Beckham County, OK - Obits: John Archie Young, 1926
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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YOUNG, JOHN ARCHIE
(25 Feb 1926, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
John Young a pioneer resident of the Berlin section died on Saturday last,
at the age of 74 years.  Funeral services were held at Berlin (Roger Mills
County) on Monday afternoon.  Mr. Young was a gentleman widely known and
very highly respected.
(4 Mar 1926, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
John Archie Young was born in Plaskey, Tennessee, March 27, 1850; departed
this life at his home at Berlin, Oklahoma, at 11 a.m., February 20th,
1926, aged 75 years, 10 months and 24 days.
He was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary McCannless (sic), October 2nd,
1870.  To this union were born seven children, three of whom preceded him
in death, the first child dying in infancy.  Eddie died on December 25,
1889 and Jimmie on May 24th, 1923.
His wife and four children are left to mourn their loss, the children
being, Charley A. Young, of Custer City, Oklahoma; Rollie A. Young of
Lamesa, Texas; Miss Myrtle Young, Berlin, Oklahoma; and Roy B. Young of
Oklahoma City.  There are also sixteen grandchildren and one great
grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Amanda Clark of Cornesvill, Tenn., a number of
other relatives and a host of friends.
Mr. Young united with Methodist church at Brinkman, Oklahoma, in 1894 and
was ever a faithful and active christian, and after moving to Berlin,
Oklahoma, in 1899, he kept up his christian work, and was steward and
treasurer of the church for a number of years, also was an active member
of the Sunday school.   One of the special traits of Mr. Young, and one
spoke of by so many was that he always had a good word for everyone.  No
matter what anyone said about people he could see their good traits and
always treated them as friends.

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