Varnell, Tyson, McGee, Culp,Lee Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6931 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Mattie Jane Dodson, pioneer of western Oklahoma, who died at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Sayre, Oklahoma were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Sayre Assembly of God church. Mrs. Dodson was born February 14, 1867 in Sedalia, Missouri and was married in November, 1889 to G.W. Dodson in Indian Territory. The couple moved, to Roger Mills County in 1920 from Maude, Oklahoma. She was a long-time member of he Assembly of God church and former member of the Rebekah lodge. Surivors include one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Varnell, Sayre; two sons, R.H. Dodson, Hammon and O.E. Lee of Oxnard, California; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Tyson of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Maggie McGee, Maude, Oklahoma; one brother, R.C. Culp, Cheyenne. Her husband and three children preceded her in death. The Rev. Nath Franks officiated at the services. Burial was in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with the Scroggins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hyatt, Spurlin, Blanton, George Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6930 Message Board Post: Last rites for Mrs. Fletcher Hyatt, Reydon, who died at the home of her daughter, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Independence community building, Vinson, Oklahoma. Mrs. Hyatt was born November 17, 1869 in Georgia, and married January 5, 1888 in Ellis county, Texas to Edwin Hyatt. The couple came to western Oklahoma in 1898 and homesteaded near Vinson and have lived in Roger Mills county near Reydon for the past 29 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John Spurlin, Reydon; five sons, R.J. Hyatt of Eastland, Texas, W.F. Hyatt of Aransas Pass, Texas, M.H. Hyatt of Randlett, Oklahoma, M.L. Hyatt of Reydon and Jack T. Hyatt of Sebastol, California; one sister, Mrs. Mary Blanton of DeQueen, Arkansas; one brother, W.J. George of Vison, Oklahoma, 32 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death. W.H. Francis, Mangum, officiated at the service. Burial was in the Independence cemetery, with the Moore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mason, Needy, Phillips, Fiscus Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6929 Message Board Post: Mary Ellen Needy was born April 3, 1869 at Coal City, Indiana and passed away March 17, 1951 at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 14 days. Mary Ellen Needy was united in marriage to Robert Bolen Mason at Coal City, Indiana. To this union five children were born, four sons and one daughter. Mrs. Mason, with her family came from Indiana in 1904 and settled east of Butler, Oklahoma. They moved to Strong City, Oklahoma in 1925 and have lived here until their passing. She joined the Christian church in 1905 and lived a religious life fom that time. Members of her family preceding her in death were, her husband, Robert Boledn Mason, April 24, 1934 and two sons, Charles Armor and Ralph Waldo. Survivors include two sons, Edward Earl of McKenny, Virginia, William Henry, Strong City, and a daughter, Mary Ann, Strong City. Two sisters, May Phillips, Clay City, Indiana, Estella Fiscus, Champaign, Illinois. Thirteen grand children, a number of great grandchildren and many friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cann, Owen, Young, Gowdy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6928 Message Board Post: George Hiram Cann was born in Jackson County, Texas, October 9, 1863 and died in the Erick hospital, Marh 18, 1951. Burial was in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma on Monday, March 19, 1951 with Rev. J.L. Davis, Methodist minister of Reydon conducting the graveside service. Burial was under the direction of the Moore Funeral Home of Reydon. Pall Bearers were Joe Merritt, Claude Young, Carl Brown, Mart Poindexter, Claude Barber and Frank Barber. A sister, Mrs. Phoebe Owen of Reydon is the only immediate survivor. Mr. Cann came to Roger Mills County in 1896 and homesteaded in the pier "Flat community where he resided until about two years ago when he suffered a broken hip. Since that time he resided with his sister, Mrs. Owen, until a few weeks ago when he was taken to the Erick hospital. Relatives from a distance attending the funeral were a nephew Clyde Young, and wife of Tulsa, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Young and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Gowdy of Elk City. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vessells Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6927 Message Board Post: Word has been received here that Carl Vessells, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Vessells of Alburquerque, New Mexico, was killed. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 15-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moore, Jordan, Cross, Lester Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6926 Message Board Post: Funeral services for James J. Mooe, a former Cheyenne pioneer, who passed away at his home 1708 N.W. Seventh Street, Oklahoma City, Feburary 19, 1951 were held at the Perrine Funeral Chapel with burial in Memorial Park of that city. The Reverend Jessie L. Ragan of Drumright officiated. James J. Moore was born June 27, 1870 at Sivels Bend, Cook County, Texas, son of Ransom and Margaret C. Moore. He was the third of eight children, all having preceded him in death. Mr. Moore came to Cheyenne about 1893 and was an early day deputy sheriff serving under the late Charley Thompson. He came on horseback and from the time he left Arapaho until he arrived in Cheyenne he saw just one white man and one dug-out. He filed on a claim southwest of Cheyenne and later worked in the Herring & Young store. Jimmie, as he was called by his many friends, was a Cheyenne resident until he and his family moved to Strong City at the time the townsite of Strong City was laid out in 1912. On November 24, 1904 he was married to Miss Mamie Jordan in Elk City. While they made their home there, three children were born. James J. Jr., Ferris and a daughter _____(can't read) being born in Strong City. While living in Strong City he was engaged in the real estate and insurance business and was active in the civic affairs of that town and the state. Mr. Moore moved with his family to Elk City, Oklahoma in August of 1932 and when he moved to Oklahoma City where he retired from active business. He was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage in February, 1943, however, he recovered sufficiently to be able to get around nicely with the assistance of some of his family until July 1945, when he fell and broke his hip and was bedfast until his death. He was a friends to all and loved by all who knew him. He was a devoted husband ands father and will be trully missed by his loved ones. Besides the widow and children mentioned he is survived by eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren, Cheyenne survivors include three nieces, Mrs. Dean Cross, Mrs. Murl Lester and Mrs. C.W. Lester. Pallbearers for the funeral services were Curtis Guernsey, Floyd Wheeler, Hoyt Little, J. Bert Pierce, Sr., Ted Dunn and Jack Powrs of Oklahoma City. All but one were former Cheyenned and Strong City friends. Bob Lester, formerly of Cheyenne, furnished Highway Patrol escort. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Worley, Cansler, Taylor, Ellis, Creach, Spurlin, Wallace, Gerlach Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6925 Message Board Post: Last rites for Joel Marion Worley of Sayre, Oklahoma were held Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Sayre. He died at 11:00 p.m. Satuday following a long illness. Mr. Worley was born July 29, 1875 in Bowling Green, Kentucky and was married December 22, 1907 to Emma Bell Carsier of Hollis, Oklahoma. He lived in the Durham community several years until a few years ago. He moved to Oklahoma City where he resided until three months ago when he moved to Sayre. He was a long time member of the Baptist church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Worley, of the home address; five daughters, Mrs. Willa Mae Taylor of Bristow, Oklahoma; Mrs. Anna Belle Ellis, Pagoa Springs, Colorado; Mrs Jessie Creach, Fowler, Colorado; Mrs. Oleta Spurlin, Sayre; Mrs. Virgie Lee Wallace, Oklahoma City. Three sons: Orien of Susanville, California; Joel of Denver, Colorado; and Laverne, Oklahoma City. Two sisters: Mrs. Laura Gerlach, Fort Worth, Texas; and Mrs Fannie Gerlach, Memphis, Texas. One brother, Arthur Worley, Canadian, Texas; 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Rev. V.A. Jones officiated at the service. Burial was in the Sayre-Doxey cemetery. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1-Mar-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillette, Hanks, Darnell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6924 Message Board Post: Funeral services for F.J. Gillette were held Wednesday afternoon at the Silent Home church, near Roll. Rev. Ted Cox, pastor of the Baptist church of Cheyenne, officiated in the services. Mr. Gillette, who had made his home in Cheyenne, with his son P.E. Gillette for the past few years. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Elva Hanks of Gridley, California and Mrs. Reta Darnell of Carl Junction, Missouri, and one brother, R.G. Gillette of Tahlequah, Oklahoma and a number of grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Burial services were under the direction of the Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 22-Feb-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillette, Gross, Hanks, Darnell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6923 Message Board Post: Francis John Gillette was born March 12, 1860 in Hillsboro, Indiana, and departed this life February 18, 1951 at the age of 90 years, 11 months and six days in the home of his son in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Mr. Gillette was married to Mary Christine Gross in 1886 at Wichita, Kansas. To this union five children were born. The two children having preceded him in death are: Elizabeth Gillette who died in infanccy and Raymond Gillette who died at Amarillo, Texas in 1945. His wife preceded him in death in April, 1941. ______________(can't read) moved to Roger Mills county and settled in the Roll community. In 1921 he moved to Rogers, Arkansas where he lived until 1933. He then moved to Sedan, Oklahoma, residing there until 1941. Mr. Gillette then moved to Cheyenne, Oklahoma and made his home with his son, P.E. Gillette and family. Mr. Gillette was a typical pioneer, a devoted husband and father, a good neighbor and loyal friend. He was a very active member in the Methodist church earlier in life. He was also an active membr in the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is survived by three children: Mrs. Elva Hanks, Gridley, California; Mr. Phil Gillette, Cheyenne, Oklahoma; Mrs. Sam Darnell, Carl Junction, Missouri; also fourteen grand-childredn, twenty great grandchildren; one brother, R.D. Gillette, Tahelquah, Oklahoma and other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 22-Feb-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brigham, Vanhook, Henderson, Faeber, Russell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6922 Message Board Post: Jessie Myrtle Brigham was born December 6, 1878 in Wichita, Kansas and passed from life January 18, 1951 at Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the aged of 72 years, 1 month and 12 days. In 1900 she was married to J.T. Vanhook at Kingfisher, Oklahoma. To this union 2 children were born, William Luther, and a daughter who preceded her mother in death. In 1908 she was married to L.S. Brigham in Taloga, Oklahoma. To his union four children were born, all of whom survive. In 1900 she came to western Oklahoma, locating near Old Grand. Later she moved to the Durham community where she resided for a number of years. For the past few years she has resided in and near Cheyenne. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Henderson, Moore, Oklahoma; sons William Luther Vanhook, Maynard Brigham, Leonard Brigham, B.C. Brigham; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie J. Faerber, Wichita, Kansas; and Mrs. Edna Russell of McCune, Kansas, and five grandchildren. Mrs. Brigham possessed a kind disposition and her many acts of kindness will long be remembered by her family and friends. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church in Cheyenne in the presence of a large crowd of friends. Rev. Jim Combs, pastor, delivered the sermon. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery near Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the directions of Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 21-Jan-1951

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor, Beck, Brothers, Wall Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6921 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Nancy Elizabeth Taylor will be held in the Berlin Church of Christ Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. J.M. Gibble of Sayre delivering the sermon. She had been a devoted member of the Church of Christ since 1889. Mrs. Taylor, who died in the Sayre Hospital, resided in the Berlin Community for many years preceding the death of her husband John A. Taylor. She was 79 years of age at the time of her passing. Survivors include three sons, Nat M. Taylor, Lookeba, Oklahoma; Frank G. Taylor, Hobart, Oklahoma and Andrew L. Taylor of McAlester, Oklahoma, two daughters, Mrs. H.A. Brothers, Ft. Knox, Kentucky and Mrs. W. C. Wall, Sayre, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 4-Jan-1951 In the passing of Nancy Elizabeth Beck Taylor, western Oklahoma has lost another one of the pioneers. Born in Arkansas, August 22, 1871 and emigrated to the State of Texas ______(can't read) which was then the frontier, at the age of nine years. In 1881 the family moved to Somerville County. Here she grew to womanhood; became a teacher and married John H. Taylor, moving to Roger Mills County in 1899. Here she spent the remainign years of a long and useful life. "Aunt Nannie," as she was generally known, was the mother of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1942. Her living children are: Nat M. Taylor of Lookeba, Oklahoma; Frank G. Taylor of Hobart, Oklahoma; Andrew L. Taylor of McAlester, Oklahoma, Addie Brothers of Fort Knox, Kentucky and Keziah Wall of Sayre, Oklahoma. She leaves to mourn her passing, her five childdren, twenty grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of good neighbors. She was a loving mother and a good neighbor. Interment in Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 11-Jan-1951