Beckham Co. OK - Obit of Calvin Delay

From: Gayle Van Horn <gayle@grove.net>

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Funeral Services For Calvin DeLay

Set Wednesday

Funeral services for Calvin DeLay, Beckam county pioneer, will be held at
2:30 p.m Wednesday February 23 at the Hext school auditorium. He died of
a heart attack Saturday February 19. Mr. DeLay was born June 8, 1877 at
Fannin county, Texas and was married to Arizona DeLay at Gainesville,
Texas. They came to Beckam county in 1914 and settled nine miles west of
Sayre where they have resided since that time. He was a member of the
Church of Christ and has been a farmer in the Hext community. Survivors
include Mrs. Arizona DeLay, of the home address; five daughters, Mrs.
Viola Stovall and Mrs. Lela Reynolds both of Amarillo; Mrs. Bonnie
Clancy, Orange, Calif, Mrs. Florence Conner of Corona, Calif, and Mrs
Ruby Parsley of Clearwater, Calif; one son Jim DeLay of Kansas City, MO;
three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Frantz, of Chowchilla, Calif, Mrs. Rena Goode
and Mrs. Ola Priest both of Sulphur, Okla; four brothers, W. J. DeLay of
Cordell, Bert, Alford and Melvin DeLay all of Sulphur; 12 grandchildren
and three great children. R.L. Copening will officiate at the rites.
Burial will be in the Pioneer Cemetery in Hext with Moore Funeral home in
charge of arrangements.

Presumed to be obit from Sayre newspaper Feb. 21, 1949

Submitted by: Gayle Hennington-Van Horn