Beckham County, OK - Obits: Turner P. Staggs, 1926 Thursday, 11 December 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ STAGGS, TURNER P. (1 Apr 1926, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK): Grim Reaper Claims Grandpa Staggs Grandpa Staggs, age eighty-six years died at the family home on West Broadway, Saturday night at 10 o'clock, following a period of illness. The remains were laid to rest in the Erick cemetery, following the funeral services held at the Church of Christ, Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Words of consolation were read by Bro. Ab Gilbert in the place of Bro. Carmon, minister of the Church of Christ, of Elk City, who could not get here on account of the conditions of the roads during the recent snow storm. Grandpa Staggs, as he was called by all who knew him, leaves a wife, age eighty years, one daughter, Mrs. W. F. Hill of Mayfield, one son, S. H. Staggs of Pershing, Okla., grandson, E. E. Staggs and wife of Blair, Okla., granddaughter Mrs. E. E. Cousins of Willow, Mrs. E. J. Roddy and daughter of Galveston, granddaughter, Mrs. C. A. Padgett and husband of Duncan and great granddaughters, Miss Okemah and Wana Mae Self. Many friends of these families share the sorrow with them. Mrs. Roddy and daughter will stay with Mrs. Staggs in her hours of sorrow. --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html