This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stephens Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6792 Message Board Post: In Memoriam On the 21st day of May 1906, Mrs. S.A. Strephens crossed over the boundary that divides this life from the unknown beyond. Grandma, as she was called by her many friends, was born in Kentucky on the 25th of December 1829. Her husband died, soon after the close of the Civil War, leaving a family of seven children dependent upon her. One son died in his young manhood and only four of her six living children were here to go with her to her last resting place. One daughter living in St. Louis and another in Memphis were too far away to get here to see for the last time their cherish mother. After leaving Kentucky she resided a number of years near Mobeetie, Texas but the last twelve years of life were spent with her son, E.F. Stephens in Cheyennee and no mother ever had a more devoted and loyal son than he; he was the staff of her declining years and made her home restfully content. Grandma had been a consistent member of the Methodisat Church, South for a number of year! s and her greatest delight was in attending church service. She was an invalid for several years before her death but not confined to bed at the time, and we love to think of her as we so often saw her sitting with her open Bible, on her lap reading with pleasure and trusting so faithfully the precious promises of the Father she dselighted to serve. Like the Patriarchs of old, her faith never waivered and end was peace --A Friend. Cheyenne Sunbeam, Cheyenne, OK Maay-1906