Beckham County, OK - Obits: Frank H. Hancock, 1930
03 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HANCOCK, FRANK H.
(22 May 1930, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
ROGER MILLS COUNTY SHERIFF DIES IN TEXAS
Gainesville, Texas, May 18th. - Frank Hancock, 36 years old, sheriff of
Roger Mills county, Okla., died of heart disease on a passenger train
reaching here Saturday midnight from the south.  The body was shipped to
Cheyenne, where Hancock's widow and two children reside.
(Beckham County Democrat notes)  Mr. Hancock was well known in this county
and by local peace officers who will regret to hear of his untimely death.
(22 May 1930, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Heart Trouble Was Cause of Roger Mills Sheriff's Death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Frank H. Hancock, 36, Sheriff of
Roger Mills county, who was found dead on a train enroute to Gainesville,
Texas, early Sunday morning.
Hancock had been a resident of this section of the state for a number of
years.  Before his election to the office of Sheriff, Hancock was a farmer
living near Herring.
Through courtesy to the deceased officer the term of district court which
was to have convened in Cheyenne Monday was postponed indefinitely.
Hancock was elected to office two years ago on the republican ticket.  He
has been active in the criminal affairs of the county since his election.
The Legionnaires of the Hammon and Cheyenne posts were in charge of the
funeral services.  The officer was a member of the Hammon post.  He is
survived by his widow and two children.
(29 May 1930, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services for F. H. Hancock, county sheriff of Roger Mills county,
who died suddenly on the train while on the way to Gainesville, Texas,
Sunday, to appear as a witness in liquor charges against Strong City men,
were conducted Tuesday.
Hancock was 36 years old.  While he had been sheriff the past two years,
he had waged a consistent law enforcement of the prohibition law, and was
on his way to appear as a witness on  liquor cases, when death occurred.
The sheriff had lived in Western Oklahoma a number of years near Herring,
before he ran for his first public office of sheriff.

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