Beckham County, OK - Obits: Emily Jane Perkins, 1921 Thursday, 18 Sep 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ PERKINS, EMILY JANE (19 May 1921, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): IN MEMORIAM Mrs. Emily Jane Perkins was born January 5th, 1840 in Monroe county, Ohio, and died May 12th, 1921 in Bethesda, Belmont county, Ohio, at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 19 days old. She leaves to mourn her loss two sons and six daughters; J. H. Perkins, Albert Perkins, and Mrs. Martha Hoge of Bethesda, Ohio; Mrs. J. L. Spincer of Belmont, Ohio; Mrs. J. M. McKay of Washington, C. H. Ohio; Mrs. C. M. Swingle, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Orilla Mealey, Howard Lake, Minn.; and Mrs. Wm. Pasco of Elk City, Okla. All of her children were at her bedside except Mrs. Pasco. Many other relatives and friends mourn her loss. Her husband and five children preceeded her to the far better world than this. Dearest mother thou has left us Here they loss we deeply feel But 'tis God who has bereft us He can all our sorrows heal. M.E.P. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html