Beckham County, OK - Obits: J. E. Evans, 1910
22 Jan 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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EVANS, J. E.
(7 Jun 1910, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
On Thursday last J. E. Evens (sic), a farmer residing twelve miles
northwest of this city, came to Sayre to consult physicians with regard to
a hand from which he was suffering severely.  It seems that about two
weeks prior to that time he ran a sliver under a fingernail, and the hand
swelled to a point where his suffering was intense.  Speed & Windle found
that the man suffered from a very bad case of blood poisoning, and as the
last chance of saving his life amputated the hand.  The poison has spread
through his entire system, and the operation did not have the desired
effect, and on Friday evening he passed away.
Mr. Evens left a wife and five children in straightened circumstances, and
the woman was endeavoring to sell one of her horses in the effort to
defray the funeral expenses, when the attention of Alderman Brady was
called to the matter.  Mr. Brady attended the mass meeting at the
Auditorium that night, and presented the matter to the consideration of
those assembled, with the result that a sum was raised sufficient to pay
all funeral expenses and leave $21.45 in a purse, which was handed to the
widow.

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