Beckham County, OK - Obits: Viola Dedmon, 1918
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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DEDMON, VIOLA
(25 Apr 1918, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
DEATH OF VIOLA DEDMON.
Viola Dedmon, the fifteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dedmon,
of near Port, died at the hospital at Sentinel, on April 15th, after an
operation that morning, from tubercular abscess.  The deceased had been
sick for two years.  She was conscious almost to the last and thirty
minutes before passing away told her mother she was not afraid to die. 
Her parents, two sisters and three brothers are left to mourn her death.
Mrs. M. L. Ledbetter of Elk City, a sister of Mr. Dedmon, attended the
funeral services, also another sister, Mrs. J. T. Mitcher of Butler, Okla.
 Mr. Demon (sic) speaks in the highest praise of the kindness of the
people in Sentinel and at the hospital.

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