Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mary Marie Canon, 1928
12 Nov 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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CANON, MARY MARIE
(26 Jan 1928, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mary Marie Canon, better known to her friends in Sayre as Marie Wann, was
born February 24, 1905, and died January 23, 1928.  She joined the Prairie
View Baptist church when only ten years old, and lived a true and devoted
Christian life.
She attended the high school at Sayre.  During her senior year she was
voted as the most popular girl in high school.  On August 5th, 1923, she
was married to Tom Canon.  She loved her home and made it a cheerful place
for all.  She was a very loving and devoted wife and mother.  She is
survived by her husband, a 7 months old daughter, Helen Marie, her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wann, one sister and one brother, Vera and
Richard Wann, and a host of friends.
She was patient, brave, and hopeful during her illness.  Her illness
started from flu of the throat which caused a complication of diseases
against which she was not strong enough to fight.  She died at the
Trisdall (sic) hospital at Elk City where she had been for a week.  She
was buried at the Doxey-Sayre cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Marie Canon, whose home was five miles east of Doxey, died
Monday morning at 9 o'clock at a hospital in Elk City, where she had been
for about two weeks.  When she went to the hospital she developed
pneumonia which was the cause of her death.
Mrs. Cannon was born in 1905 and attended school in this city and was very
known to the people here.  the funeral was held at the Doxey-Sayre
cemetery on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.  A very large number of people attended
the services, with Reverend Mr. Rowland, of Hollis, officiating, which
were held at the home of the deceased.
Lonnie Moore, mortician with Littrell-Johnson Hardware Co., was funeral
director.

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