Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Thomas Jefferson McEntire
   
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   Funeral  services  for  Thomas  Jefferson McEntire, pioneer farmer and
   rancher  of  Grimes, who died Sunday, June 20, 1960 of a heart attack,
   were  held  Tuesday  afternoon  at  2:30 at Sunny Point with Rev. J.R.
   Simmons officiating.
   Born  October  1, 1889 at Decatur, Texas. Mr. McEntire came to western
   Oklahoma  with  his  parents  when  a small boy and settled near Foss.
   Later he moved to his present home in the Grimes community.
   He  was  married  to  Monnie  Satterfield  at  Cordell in 1916. He was
   converted and joined the Baptist church when a young man.
   Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Nobles, Erick and Miss Lola
   McEntire,  Sayre;  five  brothers,  Audrey  of Retrop, Ford of Grimes,
   Frank of Oklahoma City and Albert and Garvill of Sayre.
   Committal  was  in  the Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK