Beckham County, OK - Obits: Raymond Bedford Fenter, 1914
27 Jan 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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FENTER, RAYMOND BEDFORD
(2 Jul 1914, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
O Little Raymond.  On Sunday June 21st as the dark clouds were gathering
and the last rays of an evening sun shone through, transforming the rain
drops to glittering diamonds, God sent his messenger to earth and bore
home the sweet spirit of little Raymond Bedford Fenter, the three and one
half year old son of Walter Fenter and wife.  Little Raymond was taken ill
on Monday and on Thursday it was found necessary to operate in hopes of
alleviating the pain of the little sufferer but as no relief could be
given he was trusted to the hands of the One who is able to give relief
when human hands are helpless.
Little Raymond was a child of sweet and loving disposition and his little
song and baby words will be missed by friends and neighbors as well as in
the home.  He was a busy little boy always gathering the first flowers of
spring that grew wild near his home from dawn to twilight and were we
permitted to look beyond the veil we would no doubt see little Raymond
picking the fairest specimens that bloom in the celestial city and see him
quenching his thirst and bathing his fevered brow and little hands in that
peaceful stream that flows by the house of God.
The little head can never more be pillowed on a loving Mother's breast,
but Our Heavenly Father is able to gather the little lambs in his arms as
he calls them one by one and shelter them safe from the storm.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Forrest Maddox.

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