Beckham County, OK - Obits: Neva Roberson, 1921
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

 ************************************************
 Copyright. All rights reserved.
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm
 ************************************************

ROBERSON, NEVA
(30 Jun 1921, Elk City News Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Neva Roberson died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Repass, at Grimes, last Friday morning, June 24th, after an illness of
eight months.
While friends and relatives knew her condition was serious, she was always
so bright and hopeful ever greeting her friends and loved ones with a
smile and a cheery word, always saying that she was better, so that they
hoped and trusted that her life would be spared.  On Friday morning she
told them she felt a little strange, then with a look that seemed to see
in the distance, said "I hear singing", and without a struggle peacefully
went to sleep to wake no more in this world.  In all her months of
suffering she seemed to think she would recover and only the day before
had sent word to her sister at Elk City to send up a wheeled chair,
believing that she would be able to gain more strength if she had one.
Funeral services were held at Grimes school house Saturday afternoon. 
Before leaving the home the choir sang a song and Rev. Davis led in
prayer, then the pall bearers, composed of three of her school mates at
Grimes; May Cox, Nelse and Carl Oleson and three of her students from
Meridian school, Levi and John Fowler and Guy Kelly, carried the beautiful
white casket covered so profusely with flowers to the school house where a
large crowd had gathered to show their respect and esteem for this lovely
young lady.
Rev. Davis in giving tribute to Mrs. Roberson said the first link in the
family home had been broken, she being the first child of Mr. and Mrs.
Repass who had passed to the beyond.  He spoke of the help Neva had been
to that neighborhood since she moved there in 1908, how she had brightened
the homes with her smile and her words of cheer.
The interment was made in Dempsey cemetery (Roger Mills County), a large
procession accompanying the body to its last resting place.
Neva Repass was born September 23rd, 1894, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio,
moved to Oklahoma with her parents in 1908.  Was married to Jonas C.
Roberson February 5th, 1920.  She died June 24th, 1921, aged 26 years, 9
months and 1 day.  Those left to mourn their loss is the husband, Jonas C.
Roberson, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Repass, five sisters and three
brothers, namely:  Mrs. R. A. Mitchell of Clinton, Mrs. S. F. Lancaster,
Driftwood, Oklahoma, Mrs. E. R. Walton, Grimes, Mrs. Bluford Turbyfill and
Mrs. W. T. Parry, Elk City, R. A. Repass of Windham, Ohio, Ralph and Glenn
Repass, Grimes, besides a large circle of friends.
The deeply bereaved ones have the sincere sympathy of all in their deep
sorrow, in which the family of the News-Democrat wishes to join, for we
have known Neva since a little girl, and our hearts ache over the loss of
this dear friend.
Neva was one of Roger Mills successful teachers at the time of her
marriage.  She and her noble young husband seemed to have such a bright
future before them, and they had started out with a view of making a happy
home and were getting a good start in a financial way.
A few years ago Neva assisted in the office of the Elk City Steam Laundry,
where they remembered her with many beautiful flowers, and at her death
sent a large bouquet.
People were present from Sayre, Berlin, Sweetwater and other places.  Mr.
Repass, father of Mrs. Roberson, was formerly postmaster at Grimes, where
he also kept a store.
(1 Jul 1921, Friday, Southwest Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. WILLIAM ROBERSON (sic)
Died last Friday, June 24, 1921, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. S. Repass, near Grimes, after a lingering illness of many months.
Last September Mrs. Roberson underwent an operation at the Elk City
Hospital and was on the road to recovery.  Tuberculosis set in and she
lived for eight months, being confined to her bed all the time.
Last year Mr. and Mrs. Roberson lived on a farm, near Sweetwater.  They
were married February 5, 1920.  Burial was at Dempsey cemetery (Roger
Mills County).
Mrs. Roberson was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 23, 1894,
being 26 years, 9 months and one day of age.
Besides the devoted husband, she leaves to mourn her death a father and
mother, five sisters:  Mrs. R. A. Mitchell, Clinton, Okla.; Mrs. S. F.
Lancaster, Driftwood, Okla.; Mrs. E. R. Walton, Grimes, Okla.; Mrs.
Bluford Turbyfill and Mrs. W. T. Parry of this city; three brothers:  R.
A. Repass of Windom, Ohio and Ralph and Glen at home, and a host of
friends.

---------------------------------------------------
Return to Beckham County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html