Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Mrs. Mary Ann Matthews
   
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   Funeral  services  for Mrs. Mary Ann Matthews, 507 North Fifth, Sayre,
   who  died Saturday, July 4, 1958 at the Cheyenne convalescent hospital
   following an extended illness were held Wednesday, July 8, 1958 at the
   Berlin  school  auditorium.  Rev.  Dick  Robinson and Rev. Nath Franks
   officiated.
   Born  April  5,  1875,  in Alabama, Mrs. Matthews was married July 19,
   1893  to  James  W.  Matthews at Reagan, Texas. They moved to Oklahoma
   from  Texas in 1898, and to the Berlin community in 1912. She moved to
   Sayre in 1953 where she made her home.
   A  member  of  the Berlin Baptist church, she was preceded in death by
   her parents, husband, one son, Theodore, and three infants.
   Survivors include four daughters Mrs. Ethel Sandusky, Sayre; Mrs. Tyna
   Latham,   Glendale,   California,  Mrs.  Thelma  Carson,  South  Gate,
   California,   Mrs.  Edith  Baker,  Sayre,  five  sons,  Nolan,  Selma,
   California;  Ray  of Canadian, Texas, Claude and Orland of California,
   and Monroe of Sayre; 37 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
   Committal was in Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
   with Scroggins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok