Beckham Co. OK          MARY CAROLINE (THOMAS) CHAPMAN

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   Elk City Newspaper Beckham Co.
   
   MARY CAROLINE CHAPMAN
   
   Funeral services for Mary C. CHAPMAN will be conducted Saturday at 2
   p.m. from the Martin Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in the
   Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home.
   
   Mary C. CHAPMAN was born July 1, 1914 in Artesia, New Mexico to
   Benjamin Harvey and Helen (JAMES) THOMAS and died Thursday at the age
   of 81. Her family moved from Artesia, New Mexico to the Sandstone
   Community where she was raised. She attended Herring and Hammon
   Schools.
   
   She was married to Raymond CHAPMAN on January 23, 1931 in Hammon. He
   was a farmer there in the Herring Community where they lived until
   1946. Then they moved to Elk City where she has lived since. She
   worked at the Armour Creamery and the Community Hospital until her
   health failed in 1978. In 1984 she moved into a local Nursing Home.
   She was a member of the United Methodist Church.
   
   Survivors include: her sons; Dean CHAPMAN and his wife Claudi of
   Clinton; Dal CHAPMAN and his wife Yvonne of Austin, Texas; one sister,
   Mrs. Frank (Hazel) DODSON; four grandchildren and six great
   grandchildren.
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband in 1966 and two brothers.
   
   Record Note: Date of Death February 8, 1996