Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Ruby Burnett, 1929
26 Oct 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BURNETT, RUBY
(7 Feb 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Ruby Burnett was born in Oklahoma March 11, 1909.  She died at Carter,
Oklahoma, February 3, 1929, at the age of 19 years, 10 months and 22 days.
 Funeral services were held Monday, February 4, at the First Baptist
church at 3:00 p.m.  Rev. H. W. Shirley officiated.  Interment was made at
East Fairlawn cemetery.  Gentry-Killough, directors, were in charge.
(8 Feb 1929, The Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK):
Saturday morning Miss Burnett, who taught fifth grade in the Carter public
school, was overcome by gas fumes in the bathroom at the home of C. A.
Foster, where she boarded.  Because she had been in the bathroom so long
Mrs. Foster became alarmed and broke the door lock, when she discovered
the young teacher sitting in a chair, with her body slightly inclined
forward and her clothing near by.
She was preparing to visit her parents who live about five miles from Elk
City, which had been her custom every week-end.  On Friday night she had
visited a local store and examined some of the new spring goods.
Upon finding the girl unconscious Mrs. Foster carried her to bed and
called a physician, and artificial respiration was attempted, but she
never rallied, and her death occurred about 3:30 Sunday morning.  An
ambulance had been called from Elk City for the purpose of taking her to a
hospital, but her death occurred before its arrival, and her body was
taken to the Elk City funeral home and prepared for burial.
Miss Barnett and Miss Bissett occupied a room together, but the latter
left Friday afternoon for her home near Sayre, and was not present when
the tragic event happened.
School was dismissed Monday in order that the faculty, school directors
and students might attend the funeral, which was held at the First Baptist
church of Elk City conducted by her pastor.  Active pall bearers were Jack
Davis, G. C. Mitchel and J. E. Watkins, directors, S. L. Simpkins,
superintendent and Haskell and Lee McDonald, grade teachers.
Miss Burnett was nineteen years old.  She had been a loyal member of the
Baptist church since her fourteenth year, and it is said that nothing
delighted her more than assembling a group of small children and escorting
them of Sunday School.
She was a graduate of the Elk City high school and was serving her second
year as teacher of the fifth grade in the Carter school.
(Feb 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church in Elk City,
Monday, February 4, Rev. H. W. Shirley officiated at the services. 
Interment was made at East Fairlawn cemetery.  Gentry-Killough, directors,
were in charge of arrangements.
A large body of Carter people attended the funeral of Miss Burnett.  Both
the grade that she taught last year and the one that she taught this year
were present in a body.
The teachers of the Carter school system acted as pall bearers at the
funeral.
Miss Burnett was nineteen years, 10 months and 22 days old at the time of
her death.  She was born March 1, 1909, and died February 3, 1929.
Surviving relatives are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burnett, her
sister, Mrs. Andrew Holly, and Mrs. Chalacomb, of Skiatook, Dorothy
Burnett, Coleman Burnett, Helen Janice Burnett, all of Elk City.
Miss Burnett was very popular with the student body at Carter school and
well liked by the town people.  She had numerous friends in Elk City and
surrounding communities.