Beckham Co. OK Dewey Beeson ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Brian Beeson ==================================================================== Beeson, Dewey B. 1898 D. 15 Apr 1943 Carter Cemetary Beckham Co Ok Funeral services for Dewey Beeson, aged 44 of weatherford, will be conducted at Sayre Friday morning at 10 o'clock and in Weatherford Friday Afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Beeson, brother of Claude Beeson, of this city, passed away at his home shortly after midnight Wednesday night. He had suffered a heart attack Wednesday afternoon. For four years Mr. Beeson had been an instructor at Southwestern Tech. Thirteen years previously he had been count superintendent of schools in Kiowa County at Hobart. He had been a First Lieutenant in the Army reserves and served for a year before being honorably discharged from active duty. Surviving are his wife and two children, Jack, aged 17, and Mary Nell, aged 12. His mother, Mrs. Rebecca Beeson, of Sayre, and Claude Beeson, of Elk City, his brother, also survive. Burial will be in Carter. April 16, 1943