Beckham County, OK - Obits: Francis M. Armstrong, 1921
31 July 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ARMSTRONG, FRANCIS M.
(15 Jul 1921, SouthWest Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
F. M. ARMSTRONG
The death of F. M. Armstrong of Carpenter occurred July 10.  He was the
father of Jim Armstrong, well known at Carpenter, and was seventy years of
age.  Burial occurred July 11 at the Carpenter cemetery.  Grubitz & Son
were in charge of the funeral arrangements.
(21 Jul 1921, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
AN OLD SETTLER GONE.
Our beloved neighbor and friend Francis M. Armstrong departed this life
July 10, 1921.  Funeral services were held at Carpenter cemetery on
Monday, July 11, where the remains of the deceased were laid away to await
the judgment.  Eld. J. W. Martin preached an able discourse and paid a
fitting tribute to the life of the deceased.
Mr. Armstrong was born in Tenn., January 31, 1851, and was therefore, 70
years, 5 months and 9 days old.  He moved to Missouri with his father when
a small boy and while yet in his teens he had the misfortune to lose his
father and mother; but was fortunate in having a grandmother who raised
him to manhood.
Mr. Armstrong was married once, being the father of a son and daughter,
the wife and daughter preceeding him to the Great Beyond by about forty
years.  The son, J. M. Armstrong, is therefore, the only one left of his
family, who will no doubt continue to follow the advice of his father. 
The deceased had followed useful occupations all his life, being first a
farmer, then a miner and then again a farmer.  He was always active and
industrious until the dreaded disease, cancer, caused a halt in his work.
Uncle France, as he was called by his intimate friends, had lived in this
community for the past twenty-three years, in the meantime we learned to
appreciate his value as a neighbor and friends as his advice was unselfish
and his judgment sound.
He was a man of principle, never failing to place principle above the
dollar mark and had always lived the plain, simple, honest life, believing
in and practicing the Golden Rule, which was his guide through life.
The deceased leaves to mourn his loss, a son, J. M., and three grandsons,
Delmas, Lincoln and Harvey, also a brother, Mart Armstrong of Duncan,
Okla., who was with him during these last days.