Beckham County, OK - Obits: Sallie C. Poore, 1928 Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ POOR, SALLIE C. (or POORE) (7 Jun 1928, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK) SALLIE C. POORE Sallie C. Poore was born in Hunt Co., Texas, February 21, 1871, died May 23, 1928. She moved with her parents to Roger Mills county, where she homesteaded a claim on the Buffalos in 1898. She taught school for a number of years often riding horseback across the prairies to her school. She was zealous in her work having the interest of her pupils very much at heart. She was married to Robert A. Poore in 1910. To this union was born one son Robert, age 15 years. Her husband preceded her in death in 1919. Hers was a useful and unselfish life until she suffered a partial mental breakdown two years ago from which she never recovered. She leaves to cherish her memory her son Robert M. Poore and a sister Mrs. C. A. Woods, both of Grimes, Oklahoma, and a brother, Jim Puryear of Sansore, S. Dakota, besides relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at the Berlin school house by Rev. S. F. Lancaster, after which the remains were laid away to rest in the Berlin cemetery (Roger Mills County). --------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.html