Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Carl William Bessire
   
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   Carl William Bessire was born in Monroe, Wisconsin April 22, 1890, and
   passed  away  at  Amarillo,  Texas,  May 23, 1942; being 52 years, one
   month and one day of age at the time of his death.
   He  moved  to Oklahoma with his parents where he lived until he was 20
   years of age. He went to Wisconsin where he married Maud Matthews June
   18,  1914.  Three  children were born to this union, two grils and one
   boy;  Florence  and  Billie of Jamesville, Wisc.; Mrs. Virgil Pratt of
   Los  Angeles,  Calif.  With his family he moved back to Rankin, Okla.,
   later  moving  to  Erick,  Okla. He joined the Baptist Church in 1925.
   Later  he moved to Amarillo, Texas where he was married to Laura Roper
   and where he lived until his death.
   He leaves to mourn his death, his wife, three children, his mother and
   father,  five  brothers,  one sister, Mrs. J.W. Forrest, Leo and Eddie
   Bessire  of Reydon, Jess Bessire of Allison, Texas, Earnest Bessire of
   Exeter,  Calif.,  Oscar Bessire of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, besides other
   nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
   Bill, as everyone called him, was loved by all who knew him.
   The  funeral  services  were held in Reydon Monday, with the burial at
   the White Rose cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with the
   Boxwell  Bros.  Funeral  Home,  Amarillo,  in  charge, assisted by the
   Fatheree Funeral Home of Reydon.