Beckham County, OK - Obits: Abbie May Armstrong, 1921 31 July 2007 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ ARMSTRONG, ABBIE MAY (4 Nov 1921, Friday, SouthWest Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): Mrs. Jim Armstrong of Carpenter died Sunday in the El Reno sanitarium. She was buried Monday afternoon at Carpenter. (10 Nov 1921, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): MRS. J. M. ARMSTRONG. Abbie Sullivan was born in Parker county, Texas, January 4, 1885, and passed to the Great Beyond October 30, 1921, being therefore 36 years, 9 months and 26 days old. She moved to Oklahoma with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sullivan in the year 1899 and had lived in this community for the past 22 years, where she had a large circle of friends who feel very keenly her loss as the deceased was kind and obliging to every one, possessing a Godly walk, her very expression radiating the spirit of righteousness. A gloom has been cast over this neighborhood, a good mother is gone, her place in this world can never be filled. She can no longer go about doing good, helping the sick and afflicted, but the example of love and kindness will live on through coming generations. She was ever busy doing her duty, always meek and lowly, never seeking any special praise for deeds of kindness. The deceased was united in the holy bonds of matrimonys (sic) to J. M. Armstrong some fifteen years ago, and to this union were born three sons: Delmas, Lincoln, and Harvey. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides her husband and sons, an aged mother who is grief stricken, two sisters, Mrs. Geo. Cozart of Hammon and Miss Onnie (sic) Sullivan of this place; several nieces and one nephew, Clell Wynn, also friends innumerable who grieve as relatives. Only a few days before the final summons she went to El Reno where an operation was performed with the hope of lengthening the brittle cord of life, but it was not be so, as the Grim Reaper had issued the call which she bravely answered October 30th. The remains were prepared and shipped from El Reno to Elk City, arriving October 31st; here Geo. R. Grubitz & Son took charge and brought the body to the Armstrong residence at Carpenter, where a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends had gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the deceased. Funeral services were held at the Carpenter cemetery October 31st at 4 P.M., conducted by Rev. J. W. Martin, who preached a short but able discourse, after which the remains were lowered to its final resting place, while her spirit has gone Above to meet the spirit of her father and sister who have preceded her. Peace to her memory. A Friend. (Note: Carpenter Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma).