Beckham CO OK - Obit for Opal Gossett Tatum Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Opal Gossett Tatum DUMAS - Opal Gossett Tatum, 82, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hunt Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors of Dumas. Mrs. Tatum was born Sept. 19, 1919, in Beckham County, Okla. She was a longtime Dumas resident. She was a member of Hunt Memorial United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Davis and Sue Lawler. Survivors include a brother, Ralph Gossett of Ripon, Calif.; three sisters, Mary Jane Harvey of Dumas, Pauline Emmons of Pampa and Nell Benton of Spearman. The family will be at 519 Pecan in Dumas. The family suggests memorials be to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 1535, Dumas, TX 79029; Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second, Dumas, TX 79029; or to a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 7, 2002 Click here to return to story: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/010702/obi_allobits.shtml