Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mary Jane Rogers, 1909
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ROGERS, MARY JANE
(25 Mar 1909, Tuesday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Last Saturday, March 20, 1909, at the residence of Dr. Dewitt Stone, on
Fourth street, Sayre, Okla., Mrs. Mary Jane Rogers died.  The funeral
services were conducted at the grave by her pastor, Brother Seaton of the
Methodist church, assisted by the Christian minister, Elder Weaver.
The subject of this notice was born in Mississippi, June 29, 1843, and was
married to Mr. Frank Rogers, January 10, 1861.  Nine children, three sons
and six daughters, were born to them, eight of them are still living.
It is said by those who knew her best that she was one of the purest and
most universally loved women in the community in which she lived.  She was
one of the most devoted mothers.  Even after her children were all grown,
she was as tender and affectionate as when they were little children
around her feet.  The deep emotion and keen sorrow manifested at the grave
by her children attest this fact.  One of the highest tributes to the life
of this noble woman which the writer has heard was by Dr. Stone, who
remarked, as we were nearing the cemetery, "In that casket lies one of the
best women I ever knew."  She was from early life a devout Christian and
member of the Methodist church to the time of her death.
(Buried Mulberry Cemetery, Roger Mills County.)

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