Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Carrie Idell Moulton, 1936
Thursday, April 14, 2005

Submitted by:  sayrepl1@sayre.lib.ok.us  (Stacy Akins)
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MOULTON, CARRIE IDELL
 
B. 24 Jan 1868
D. 5 Mar 1936
Sayre-Doxey Cemetery
Beckham Co OK
 
  Funeral services for Mrs. O. L.
Moulton, who died early Thurs-
day morning, will be held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
Sayre First Christian church, with
Rev. S. P. Austin, pastor, officiat-
ing.
  Mrs. Moulton, who was 68 year
old, died at her home in the Buf-
falo community about 1 o'clock
Thursday morning.  She had been
in ill health for nearly a year.
Dropsy was given as the cause of
her death.
  She was a pioneer of western
Oklahoma, having moved to this 
section nearly 27 years ago.
  She is survived by her husband
O. L. Moulton, and five children,
two sons, Archie Moulton of Ne-
braska, Ben Moulton also of Ne-
braska: and three daughters,
Shirley Moulton of Grimes, Mrs.
Roy Harkins of Sayre and Mrs.
Jessie York of Durham.
  Pall bearers will be Oscar Ew-
town, J. L. Thurmond, J. B. Puck-
ett, W. J. McAnery and Mr.
Deweber and Eli Shotwell of 
Cheyenne.
  Interment will be made at the
Sayre-Doxey cemetery by the
Moore funeral home.
 
6 Mar 1936  Sayre Daily Headlight Journal
 
  Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
Idell Moulton, pioneer Beckham
county resident, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
Christian church with Rev. Spen-
cer Austin, pastor, officiating.
  Mrs. Moulton died at her home
in Grimes at 12:30 o'clock Thurs-
day morning.
  She was born at Farina, Ill. on
January 24, 1868, and moved to
Dodge Center, Minn. while very
young.  She was a member of the
Dodge Center Seventh Day Bap-
tist church.
  She married Orrin S. Moulton
February 28, 1883 at Dodge Center
and to this union were born eight
children, three of whom are dead.
In 1909 they moved to Gentry, Ark.
and lived there until 1909
when they moved to Beckham county,
and bought a farm in the Grimes 
community where they have re-
sided for the past 17 years.
  Survivors are her husband, three
sons; Arch, Ben and Shirley, all
of Grimes; two daughters, Mrs.
Roy Harkins, Sayre and Mrs. Will
York, Durham, and 16 grandchild-
ren.
  Interment was made at the
Sayre-Doxey cemetery with Moore
funeral directors in charge.
 
12 Mar 1936  Sayre Sun