Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Abernathy, Ruth Allsup, 1971
Saturday, July 17, 2004
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Ruth Allsup Abernathy

  Ruth Allsup Abernathy, born April 9, 1900 at Ardmore,
came to the Willow Ocina community when she was two
years old, with her parents, the late C.C. Allsups,
where she grew up and attended the Urbana school.
  July 11, 1920, she was married to Jake Abernathy
of the Carter-Highway community at the home of her
parents, located north of the Ocina school.
  The couple left for Clovis, New Mexico in September 
of the same year where they were engaged in farming
and ranching.  It was there three sons and one
daughter were born.
  Ruth had not been well for a year, but thinking
nothing was seriously wrong until she suffered a
stroke at her home, and was rushed to the Clovis,
New Mexico hospital where she died February 1, 1971,
at 4:30 p.m.
  Funeral services were held February 3, at 2:30 p.m.
in the Parkland Baptist church with Dr. Herbert E.
Bergstrom, pastor, officiating.
  Interment was in the Mission Garden of Memories,
under the direction of Shemwood Morturary.
  Survivors include her husband Jake, three sons,
Hez of Lubbock, Texas, Aden of Clovis, New Mexico,
James, Los Angeles, California; one daughter,
Mrs. Dick Zurzola, Clovis, New Mexico; 11 grand-
children, six great grandchildren; two brothers,
Martin Allsup, Denard, Arkansas and Bud Allsup,
Rico Rivera, California; two sisters, Mrs. Daisy
Rasco, Clovis, New Mexico, and Mrs. Ollie Vanzandt,
Willow.
  Pallbearers were her grandsons, Jake Abernathy,
Geary Abernathy, Chris Zurzola, Dick Zurzola,
Joe Abernathy, Johnny Abernathy and Randy 
Abernathy.
  Attending last rites were Mr. and Mrs. Elzy
Vanzandt, Willow, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Abernathy and 
daughter, Faye of the Carter-Highway community
and Mrs. Vera Abernathy, Sweetwater.