Beckham County, OK - Obits: John W. Lucas, 1926
21 June 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LUCAS, JOHN W.
(1 Jul 1926, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
OLD SETTLER DIES
John W. Lucas was born near Little Rock, Arkansas, July 29, 1866.  Moved
with his parents to Dallas, Tex., when about five years old, his father
homesteaded near Dallas, which was only a store, post office and saloon at
that time.
He was married to Miss Mary Allee, April 14, 1886, to this union was born
ten children, all of whom are still living, except his eldest daughter,
Jennie, who preceded him in death.
Mr. Lucas moved to Oklahoma in an early day, homesteading what is now a
part of the town site of Elk City.  He then moved with his family to
Hammon in 1911, moving back to Dallas in 1924, to the old home place.
He taken suddenly ill about three weeks ago, his daughters Mmes. A. L.
Stinson, Wiley Harris, Ed Shelby, and his sister, Mrs. Frank Allee, all of
Hammon, were summoned, and left immediately to be at his bedside.  They
stayed three weeks and thinking he was improving, returned home on Sunday;
they received a message on Sunday night that he was stricken with
paralysis, and could not possibly live.  Mmes. Frank Allee, and Wiley
Harris left Monday, to be with him in the last hour, but word was received
before they reached Dallas that he had passed away.
The doctors decided his death was due to a strain received while unloading
some gravel, which afterwards resulted in paralysis.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, Will and Hudson of Dallas, seven
daughters, Mmes. Stella Petty, Edna Page, Miss Marie and Lola, all of
Dallas, and Mmes. Bertha Shelby, Clara Harris, Zetta Stinson and a sister
Mrs. Frank Allee, of Hammon, Okla., also one brother, Bliss Lucas of
Dallas.
Mr. Lucas departed this life Monday, June 21.  Funeral services were held
at the Baptist church in Irving, (near Dallas), of which church he has
been a member since a young man.
The Masonic lodge officiating at the cemetery, which organization he had
been a member for several years.

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