Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Lola Bell French
   
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   Lola  Bell  French  was  born  December  11, 1897 near Ardmore, Indian
   Territory  to  Inez and Will J. Roberts and passed away April 11, 1995
   in the Sayre Memorial Hospital at the age of 97 years and 4 months.
   She moved with her parents in 1905 to Texola before moving to the farm
   north  of  Sweetwater. She married Jessie Glen French on July 22, 1923
   in  Carter,  OK.  They  lived in Colorado and Kansas and moved back to
   Sweetwater in 1928 to make their home.
   She was a member of the Sweetwater First Baptist Church.
   She  was  preceded  in  death  by  her parents, husband, 1 son Glen, 4
   brothers and 1 sister.
   She  is  survived  by  1  daughter  and  son in law, Lola Bell and Jim
   Elliott,  Clovis,  NM; 3 sons, Alvie French, Fisher, LA, Ralph French,
   Calvin,  OK  and  Ray  and  Margie French, Jacksonville, FL; 1 sister,
   Gladys  Lewis,  Tahlequah,  OK;  9  grandchildren;  2  sisters in law,
   Pauline  Roberts,  Sweetwater,  OK  and  Stella Roberts, and a host of
   other relatives and friends.
   Services  were  at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 14, 1995 at the Sweetwater
   First  Baptist  Church officiated by Rev. C.R. Tucker, and assisted by
   Rev.  Ed  Wrather. Interment was in the Mulberry Cemetery, Sweetwater,
   Roger  Mills  County,  Oklahoma under the direction of Fatheree-Albert
   Funeral Home.