Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Buster Melvin Dodson
   
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   Buster  Melvin Dodson was born October 15, 1918 in Maud, OK and passed
   away  June  21, 1991 in the Presbyterian Hospital of Oklahoma City, OK
   at the age of 72 years, 8 months and 6 days.
   Buster,  the  son  of Bud and Emily Dodson, came to Roger Mills County
   with  his family at the age of 10, riding all the way on horseback. On
   May  14,  1937  he married Mae Betty Pinkston in the middle of a Roger
   Mills  County  road,  with  the  services  being performed by the late
   Reverend  Bob  Carter,  who was standing in a norse drawn wagon at the
   time.  They  lived  in  the  Herring  Community where he was active in
   ranching and farming. He served in the U.S. Army in 1945 at Camp Hood,
   TX.  Mr. Dodson was also an execellent dozer operator and was employed
   by  serveral  firms  building  goverment  dams  and roads. He also was
   employed  by  the  County  of Roger Mills, District 1. He was a loving
   family  man and had many friends. He believed in "land and cattle" and
   they  brought  him  much  joy  in  later years. He had made a personal
   commitment  to  Christ  as his personal Savior in recent years. He was
   preceded  in  death  by  his  parents,  2 infant brothers, 1 daughter;
   Anglyn Fay, 1 grandchild, and 1 great grandchild.
   He  is  survived  by his wife, of the home; 5 daughters, Rosa Moran of
   Milford,  CN; Lynda Walker and her husband, Donnie of Grimes, OK; Joan
   Hagerman  and  her husband, Butch, of Sweetwater, OK; Karen Barber and
   her  husband,  Jim,  of  Crawford,  OK;  Melva Dunlap and her husband,
   Larry,  of  Sayre,  OK; 2 sons and daughtgers in law, Earl "Tubby" and
   Barbara  Dodson  of Nowata, OK; Mark and Janey Dodson of Beaver, OK; 2
   sisters,  Ruby Bogges; Sarah Faye Kirk and her husband, Martin, all of
   Elk City, OK; 2 brothers and sisters in law, Frank and Hazel Dodson of
   the  Dempsey  community;  Sam  and  Linda  Dodson  of  Hammon,  OK; 15
   granchildren;  4 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and
   friends.
   Funeral  services were held Tuesday, June 25, 1991 at 2:00 p.m. in the
   Cheyenne  School  Auditorium  with  A.L.  Martin  and  Kenneth  Gamble
   officiating.  Burial  followed in the Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger
   Mills County, OK under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of
   Cheyenne.
   The family requestes in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Roger
   Mills Memorial Hospita.