Labette County KS Archives Obituaries.....Bevans, John May 17, 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Allison Bevans Abevanse20@hotmail.com May 4, 2009, 10:08 pm Oswego Democrat, Oswego, Kansas Obituary for John Fulsom Bevans from the Oswego Democrat, Oswego, Kansas: John Fulsom Bevins, Labette, Died Thursday May 17, 1956, at 9:10 A.M., at the Mercy Hospital, in Parsons, at the age of 55. He had been in the hospital a week. Mr. Bevins was born at Clarksville, Texas, Feb. 22, 1901. He was married June 14, 1928 to Eva L. Tiffee, at Gowen Oklahoma. When a child he went to Oklahoma, where he grew up, and worked in the Coal Mines for many years. In 1942 he moved to Labette Kansas and worked at the Kansas Ordinance Plant. Later he carried mail from the Train to the Post Office. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Besides his widow, he is survived by five daughters; Mrs. Nolan Wilkins, Parsons; Shirley Ann Bevins, Dovie Ruth Bevins, and Margaret Bevins, of the home; and Mrs. Velma Price, of Bougher, Texas; five sons, John of Weir; Winaford O. of Houston, Texas; Richard, Roy and Larry of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Eastburn, Labette, and Mrs. Sellon Barrowman of Kansas City. One brother is deceased. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be in charge of the Hammons Funeral Home of Owego. Funeral services for John F. Bevans of Labette were held at 2 P.M., Sunday May 17, at the Hammons Funeral Home,Conducted by the Rev. Amos Ledford and the Rev. Paul Seagraves. Mrs. Jack Armstrong and Mrs. Paul Seagraves accompanied by Mrs. Amos Ledford at the Organ, sang "In the Garden" and "Let the Spirt Descend". Casket bearers were Jack Wilkerson, Jimmy Smith, Howard Guinn, Robert Barrowman, H. E. Hallock, and E. Baunhofer. Internment was in Labette Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/labette/obits/b/bevans2271ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb