Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mack M. Waldrop, 1926
Friday, 13 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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WALDROP, MACK M.
(2 Jul 1926, Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK):
Was One of Carter's Most Prominent Citizens
The relatives and many friends of Mr. M. M. Waldrop were severely grieved
last Sunday afternoon when the sad news came in that he had died very
suddenly of a ruptured blood vessel while visiting out at the V. E. Fink
home in the Retrop community.  He and Mrs. Waldrop had gone out there to
visit at the Fink home when he was suddenly seized with a hard spell of
coughing causing a blood vessel to rupture and resulting in death in a few
minutes from hemorrhage.
Mr. Waldrop had been suffering for several months with a severe cough, but
had not thought about it being so serious as it was.
Mr. Waldrop was one of the old settlers of this part of the country he
having filed on his homestead place five miles east of Carter about
twenty-eight years ago and he and Mrs. Waldrop kept this homestead till a
year or two ago when they sold it to Mr. H. Luthy.  Being such an old
settler Mr. Waldrop was naturally well known throughout this entire part
of the country, and would meet his friends wherever he went.  He was an
interesting talker and was very friendly with every one with whom he came
in contact hence everybody was his friend.
Besides his devoted wife he left behind several children to mourn his
passing away.  The children are as follows:  U. N. Waldrop, Morris
Waldrop, B. R. Waldrop, all of Carter; J. A. Waldrop of Rankin, and Will
Waldrop of Beaver county.  He also had a sister and a large number of
grandchildren and other relatives.
Interment was made at the Poarch cemetery on Monday afternoon, the
fraternal order of the I.O.O.F.  had charge of the burial rites and paid
their respects to their departed friend and brother in a very impressive
service.  There was a very large crowd present to witness the service and
to view once again the face of the one that all had held in the highest
esteem for many years.

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