Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Mr. H. E. "Bill" Clift Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Mr. H.E. "Bill" Clift was born May 10, 1910 in Webster County, MO to Gabriel and Nancy Ellen Clift and passed from this life in the Roger Mills Memorial Hosptial, October 19, 1981. He moved to Grimes area with his parents. After his marriage October 22, 1933 to Annie Glayds Mabra in Sweetwater, OK, he lived in California. In 1941 they moved back to Reydon where he was engaged in farming and ranching. He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 son, brother, sister. Survivors, his wife, Annie; 2 sons, Billy of Reydon, Dale of Vici, OK.; 1 brother, B.E. Clift, Erick; 2 sisters, Dorothy Knox, Oak Dale, California, Elsie Griffin, Colfax; California; 10 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild. Services were held Wednesday October 21, 1981 at 2:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Reydon with Roy Smart of Sayre officiating, with burial in the White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Pallbearers; Ernie Yowell, Leo Swope, Jimmy McCoy, Ray Hughes, neeley Yowell and Frank Tidwell. Rose Chapel Funeral Services of Cheyenne were in charge of arrangements.