Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Elmer Quinton Harrison
   
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   Elmer Quinton Harrison, 58, of Route 1, Reydon, OKl. was born November
   24,  1925  in  Crawford, Okla. to Jerry and Maudie Harrison and passed
   from  this  life  Sunday  afternoon,  Arpil 1, 1984 in the Roger Mills
   Memorial Hospital, Cheyenne.
   Elmber attended school at Old Rankin and Reydon High School. He was in
   the  armed  services  from  1945  to 1947. On December 25, 1948 he was
   married  to  Mary  Josephine McEntire in Wheeler, Texas. For the first
   year of this marriage they lived in Dumas, Texas while he was employed
   by  Diamond  Shamrock.  They returned to Reydon to make their home and
   rear their children. For 36 years he was employed as a farmer/rancher;
   he  had  served  at the ASCS office as a committeman for 26 years, and
   still  filled  that  office  at the time of his death. For 5 years Mr.
   Harrison served on the Reydon School Board. They were currently owners
   and  operators  of the Corner Post Convenience Store in Reydon. He had
   been  a  member  of the First Baptist Church of Reydon for a number of
   years.
   Preceding him in death were his father and 1 brother.
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Jo  of  the  home; 3 sons, Quinton, of
   Reydon, Okla., Elmer Ray of Wheeler, Texas, Key of Weatherford, Okla.;
   4  grandchildren: Chad and Brad Harrison of Wheeler, Texas; Brandy and
   Stephanie  Dee  Harrison  of  Reydon,  Okla.;  his mother, Mrs. Maudie
   Harrison of Cheyenne; 3 sisters, Eva Schonels of Shattuck, Erma Hammon
   of  Reydon,  Veta  Moore  of  Tempe,  Arizona;  6  brothers: Bruce, of
   Allison,  Texas;  John of Las Vegas, Nevada; Roy of Texola, Okla.; Jay
   of  Oklahoma City; Leldon of Reydon; Billy of Cheyenne and a number of
   other relatives and friends.
   Funeral  services  were  conducted Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. in the
   Community  Building  of  Reydon,  with Eddie Overstreet and Lynn Heard
   officiating.  Interment  followed  in the White Rose Cemetery, Reydon,
   Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
   Active   Pallbearers   were  Houston  Fry,  H.J.  Wright,  Charles  B.
   Batchelor,  Gary  Beals,  Jimmy  McCoy  and  Jack  Trammell.  Honorary
   pallbearers,  Fred  Cobb,  John  R.  Petersen,  Floyd  Drinnon,  Ralph
   Hartman,  George Bryan, Raymond McNeil, Billy Dean Yowell, Carl Parman
   and Dewitt Hawkins.
   Arrangements were made by Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne.