Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mary Louise Rosser, 1913
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ROSSER, MARY LOUISE
(16 Jan 1913, Thursday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. B. F. ROSSER DIES
Mrs. B. F. Rosser died at her home in this city early this morning,
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1913, after a lingering illness.  She had attained the
venerable age of 71 years, 9 months and 7 days.
She was born in Mississippi, and at an early age moved to Texas, where her
girlhood days were spent.  She married Apr. 3, 1861, and leaves a husband
and four children, five children having preceded her to the great beyond. 
Those surviving are Calvin M. and N. B. Rosser, Mrs. P. R. Saunders of
Sayre, and Mrs. E. O. Johnson of Taloga.
Funeral services will be conducted at the family home, Second and Walker,
this afternoon, after which interment will take place at the city
cemetery.
We extend deepest sympathy to the bereaved ones.
(23 Jan 1913 Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK)
Elk City, Okla., Jan. 18. - Funeral services were held here yesterday for
Mrs. Mary Louise Rosser, who died Thursday, January 16.  The deceased was
one of the best known women in Western Oklahoma and noted for her sympathy
for the needy.  She was wed to B. F. Rosser, April 3, 1861, in Texas.  In
1893 they removed to Roger Mills county and were living there when the
county of Beckham was cut off.  She was a mother of Calvin M. Rosser, a
prominent oil operator at Gotebo; W. B. Rosser at Carter, Mrs. P. R.
Sanders of Sayre, and Mrs. E. O. Johnson of Taloga, all of whom attended
the obsequies.
(24 Jan 1913, Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK):
Grandma Rosser, mother of our W. B. Rosser, died at her home in Elk City,
Thursday of last week, at the age of 71 years.  She was the wife of B. F.
Rosser, a pioneer settler of this country.  They are highly respected and
well known citizens of Beckham county.

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