Beckham County, OK - Obits: Martha Eliza Kerr, 1927 02 June 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ********************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************* KERR, MARTHA ELIZA (24 Feb 1927, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK): Martha Eliza Kerr was born October 21st, 1843, near Knoxville, Tenn., moved to Missouri in 1850, married to Robert Kerr in 1867, moved to Oklahoma in 1902, where she has lived near Mayfield until her death February 8th, 1927. Grandmother Kerr had been in very poor health for a long time. Funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, Agatha Fuchs, services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Montgomery, Rev. Walter Fuchs led the song service, with old time hymns. Burried (sic) in the Sanders Graveyard. Grandmother Kerr leaves five children, twenty one grand children and three great grandchildren, her husband having died Nov., 13th, 1906. We will miss her loving smile, her kind and willing hand, but may we live to meet her in the better world above. Mrs. M. A. Wood, Grandby, Mo., Mrs. Sarah E. Smith, Grandby, Mo.., S. R. Kerr, Goodman, Mo., W. E. Kerr, Mayfield, Okla., Agatha Fuchs, Mayfield, Okla., these are the names of Grandmother Kerr's children. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html