Beckham County, OK - Obits: James Matthew Barton, 1917 09 Aug 2007 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ BARTON, JAMES MATTHEW (4 May 1917, The Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK): DIED. Mr. Matt Barton, a citizen of Carter, who resided in the southeastern part of town, died on Thursday night of last week, after a long illness. He had been a sufferer of that dreaded disease, tuberculosis for a long time and finally succumbed to the inevitable and passes away as stated above. Interment took place at the Carter cemetery Friday afternoon. Deceased leaves a family of wife and several children, also had several brothers, one of whom resided at Elk City.