Beckham County, OK - Obits: Alice Nannette Chandler, 1916
19 Nov 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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CHANDLER, ALICE NANNETTE
(31 Aug 1916, Elk City Leader, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
NANNETTE CHANDLER DIED SUNDAY AFTER THREE WEEKS ILLNESS
Two Year Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Chandler Passed Away.
Alice Nannette, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Chandler,
died Sunday at the home of her parents here, after an illness of three
weeks from typhoid fever, which later developed spinal meningitis.  During
the greater part of her illness she was in critical condition, hovering
between life and death, and the end although a great blow to the family,
was not unexpected.
Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Dr.
J. J. Shaw of the M. E. Church, South, after which the remains were laid
to rest in Fairlawn cemetery.  The funeral services were largely attended
and the floral offerings were profuse.
The child was a favorite with every one, and their sympathy goes out to
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler in their time of trouble.  They worked faithfully to
keep alive the spark of life in the little body which had brought so much
happiness to their home, but in the end submitted to the will of Him who
does all things well.
(31 Aug 1926, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Alice Annette (sic) Chandler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Chandler, was
born May 30, 1914, and died Aug. 27th, 1916, aged two years, two months
and twenty-eight days.
Little Alice had been sick for over two weeks but under the care of her
physician and the constant attention of her devoted parents she appeared
to be passing safely through the states of the disease, but it was not to
be, and on Sunday morning her Spirit passed to the arms of that Savior,
who said, "let the little ones come unto me."  A short record of a short
life, yet who may measure its influence?
Always a bright and interesting child, little Alice had reached that
period, when the unfolding mind and artless simplicity of childhood lend
peculiar charm and she will be sadly missed by those in the home and in
their great sorrow for the loss of this sweet little blossom, the grieving
parents and relatives have the deep sympathy of the people of Elk City
where the life of their darling was spent.
Whiterobed like a waxen lily she lay in her snowy casket while short
services were held at the home at three o'clock on Monday afternoon.  Rev.
J. J. Shaw spoke words of consolation and hope to the bereaved ones after
which the flower covered casket was borne to our beautiful Fairlawn
Cemetery, and the little form was laid to rest - only the form, for Alice,
pure, sweet and sinless forever more in a fairer land awaits those who
loved her here.

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