Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mary Elizabeth Barnes, 1916 13 Aug 2007 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ BARNES, MRS. M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) (12 Oct 1916, Southwest News and Leader, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): Sister of R. L. Brown Died at Wallace, Kans. Mrs. M. E. Barnes of Wallace, Kansas, died at the family home there on Tuesday of last week, and the remains were shipped to Duncan, Oklahoma, where they were laid to rest in the family burying grounds on Friday afternoon. Deceased was forty years old, and is survived by her husband and six children, her father and other relatives, among them being a brother, R. L. Brown of this city. Mr. Brown returned Sunday from Duncan, where he went to attend the funeral services. (Research: Stephens County, Oklahoma, Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Block 01: Mary Elizabeth Barnes, born 10 Aug 1876; died 2 Oct 1916)