This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dawkins, Chance, Ward, Dodson, Sutton, Day Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2570 Message Board Post: James Minor Dawkins was born in Clay County, La., December 6, 1876 and died at his home four miles south of Cheyenne, July 21, 1931. On February 20, 1906 he was married to Mrs. Edna Chance at Cheyenne, Okla. To this union were born four children, Mrs. Alva Ward, Mrs. Edna Dodson, Irvin and Guy Dawkins all of Cheyenne. There were also six step-children, three preceeding him to the Great Beyond. Those surviving are: Tom Chance, and Mrs. Johnnie Sutton of Cheyenne and Mrs. May Day of Mounds, Okla. He leaves five grandchildren and several step-grandchildren. To know Mr. Dawkins was to like him and he numbered his friends by his acquaintances. He was of a quiet disposition, a devoted husband and a kind and loving father. His dear companion an children will ever recall his kind words on the morning that he met his departure Mr. Dawkins was the first man employed in Roger Mills County to maintain state Highway 24. He loved his work and did his work well and was praised near and far for the excellent work he did. Mr. Dawkins always showed the utmost courtesy to the public. If his team was in center of the highway he never failed to drive themn aside for others to pass. As the hundreds of persons passing him daily, he always raised a hand in greeting. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. H.H. cody in the Methodist church at Cheyenne Wednesday afternoon July 22, 1931, after which the local Odd Fellows lodge performed the funeral rite at the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.