This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clift, Hanks, Knox, Brister, Coots Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6868 Message Board Post: Gabriel B. Clift was born Feburary 1, 1870 at Marshfield, Mo. He was married to Nancy Coots June 1, 1890 and to this union 10 children were born. He and his family came to Roger Mills Ccounty in 1911 and have resided in this community since that time. Mr. Clift was preceded in death by his wife and 5 children. He passed to his reward January 18, 1948 after a lingering illness of about 4 years. He leaves to mourn his going two daughters, Mrs. Elssie Hanks of Lake View, Oregon; Mrs. Dorothy Knox of Oakdale, California; three sons, Burnice, Elston and Home Clift all of Reydon; one sister, Mrs. Harriett Brister of Los Angeles, California; one brother, Flake Clift of Lubbock, Texas, also 18 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and a host of friends. Services were held Wednesday, January 21st, 1948 at 2 P.M. from the Community Building at Reydon, with Rev. Charlie Simpson of Shattuck officiating. The Fatheree Funeral home of Erick was in charge of funeral arrangements with interment in the Dempsey Cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Jan-1948