Beckham County, OK - Obits: Laura A. Haddock, 1923
01 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HADDOCK, LAURA A.
(Mar 1923, Erick Newspaper, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Laura A. Haddock (nee Robertson) was born at Cypress Inn, Tennessee,
September 14th, 1835, and departed this life at the home of her son in
Erick, Oklahoma, Saturday evening, March 3, 1923, having lived to the ripe
old age of 87 years, 5 months and 17 days.
Mrs. Haddock was married to Joshua L. Haddock at Cyrpus (sic) Inn,
Tennessee, July 22, 1856.  To this union God gave 8 children, three of
whom crossed the Jordan of death ahead of her, as did also her husband. 
Five children, two sons, Rev. J. L. Haddock and R. O. Haddock both of
Erick, and three daughters, Mrs. John Phillips and Mrs. Eli Smith of Erick
and Mrs. J. A. Minton of Sayre survive to mourn their loss.
Mrs. Haddock had for years and years been a patient sufferer.  For
thirty-five years she had been practically blind and for twenty years she
had lived in total darkness.  Aside from the dreadful affliction of
blindness, Mother Haddock as she was affectionately known, had several
times been the unfortunate victim of a series of painful accidents. 
Through it all she was never heard to grumble or complain.
Mrs. Haddock had lived in this community for more than twenty years and
had a wide circle of friends and a large host of relatives, who last
Sunday at 3 o'clock p.m. followed her casket to the Erick Cemetery where
they heard Rev. Ilus Q. McCorkle pay a fitting tribute to this wonderful
old lady.

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