Beckham Co. OK - Obit of Arthur E. Coward ARTHUR E. COWARD Posted by Joan (DeFore) Garvey for Elk City Library Elk City Paper, Beckham Co. OK ARTHUR E. COWARD Funeral services for Arthur COWARD will be held in the Christ Holy Sanctified Church at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Archie JACKSON will be the officiating minister. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. Arthur was born Feb. 27, 1895 in Penola, Texas, and died last Saturday at the age of 96. On Jan. 15, 1928 he was married to Lillie B. MITCHELL in Belcher, La. Arthur served his country in the U.S. Army during WWI. He came to Elk City in 1929 and had made his home here since. His wife preceded him in death on Aug. 10, 1989. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. His only survivors are his two adopted sons, Percy CASPER and Benny MORRIS whose homes are here in Elk City. Benny is in the nursing home at Sayre. There are also 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Services are under the direction of the Martin Funeral Directors. ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: ====================================================================