Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Mrs. Lydia Ether Bright Hay & Mr. Hay
   
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   Mrs.  Lydia  Ether Hay, Cheyenne, died in the Sayre hospital Saturday,
   November  2,  1968  after an extended illness. Funeral services were
   held  in  the  Cheyenne  First Baptist church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with
   Rev. Loyd Martin officiating.
   Born  Februaary 23, 1883 near Omaha, Nebraksa, Mrs. Hay married Alfred
   Hay  at Berlin in 1900. They moved to a farm in the Meridian community
   in  1901. In 1956 they moved to Cheyenne. Mrs. Hay was a member of the
   First  Baptist church for a number of years. She was a past member of
   the Red Cross and the Meridian community club.
   She  was  preceded in death by her husband; two sons; one daughter; 13
   brothers and sisters.
   Survivors  are  one  daughter, Mrs. Carrie Higgins, Cheyenne; one son,
   Larence of Sayre, seven grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren.
   Grandsons served as pallbearers.
   Interment  was  in  the  Mulberry  cemetery,  Sweetwater,  Roger Mills
   County,  Oklahoma.  Funeral  arrangements  were under the direction of
   Rose chapel Funeral Home.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK

   
   Funeral  services  for  Alfred  Young  Hay,  Cheyenne, who died Friday
   January  12,  1968 at the Cheyenne Roger Mills Memorial Hospital, were
   held  Monday  at  2:30  p.m. at the Baptist church Cheyenne, with Rev.
   Lloyd Martin officiating.
   Born August 11, 1877 at Millersburg, Ind. Mr. Hay was married to Lydia
   E.  Bright  at  Berlin.  He had been a member of the Baptist Church at
   Meridian  55  years.  A  retired farmer, Mr. Hay came to Oklahoma from
   Indiana  in 1899 and had resided on his farm in Meridian community. He
   moved to Cheyenne in 1956.
   He was preceded in death by two sons and one daughter.
   Interment  was  in  the  Mulberry  cemetery,  Sweetwater,  Roger Mills
   County,  Oklahoma,  with  Scroggins  and Son Funeral home in charge of
   arrangements.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK