Beckham County, OK - Obits: Eliza M. Price, 1921
Thursday, 25 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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PRICE, ELIZA M.
(6 Jan 1921, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. E. M. PRICE DEAD
News came to this city last night of the death at 7:30 P.M. yesterday of
Mrs. Eliza M. Price of Delhi.  Mrs. Price was the wife of J. H. Price,
deceased, and was 68 years of age.  She is one of the early settlers in
this vicinity and is related to the T. J. Price family so well known in
the Delhi country.  Mrs. Price was living at the home of her son-in-law,
Roy Bell, at Delhi.
The deceased leaves four sons, E. L. Price and L. B. Price of Oklahoma
City; J. N. Price of Norman and Rev. W. S. Price of Elk City, and two
daughters, Mrs. Mattie Baggett of Geronomo, Okla., and Mrs. Roy Bell. 
Most of the members of the family arrived in this city last night and will
attend the funeral at the Delhi cemetery this afternoon.
The Price family is prominent and very widely known throughout this
section.  Mrs. Price's death is a regret to all.
(6 Jan 1921, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Rev. W. S. Price of Elk City was called to Delhi last week because of the
serious illness and death of his mother, Mrs. Eliza M. Price, wife of the
late J. H. Price.  She was living at the home of her son-in-law, Roy Bell,
at Delhi at the time of her death.
The deceased leaves five sons, J. M. Price, Mt. Pleasant, Texas; E. L. and
L. B. Price of Oklahoma City; J. N. Price of Norman and Rev. W. S. Price
of Elk City, and two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Baggett of Geronomo, Okla.,
and Mrs. Roy Bell of Delhi, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Price was raised in Mississippi, she lived in Arkansas twelve years,
coming to Oklahoma in 1892.  She was married to J. H. Price in 1872.  For
some time she had suffered from asthma, but was always so patient.  She
joined the M. E. Church, South when ten years of age, and was a true
consecrated Christian woman, loved devotedly by her children and many
friends.  Just before passing away she sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and
told the children not to mourn for her.
The Price family have been prominent in the Delhi community for many
years.  Mr. Price started the first Sunday school in that vicinity.  They
have made a wide acquaintance and the news of Mrs. Price's death was
received with sorrow by her acquaintances and deepest sympathy is extended
to the bereaved ones.
(20 Jan 1921, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Eliza M. Price, born Sept. 7, 1852, departed this life, January 5, 1921. 
She was converted at the age of 10 years and united with the M. E. Church
South, and was a consistent christian all of her life.  She was loved by
all who knew her, and she was known throughout Beckham County.  She was a
kind, loving mother and a blessed kind neighbor and friend to the poor and
needy, and never turned any one from her door with unsupplied needs.
The funeral services were conducted at the Delhi Methodist church by her
pastor, and she was followed by a large concourse of people to the Delhi
cemetery where she was laid to rest by the side of her companion, who had
preceded her several years before, to await the resurrection morn.
Sister Price was a pioneer resident of Delhi, coming from Arkansas in
1892, when this part of Oklahoma belonged to Texas.  She saw it develop
from a cow man's land into the great productive farms of today.
She was married June 2nd, 1872, to J. H. Price, and was the mother of 11
children, 4 had preceded her to the better land.  Before her death she
asked her children not to weep as she was going to rest, and just a few
hours before passing away she sang, "I'm Going Home to Die No More."
May the blessings of God rest upon the bereaved family.

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