Beckham County, OK - Obits: Laura Bell Searcy, 1925
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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SEARCY, LAURA BELL
(2 Jan 1925, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
SISTER DIED
E. C. Searcy received telegram Wednesday morning that his sister, Miss
Belle Searcy had died in Haley, Tennessee.  On account of Mr. Searcy being
ill himself, he was unable to attend the funeral as he would have done had
his health permitted.
(6 Feb 1925, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Miss Bell Searcy
This good woman, after a very brief illness, passed to her heavenly reward
on the 30th day of December 1924, at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. F.
Slater at Haley, Tenn.  The funeral service was conducted by her former
friend and pastor Rev. Mr. Keathly of Baxter, Tenn., assisted by the
writer of this sketch, at her home, on the first day of the new year,
1925.  A great company of friends and relatives were present to pay
well-deserved tribute to this beautiful character and noble Christian
woman.
She was a "daughter of the manse," being one of the three children now
living of the late Rev. Dan C. Searcy of sainted memory.  Her brother,
Emmett Searcy, has long been a resident of Elk City, Okla., where he has
built up for himself an enviable reputation as a Christian citizen and
successful business man.  The only remaining member of the family is her
devoted sister, with whom she lived, Mrs. Hattie Slater.  Their relations
to each other were most intimate and their attachment most beautiful.
Miss Laura Bell Searcy had, from early girlhood, been a devoted follower
of the Lord Jesus Christ, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
worshiping  at Mt. Olivet.  In former years she had been a public school
teacher and many there are who rise to call her blessed because of the
help and patient work she did towards their education.  She was very
faithful to our Community work and church at Haley, and was ever ready to
minister to the general good, perform any duties, and assume any tasks
that meant the betterment of the young life of that community.  George
Gowan

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